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Anthony Perkins

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Actor 1932–1992 On stage 19531979

Anthony Perkins (April 4, 1932 – September 12, 1992) was an American actor. Born in Manhattan, he began his acting career as a teenager in summer stock theatre, and appeared in films prior to his Broadway debut. His first film role was in The Actress (1953). That same year, he debuted on Broadway in Tea and Sympathy, a performance for which he received critical acclaim. Perkins starred in Friendly Persuasion (1956), 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 Award for Best Supporting Actor. Following the film's success, he signed a seven-year, semi-exclusive contract with Paramount…

On stage 8 productions, 26 years

1953 Tea and Sympathy Ethel Barrymore Theatre · Original · directed by Elia Kazan 712 perf.
1957 Look Homeward, Angel Ethel Barrymore Theatre · Original · directed by George Roy Hill 564 perf.
1960 Greenwillow Alvin Theatre · Original · directed by George Roy Hill 95 perf.
1962 Harold Cort Theatre · Original · directed by Larry Blyden 20 perf.
1966 The Star-Spangled Girl Plymouth Theatre · Original · directed by George Axelrod 261 perf.
1973 Sondheim: A Musical Tribute Shubert Theatre · Original · directed by Burt Shevelove
1974 Equus Plymouth Theatre · Original · directed by John Dexter 1,209 perf.
1979 Romantic Comedy Ethel Barrymore Theatre · Original · directed by Joseph Hardy 396 perf.

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In the literature8 passages

  • 14 Morrison. A film version featuring Shirley Booth (Dolly), Paul Ford (Vandergelder), Anthony Perkins (Cornelius), Robert Morse (Barnaby), and Shirley MacLaine (Irene Molloy) was released in 1958 by Paramount Studios.ebooks/Gilvey, John Anthony/Before the Parade Passes By_ Gower Champion and the Glorious American Musical - John Anthony Gilvey.txt
  • Cast: Anthony Perkins, Cecil Kelloway, Pert Kelton, Ellen McCown, William Chapman, Grover Daleebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • B.J. Chute’s novel was turned into a homespun fantasy that had to do with quaint superstitions and folklore of a mythical village located on the Meander River — or somewhere down the road from Brigadoon and Glocca Morra. The whimsical tale takes up the conflict of young Gideon Briggs (Anthony Perkins) who would like nothing better than to…ebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • L ike most movie stars of his generation, Anthony Perkins (1932–1992) initially set his sights on the stage. It was particularly apt for the only child of Osgood Perkins, a minor movie actor but a stage star despite his mousey, pinched features. Tony made an inauspicious screen debut in a 1953 adaptation of Ruth Gordons The Actress , for…ebooks/Hadleigh, Boze/Broadway Babylon - Boze Hadleigh.txt
  • P.S. Anthony Perkins had married at forty, partly to change his image and to become a father. Though the relationship was said to be a loving one, he continued having casual sex on the side and eventually died of AIDS. Widow Berry Berenson (Marisa’s sister) died nine years later, in 2001, when her airplane flight, guided by Muslim terrori…ebooks/Hadleigh, Boze/Broadway Babylon - Boze Hadleigh.txt
  • Winecoff, Charles. Split Image: The Life of Anthony Perkins . New York: E.P. Dutton, 1996.ebooks/Hadleigh, Boze/Broadway Babylon - Boze Hadleigh.txt

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