Patricia Hitchcock

Born in the British capital on July 7, 1928, Patricia Alma Hitchcock moved to Los Angeles with her parents, the illustrious Alfred Hitchcock and Alma Reville , in 1939, when the British filmmaker began his Hollywood stage. Since she was a child, it was clear to her that she wanted to dedicate herself to acting, so she soon began acting on stage. “I have great memories of when she visited the filming sets as a child,” she recalled in an interview. “That encouraged me to get into the business. Her father helped her get a part in ‘Solitaire,’ a 1942 Broadway production, where she was also in ‘Violet,’ 1940. After graduating from Marymount High School in Los Angels in 1947, Patricia Hitchcock He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London and later worked on the London stage.

He participated as an extra in Sabotage, where he appeared with his mother in the crowd attending a street parade. In 1949 Patricia Hitchcock acted as a double for Jane Wyman , to whom she bore a physical resemblance, in the dangerous driving scenes of Scene Fright , Alfred Hitchcock ‘s first film in Britain since he immigrated to the United States. In addition, she gave life to Chubby Bannister, an acting student and school friend of the protagonist.

She also appeared in Strangers on a Train , as Anne Morton, lover of Farley Granger ‘s character Guy Haines . In Psycho , Patricia Hitchcock became Caroline, the office mate who offers to share her downers with Marion Crane ( Janet Leigh ). Not only did she work with father  Alfred Hitchcock , as Jean Negulesco had her under her orders in The Imp and the Queen and Cecil B. DeMille  in The Ten Commandments . She has also been in numerous television series, such as Suspense, Suspicion, My Little Margie, Matinee Theater andThe Life of Riley , as well as in ten chapters of Alfred Hitchcock Presents .

After marrying Joseph Edward O’Connell Jr. in 1952 – whom she had met on a cruise with her parents in Italy – Patricia Hitchcock withdrew almost completely from acting to raise her three children. She co-wrote a biography of her mother, “Alma Hitchcock: The Woman Behind the Man,” with Laurent Bouzereau. She also distinguished herself by defending her father to the death. “Vertigo was not successful because it was filmed ahead of time, but whoever sees it today is going to love it,” she argued on the occasion of the film’s restoration. “He did this work for his audience, not for the audience. It bothered him when critics reviled him, of course, but he didn’t take them into account first when shooting. I always get asked if he’s sadistic on set, but I don’t it’s true,

Her husband passed away in 1994. Pat Hitchcock’s home burned down in the devastating Woolsey fire in Southern California in 2018.