Anthony Perkins
Anthony Perkins was born April 4, 1932 in New York City, to Janet Esselstyn (Rane) and Osgood Perkins, an actor of both stage and film. His father died when he was five. Anthony's paternal great-grandfather was engraver Andrew Varick Stout Anthony. Perkins attended the Brooks School, the Browne & Nichols School, Columbia University and Rollins College. He made his screen debut in The Actress (1953), and was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar La gran tentación (1956). Four years later, he appeared in what would be his most noted role, Norman Bates in Psicosis (1960), memorializing him into film history forever.
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03-04-1932Died
11-09-1992Place of Birth
New York City, New York, USAAnthony Perkins
Anthony Perkins was born April 4, 1932 in New York City, to Janet Esselstyn (Rane) and Osgood Perkins, an actor of both stage and film. His father died when he was five. Anthony's paternal great-grandfather was engraver Andrew Varick Stout Anthony. Perkins attended the Brooks School, the Browne & Nichols School, Columbia University and Rollins College. He made his screen debut in The Actress (1953), and was nominated for a Best Supporting Actor Oscar La gran tentación (1956). Four years later, he appeared in what would be his most noted role, Norman Bates in Psicosis (1960), memorializing him into film history forever.
