Alfred Hitchcock Height, Weight, Age, Spouse, Family, Facts, Biography

Alfred Hitchcock Quick Info
Height5 ft 8 in
Weight101 kg
Date of BirthAugust 13, 1899
Zodiac SignLeo
Date of DeathApril 29, 1980

Alfred Hitchcock was an English filmmaker who is known for his films like The Man Who Knew Too Much, Psycho, Spellbound, Rear Window, and many more. He is considered to be one of the greatest filmmakers to have ever existed. To date, Hitchcock is known as the Master of Suspense and is widely studied by aspiring filmmakers across the globe. He started his career with silent films and received the AFI Life Achievement Award in the year 1979 and the BAFTA fellowship in the year 1971.

Born Name

Alfred Joseph Hitchcock

Nick Name

Hitchcock, Master of Suspense

Age

Alfred Hitchcock was born on August 13, 1899.

Died

Alfred died on April 29, 1980, at the age of 80 in Bel Air, California, United States due to kidney failure.

Sun Sign

Leo

Born Place

Leytonstone, Essex, England, United Kingdom

Nationality

English

Education

He completed his primary education from the Wode Street School “for the daughters of gentlemen and little boys and later for a very short period of time at Salesian College in Battersea. Hitchcock then further studied at the St Ignatius College Stamford Hill, Tottenham. He did engineering from the London County Council School of Engineering and Navigation, Poplar.

Occupation

Film Director, Film Producer, Actor, Screenwriter, Film Editor, Art Director

Family

  • Father – (Late) William Edgar Hitchcock
  • Mother – (Late) Emma Jane Hitchcock, née Whelan
  • Siblings – (Late) William Daniel (Older Brother), (Late) Ellen Kathleen (Older Sister)
  • Others – John Hitchcock (Uncle), Mary Stone (Grandchild), Tere Carrubba (Grandchild), Katie Fiala (Grandchild)

Build

Large

Height

5 ft 8 in or 173 cm (as per his driver’s license)

Weight

101 kg or 222.5 lbs

Girlfriend / Spouse

Hitchcock had dated –

  • Alma Lucy Reville (1926-1980) – English director, editor, and screenwriter Alma and Alfred married each other in the year 1926 and they had a daughter together named Patricia Alma Hitchcock (b. 1928-2021). The relationship ended when Alfred lost his life in 1980. Alma died on July 6, 1982, at the age of 82.
  • Race / Ethnicity

    White

    Hair Color

    Dark Brown (Natural)

    With advancing age, his hair had turned ‘Gray’.

    Eye Color

    Dark Brown

    Sexual Orientation

    Straight

    Distinctive Features

    • He had a round face.
    • He was always formally dressed.

    Religion

    Alfred practiced Catholicism his entire life.

    Alfred Hitchcock’s Favorite Things

    • Subject – Geography
    • Movies – Destiny (1921)

    SourceIMDb, Wikipedia

    Alfred Hitchcock’s Facts

  • He was a master of suspense and murder.
  • He often made cameo appearances in most of his films.
  • Hitchcock had a very unique style of filmmaking and often took close-up shots of women’s hairstyles.
  • He always preferred shooting in a studio rather than a live location because he always wanted to have full control of the lights and other details and hence his films had to undergo a lot of special effects.
  • Hitchcock hated eggs and said that they were more disgusting than blood.
  • He had dual citizenship of England (by birth) and the United States (from 1955 until his death in 1980).
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