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  • Category: Television
  • Star rank: 86
  • Address:
    7001 Hollywood Blvd
  • Position: 3 tiles from the curb, facing west
  • GPS location:
    34.101661, -118.342265

Alfred Hitchcock

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Previous star: Roger Corman

Biography

Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE (13 August 1899 – 29 April 1980) was a British film director and producer. He pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. After a successful career in British cinema in both silent films and early talkies, Hitchcock moved to Hollywood. In 1956 he became an American citizen while remaining a British subject.

Fact file

  • Born: Alfred Joseph Hitchcock 13 August 1899 Leytonstone, London, England
  • Died: 29 April 1980 (aged 80) Bel Air, California, US
  • Other names: Hitch The Master of Suspense
  • Occupation: Film director
  • Years active: 1921–76
  • Influenced: Brian De Palma, François Truffaut, Steven Spielberg, Martin Scorsese, Claude Chabrol, Robert Zemeckis, David Lynch, Stanley Kubrick, Dario Argento, John Carpenter, Jonathan Demme, Tim Burton
  • Religion: Roman Catholic
  • Spouse: Alma Reville (1926–80; his death)
  • Children: Patricia Hitchcock
  • Parents: William Hitchcock (father) Emma Jane Whelan (mother)

Read more about Alfred Hitchcock at Wikipedia or at the Internet Movie Database

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    6506 Hollywood Blvd Hollywood Blvd, south side, between Schrader and Wilcox

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'The Bourne Legacy' Trailer: Five Key Scenes
MTV News, 2012-02-08 06:58:49
Jeremy Renner's rogue agent is introduced in badass 'Bourne' fashion.By Kevin P. Sullivan Jeremy Renner in the "Bourne Legacy" trailer Photo: Universal Pictures Jeremy Renner makes his big debut as the latest agent gone rogue in "The Bourne Legacy." Picking up where Matt Damon left off, Renner plays Aaron Cross, ...

A&E Developing Psycho Prequel Series!!
Perez Hilton Gossip, 2012-01-19 14:20:36
OMG the original film was horrifying enough!!! Now A&E wants to create a prequel series to the Alfred Hitchcock classic Psycho. In this story, A&E would delve into the explanation of Norman Bates psyche — from how his sinister evil began in the first place to how it grew over ...

Artist music criticised by Novak
BBC Entertainment, 2012-01-10 09:22:32
The French director of The Artist defends using music from Alfred Hitchcock's Vertigo in his Oscar-tipped film after a strongly-worded complaint from its star Kim Novak.

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