Berry Berenson(1948-2001)
- Actress
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Born Berinthia Berenson in New York in 1948, Berenson was a noted
photographer and actress and was the sister of model-turned-actress
Marisa Berenson (of "Barry Lyndon" fame). Berenson met her husband, actor and
star of Alfred Hitchcock's original version of Psycho (1960), Anthony Perkins on the set of
his film Play It As It Lays (1972) and married him in 1973. The couple raised 2 sons and
remained married until Perkins' death of an AIDS-related illness in
1992. Listed on the flight manifest as Berinthia Perkins, Berenson was
killed aboard the hijacked American Airlines Flight 11, which was
deliberately crashed into the World Trade Center's North Tower on
September 11, 2001 and was one of over 3,000 lives lost on this date.
She was survived by her adult sons, musician Elvis Perkins and actor
Osgood Perkins.
