Anthony Perkins was born in New York City, New York on April 4, 1932. He attended Rollins College and Columbia University, but did not complete his education at either.http://www.tcm.com:80/tcmdb/participant.jsp?participantId=150440%7C14386 He received an honorary degree from Rollins in 1982.http://archives.rollins.edu/cdm4/item_viewer.php?CISOROOT=/archives&CISOPTR=147&CISOBOX=1&REC=20

Anthony Perkins had relationships with both men and women prior to his marriage to photographer and actress Berry Berenson, including one of note with Victoria Principal.http://www.tcm.com:80/tcmdb/participant.jsp?participantId=150440%7C14386 Berenson appeared opposite Perkins in two films, Remember My Name (1978) and Winter Kills (1979).http://www.tcm.com:80/tcmdb/participant.jsp?participantId=150440%7C14386 The pair had two sons, Osgood Robert Perkins and Elvis Perkins.http://www.tcm.com:80/tcmdb/participant.jsp?participantId=150440%7C14386

Perkins died on September 12, 1992 from complications of AIDS. His widow Berry Berenson was one of the flight passenger victims of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.http://www.capecodtoday.com/blogs/index.php/2010/01/01/2003-michael-o-keefe-sworn-in-as-distric?blog=161

While Perkins was most famous for his film roles, his began acting on the stage and he continued theater work throughout his career. Perkins' signature role was that of Norman Bates in the Alfred Hitchcock film Psycho, which he reprised in three sequels.http://www.tcm.com:80/tcmdb/participant.jsp?participantId=150440%7C14386 He was also the co-writer of the film The Last of Sheila and the director of a number of plays and films, including Psycho III.http://www.tcm.com:80/tcmdb/participant.jsp?participantId=150440%7C14386 Perkins received an Oscar nomination for his role in 1957's Friendly Persuasion; a Golden Globe award for Most Promising Male Newcomer in 1957; and a Tony nomination for his role in Greenwillow in 1960.http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000578/awardshttp://www.tcm.com:80/tcmdb/participant.jsp?participantId=150440%7C14386

• 1947: Stage debut with Brattleboro Summer Theatre; acted in Junior Miss
• 1953: Film acting debut The Actress
• 1854: Broadway debut Tea and Sympathy
• 1956: Oscar nomination for role in Friendly Persuasion
• 1957: Cast as Boston Red Sox player Jimmy Piersall in Fear Strikes Out
• 1957-58: Look Homeward, Angel (Broadway)
• 1958: The Matchmaker
• 1960: Musical theater debut Greenwillow (Tony nomination)
• 1960: Norman Bates, Psycho
• 1967: Stage directing debut, The Star-Spangled Girl; also starred
• 1968: Pretty Poison
• 1970: Off-Broadway directing debut, Steambath
• 1972: Play It as It Lays
• 1973: First film as co-writer (with Stephen Sondheim), The Last of Sheila
• 1974: Murder on the Orient Express
• 1975: Mahogany
• 1983: Norman Bates, Psycho II
• 1986: Film directing debut, Psycho III; also played Norman Bates
• 1989: Helmed Lucky Stiff
• 1990: Norman Bates, Psycho IV: A New Beginning
• 1992: Into the Deep Woods (TV Movie)

• Being a star is just plain awful -- Photoplay, September 1957 http://www.tcm.com:80/tcmdb/participant.jsp?participantId=150440%7C14386
• With Pyscho suddenly I abandoned being the young leading man and became the slightly quirky, slightly nervous ... juvenile.That was just one of those overnight things. (AMC, Reflections on the Silver Screen)http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x8vr8m_the-last-interview-with-anthony-per_shortfilms