6. | Anthony "Tony" Perkins (5.Janet4, 4.Elizabeth3, 2.Sarah2, 1.Harriet1) was born on 4 Apr 1932 in Manhattan, New York, New York; died on 12 Sep 1992 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California. Other Events and Attributes:
- Occupation: American actor, director, and singer
- Cause of Death: AIDS and Pneumonia
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Anthony Perkins (April 4, 1932 – September 12, 1992) was an American actor, director, and singer. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.
Perkins was born in Manhattan, New York City, son of stage and film actor Osgood Perkins and his wife, Janet Esselstyn (née Rane). His paternal great-grandfather was wood engraver Andrew Varick Stout Anthony. He was five when his father died.
Perkins was a descendant of a Mayflower passenger, John Howland. He attended Brooks School and Browne & Nichols School, having moved to Boston in 1942, and then Columbia University and Rollins College.
Perkins was diagnosed with HIV during the filming of Psycho IV: The Beginning, and died at his Los Angeles home on September 12, 1992, from AIDS-related pneumonia at age 60. His urn, inscribed "Don't Fence Me In", is in an altar on the terrace of his former home in the Hollywood Hills.
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Anthony married Berinthia Berry Berenson on 9 Aug 1973 in Falmouth, Barnstable, Massachusetts. Berinthia was born on 14 Apr 1948 in Murray Hill, Manhattan, New York City, New York; died on 11 Sep 2001 in New York City, New York, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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