Anthony Perkins

2026· 2 entries

Aug 17, 2026Documented record70% confidence

“I'm not really suited to be a movie star. I have no confidence in myself. I'm not interested in money. I'm not good-looking. I have a hunch in my spine. I can't see worth a damn. I have a very small head. I haven't many opinions. I dislike nightclubs—the kind of things that give you easy publicity. I have no string of French girls. I'm not tough. I can't put on a show in public. I'm much too sensitive for Hollywood. I'm an easy target.”

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Aug 17, 2026Documented record76% confidence

Anthony Perkins

“I felt this would be a good script for an unknowing director to take on because the scenes were so well written, they directed themselves.”

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2019· 1 entry

2019Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Anthony Perkins

Allan Glaser, Tab Hunter's husband, who was signed onto the film as a producer, made a positive update about the film's progress and stated that Andrew Garfield was a possible candidate to play Perkins

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2005· 2 entries

2005Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Anthony Perkins

Former partner Tab Hunter released the memoir Tab Hunter Confidential, in which he publicly came out as gay

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2005Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

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"and how much was manufactured, used to mask very calculated, methodical intentions"), he did believe overall that Perkins was dealing with a lot of backlash from Paramount over his sexuality, which therefore led him to

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1999· 1 entry

1999Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Anthony Perkins

Eminem referenced Bates on "Role Model": "I'm 'bout as normal as Norman Bates with deformative traits/

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1992· 4 entries

Sep 12, 1992Documented record86% confidence

Anthony Perkins

Died 1992-09-12.

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1992Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Anthony Perkins

But learned of his passing as he reached for the phone

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1992Source gives the year onlyDocumented record72% confidence

Anthony Perkins

Nevertheless, the couple remained married until Perkins's death in 1992.

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Jan 1, 1992Documented record76% confidence

Anthony Perkins

“I chose not to go public about [having AIDS] because, to misquote Casablanca,”

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1991· 1 entry

Jun 15, 1991Documented record84% confidence

Anthony Perkins

Awarded Donostia Award (1991).

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1990· 1 entry

1990Source gives the year onlyDocumented record72% confidence

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Perkins said, in 1990: "“Ever since I got married and had kids, my life became much more structured and ordinary.

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1988· 1 entry

1988Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Anthony Perkins

Perkins received praise for his role in the horror film Destroyer, which was otherwise deemed a disappointment

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1984· 1 entry

1984Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Anthony Perkins

Perkins appeared in The Glory Boys, a British television thriller mini-series co-starring Rod Steiger

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1983· 3 entries

1983Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Anthony Perkins

Perkins stated, "Women's liberation has liberated me too"

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Jan 1, 1983Documented record76% confidence

Anthony Perkins

“She was constantly touching me and caressing me. Not realising what effect she was having, she would touch me all over, even stroking the inside of my thighs right up to my crotch.”

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1983Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Anthony Perkins

At the time of Psycho II's release, Perkins granted an interview to People where he discussed his sexuality, disclosing that he had not had sex with a woman until his thirties and that the thought had previously "terrifi

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1982· 1 entry

1982Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

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When Hunter visited Perkins to discuss a potential role for Perkins in the Western parody film Lust in the Dust

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1981· 1 entry

1981Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Anthony Perkins

English band Landscape released the song "Norman Bates" with the chorus "My name is Norman Bates; I'm just a normal guy

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1980· 1 entry

1980Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

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Perkins appeared in the action film North Sea Hijack

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1979· 2 entries

1979Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Anthony Perkins

Appeared in the science fiction film The Black Hole

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1979Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

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Perkins appeared in a villainous role in the satirical thriller Winter Kills

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1978· 2 entries

1978Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

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Perkins played Javert in a television adaptation of Les Misérables

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1978Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Anthony Perkins

Perkins starred in Remember My Name, written and directed by Alan Rudolph, alongside Geraldine Chaplin

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1977· 1 entry

1977Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Anthony Perkins

Blondie referenced Norman Bates on their track "Kidnapper": "Hey, you've got an unnerving face/And twitchin' eyes like Norman Bates

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1976· 1 entry

1976Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Anthony Perkins

Perkins hosted an episode of NBC's Saturday Night

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1975· 1 entry

1975Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

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Perkins appeared in Mahogany alongside Diana Ross

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1974· 6 entries

Jun 15, 1974Documented record84% confidence

Anthony Perkins

Awarded Edgar Awards (1974).

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1974Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Anthony Perkins

Perkins was part of the ensemble cast of Murder on the Orient Express

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Jan 1, 1974Documented record76% confidence

Anthony Perkins

““Ever since I got married and had kids, my life became much more structured and ordinary. Much more calm. Not nearly so grasping and ambitious. Not so paranoid. Not so fearful”

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1974Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Anthony Perkins

Directed the Off-Broadway play The Wager, though it had minimal impact

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1974Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Anthony Perkins

Followed by their second son, musician Elvis Perkins, in 1976

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1974Source gives the year onlyDocumented record72% confidence

Anthony Perkins

Their first son, actor and director Osgood Perkins, was born in 1974, followed by their second son, musician Elvis Perkins, in 1976.

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1973· 2 entries

1973Source gives the year onlyDocumented record72% confidence

Anthony Perkins

Perkins and Berenson married on August 9, 1973.

