He entered the film industry in 1929 as a writer. But for Hitchcock fans, her death reminds us that 42 years have passed since the master’s last film, and fewer. Told by the British Consul General that he was "Sir Alfred from now on", he said, with a typical touch of Hitchcock humour: "I'm sorry I didn't have my army with me today". RIP, Barbara Harris: Another Alfred Hitchcock Actor Passes, But These 24 Remain. When he died, Sir Alfred was working on a film dealing with George Blake, the British spy, to be called The Short Night.Ī naturalized citizen of the United States, Sir Alfred received his knighthood in a ceremony on a Hollywood studio set in January. The director, who was born in Leytonstone, Essex, had a heart pacemaker and had suffered painful bouts of arthritis in recent years, causing him to use a wheelchair or crutches. Sir Alfred recently spent several days at a medical centre in Hollywood for tests. The cause of his death was not disclosed. Aug8:23am Updated Patricia 'Pat' Hitchcock (left), with her father, Alfred Hitchcock, after the out-of-town opening of her Broadway play 'Violet' in October 1944. He received the American Film Institutes Life Achievement.
Sir Alfred Hitchcock, whose films thrilled and terrified audiences for more than half a century, died today at the age of 80. Hitchcock directed more than 50 feature films in a career spanning six decades. keywords: Alfred Hitchcock, Dial M for Murder (1954), Foreign Correspondent (1940), Leytonstone, London, North by Northwest (1959), Psycho (1960), Rear Window (1954), Rebecca (1940), Spellbound (1945), The 39 Steps (1935), The Birds (1963), The Lady Vanishes (1938), The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934), The Paradine Case (1947), The Short Night, Vertigo (1958).
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