Patricia Hitchcock.Photo: Stephane Cardinale/Sygma via Getty Images
Pat Hitchcock, the only child of legendary director Alfred Hitchcock, has died at age 93.
The actress died at her home in Thousand Oaks, Calif., on Monday, her daughter Katie O’Connell-Fiala toldThe Hollywood ReporterandVariety. The cause of death was not revealed.
Pat appeared in several movies, including her father’s filmsStrangers on a Train(1951),Psycho(1960) andStage Fright(1950).
In 1984, while discussing getting roles in Alfred’s films, the actress told theWashington Post, “I wish he had believed in nepotism. I’d have worked a lot more.”
“But he never had anyone in his pictures unless he believed they were right for the part,” she continued at the time. “He never fit a story to a star or to an actor. Often I tried to hint to his assistant, but I never got very far. She’d bring my name up, he’d say, ‘She isn’t right for it,’ and that would be the end of that.”
Alfred Hitchcock and Pat Hitchcock.Bettmann/Getty
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Alfred shared Pat with screenwriter and film editor Alma Reville. Pat was born in July 1928 in London, and in 1939, their family moved to Los Angeles. Soon after, Pat had her debut acting roles in the Broadway playsSolitaire(1942) andViolet(1944).
Pat, in addition to acting, contributed to Alfred Hitchcock’sMystery Magazineand co-authored her mother’s biography with Laurent Bouzereau titledAlma Hitchcock: The Woman Behind the Man.
source: people.com