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1973Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Anthony Perkins

Perkins reunited with Stephen Sondheim to co-write the mystery The Last of Sheila; their screenplay was produced into a film directed by Herbert Ross

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1972· 2 entries

1972Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Anthony Perkins

Perkins appeared in a supporting role in The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean, a Western directed by John Huston and starring Paul Newman

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1972Source gives the year onlyDocumented record72% confidence

Anthony Perkins

There are varying accounts regarding how Perkins met his future wife, photographer and model Berinthia "Berry" Berenson, in 1972.

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1971· 3 entries

1971Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

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Perkins starred in another French production, the murder mystery Ten Days' Wonder, his second film with Claude Chabrol where he reunited with Orson Welles

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1971Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Anthony Perkins

After not seeing each other for almost a decade, they were reunited on the set of The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean

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1971Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Anthony Perkins

Perkins ended a seven-year relationship with dancer Grover Dale

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1968· 1 entry

1968Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Anthony Perkins

Perkins made his first Hollywood film since Psycho, starring in Pretty Poison alongside Tuesday Weld

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1966· 1 entry

1966Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Anthony Perkins

Stephen Sondheim composed the musical Evening Primrose for the television series ABC Stage 67, Perkins playing the lead role

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1965· 1 entry

1965Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Anthony Perkins

Participated in the Selma to Montgomery marches advocating for African American voting rights

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1962· 1 entry

1962Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Anthony Perkins

To appear in the Broadway play Harold, although the production had a short run

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1961· 2 entries

Jun 15, 1961Documented record84% confidence

Anthony Perkins

Awarded Palme d'Or (1961).

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Jun 15, 1961Documented record84% confidence

Anthony Perkins

Awarded Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor for Goodbye Again (1961).

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1960· 1 entry

1960Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Anthony Perkins

Perkins starred as Norman Bates in Alfred Hitchcock's Psycho

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1959· 1 entry

1959Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Anthony Perkins

Shortly before the production of Psycho, and the two had limited contact afterward

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1958· 6 entries

1958Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Anthony Perkins

Perkins was nominated for the Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play

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1958Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Anthony Perkins

"The Prettiest Girl in School" gained popularity in Australia but did not chart successfully in the United States

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1958Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Anthony Perkins

Newsweek described Perkins as "possibly the most gifted dramatic actor in this country under 30"

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1958Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Anthony Perkins

Perkins told Holiday magazine that the single performance that influenced him most was Marlon Brando's in On the Waterfront: "That's the direction I want to go as an actor

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Jan 1, 1958Documented record76% confidence

Anthony Perkins

Released album “On a Rainy Afternoon”.

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1958Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

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Perkins co-starred with Silvana Mangano in This Angry Age, in which he was also reunited with Jo Van Fleet

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1957· 5 entries

Jun 15, 1957Documented record84% confidence

Anthony Perkins

Won Golden Globe Awards (1957).

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Jun 15, 1957Documented record84% confidence

Anthony Perkins

Won Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actor (1957).

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1957Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Anthony Perkins

And 1958, he released three pop music albums and several singles under the name Tony Perkins through Epic and RCA Victor

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1957Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Anthony Perkins

Used the flexibility of his studio contract to return to Broadway in Look Homeward, Angel

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Jan 1, 1957Documented record76% confidence

Anthony Perkins

Released album “Orchestra Under The Direction Of Martin Paich”.

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1956· 3 entries

1956Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Anthony Perkins

While Perkins he was being groomed by Paramount as a teen idol, he demonstrated his singing ability by performing songs in the TV program Joey and in Friendly Persuasion

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1956Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Anthony Perkins

Perkins played his first major film role in Friendly Persuasion, which earned him the Golden Globe Award for Best New Actor of the Year, the Photoplay Award for Most Promising Male Star, and a nomination for the Academy

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1956Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Anthony Perkins

During the filming of Friendly Persuasion

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1955· 2 entries

Jun 15, 1955Documented record84% confidence

Anthony Perkins

Awarded Theatre World Award (1955).

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1955Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Anthony Perkins

Perkins was cast in a succession of leading roles intended to solidify his image as a romantic and masculine screen presence

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1954· 1 entry

1954Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Anthony Perkins

When he replaced John Kerr in the lead male role of Tea and Sympathy on Broadway, directed by Elia Kazan, another friend of his father

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1950· 1 entry

1950Source gives the year onlyDocumented record66% confidence

Anthony Perkins

Enrolled at Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida, having been persuaded to attend after a college representative visited his school

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1948· 1 entry

1948Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Anthony Perkins

Perkins returned to summer stock theatre, this time at the Robin Hood Theatre in Arden, Delaware, where his mother had secured a position as a manager

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1942· 1 entry

1942Source gives the year onlyDocumented record70% confidence

Anthony Perkins

When Perkins was ten years old, his family moved to Boston

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1932· 2 entries

Apr 4, 1932Documented record70% confidence

Anthony Perkins

In Manhattan, New York City, the son of actor Osgood Perkins (1892–1937) and Janet Esselstyn (née Rane; 1894–1979)

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Apr 4, 1932Documented record86% confidence

Anthony Perkins

Born 1932-04-04.

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