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Anthony Perkins (April 4, 1932 – September 12, 1992) was an American actor, director, and singer. He is most notable for the role of Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock 's suspense thriller Psycho , which made him an influential figure in pop culture and the realm of horror films.
Sep 1, 1996 · Split Image: the Life of Anthony Perkins. Charles Winecoff. 3.67. 180 ratings28 reviews. An in-depth profile of the star of the movie Psycho includes interviews with his closest associates, recounts Hollywood anecdotes, and reveals the actor's struggles to hide his secret life. 35,000 first printing. $30,000 ad/promo.
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Anthony Perkins. Actor: Psycho. 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.
- April 4, 1932
- September 12, 1992
Apr 2, 2014 · Anthony Perkins is an Oscar-nominated stage and film actor who is best known for his role as Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho.
May 25, 2006 · When “Split Image,” Charles Winecoff’s tell-all biography of late actor Anthony Perkins, first hit shelves in 1996, “many people dismissed it as a hatchet job designed to disparage the...
Jan 1, 1996 · This biography describes how, to a great extent, his life was an attempt to bury both his mother and Norman Bates. His struggle, which took him through homosexuality, psychoanalysis and drugs, culminated in a happy marriage in his forties, but was then blighted by AIDS.
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Charles Winecoff, in his revised tenth anniversary edition of his Perkins biography, ANTHONY PERKINS: SPLIT IMAGE captures valiantly both the personal and professional life of a Hollywood icon. Perkins' acting career didn't begin on the movie screen; it began on the stage.
