- Born
- DiedSeptember 11, 2001 · New York City, New York, USA (homicide as a result of the World Trade Center attack)
- Birth nameBerinthia Berenson
- Nicknames
- Berengaria
- Berry
- Born Berinthia Berenson in New York in 1948, Berenson was a noted photographer and actress and was the sister of model-turned-actress Marisa Berenson (of "Barry Lyndon" fame). Berenson met her husband, actor and star of Alfred Hitchcock's original version of Psycho (1960), Anthony Perkins on the set of his film Play It As It Lays (1972) and married him in 1973. The couple raised 2 sons and remained married until Perkins' death of an AIDS-related illness in 1992. Listed on the flight manifest as Berinthia Perkins, Berenson was killed aboard the hijacked American Airlines Flight 11, which was deliberately crashed into the World Trade Center's North Tower on September 11, 2001 and was one of over 3,000 lives lost on this date. She was survived by her adult sons, musician Elvis Perkins and actor Osgood Perkins.
- IMDb mini biography by: Margo Lopes/Oreo1956@aol.com
- SpouseAnthony Perkins(August 9, 1973 - September 12, 1992) (his death, 2 children)
- Children
- RelativesMarisa Berenson(Sibling)James Perkins(Grandchild)Bea Perkins(Grandchild)Schiaparelli(Grandparent)
- Was among those killed in a plane crash caused by terrorist hijackers: American Airlines Flight 11, A Boeing 767 en route from Boston to Los Angeles. The plane, carrying 81 passengers, nine flight attendants and two pilots, crashed into the north tower of New York's World Trade Center about 8:45 a.m. ET. The tower eventually collapsed, along with the second tower, which was hit by another hijacked plane.
- When Berry and Anthony Perkins married, she was just 25 and he was 41.
- Lived in Jamaica during her final years, where she ran a bar with her boyfriend.
- She died one day before the ninth anniversary of her husband's death.
- Television producer David Angell and his wife, Lynn Angell, were also on Berenson's September 11 flight.
- I'm so delighted with my life. I have this fabulous husband, the man I always wanted to marry. I have two fabulous children, which I always wanted, and we're all so happy.
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