Berinthia "Berry" Berenson-Perkins ( Berenson; April 14, 1948 – September 11, 2001) was an American photographer, actress, and model.
Berenson, who was married to actor Anthony Perkins from 1973 until his death in 1992, died in the September 11 attacks as a passenger on American Airlines Flight 11.
Early life
Berry Berenson was born in Murray Hill, Manhattan, New York City.
Her mother was born Maria-Luisa Yvonne Radha de Wendt de Kerlor, better known as Gogo Schiaparelli, a socialite of Italian, Swiss, French, and Egyptian ancestry.Elsa Schiaparelli.
Shocking Life.
New York.
Dutton, 1954 Her father, Robert Lawrence Berenson, was an American career diplomat turned shipping executive; he was of Lithuanian-Jewish descent, and his family's original surname was "Valvrojenski".Bernard Berenson.
Sketch for a Self-Portrait.
New York.
Pantheon.
1949"Robert L. Berenson, Ex-Envoy and Head of Shipping Line, Dies".
The New York Times.
February 3, 1965, page 35"Marisa $chiaparelli Is Married in Gown Designed. by Her Mother, the Cougurlere".
The New York Times.
Berenson's maternal grandmother was the Italian-born fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli,Linda Greenhouse, "Schiaparelli Dies in Paris; Brought Color to Fashion", The New York Times, November 15, 1973 and her maternal grandfather was Wilhelm de Wendt de Kerlor, a Theosophist and psychic medium.
Her elder sister, Marisa Berenson, became a well-known model and actress.
She also was a great-grandniece of Giovanni Schiaparelli, an Italian astronomer who believed he had discovered the supposed canals of Mars, and a second cousin, once removed, of art expert Bernard Berenson (1865–1959) and his sister Senda Berenson (1868–1954), an athlete and educator who was one of the first two women elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame.
Career
Following a brief modeling career in the late 1960s, Berenson became a freelance photographer.
By 1973, her photographs had been published in Life, Glamour, Vogue and Newsweek.Judy Klemesrud, "And Now, Make Room for the Berenson Sisters", The New York Times, April 19, 1973, page 54
Berenson studied acting at New York's The American Place Theatre with Wynn Handman along with Richard Gere, Philip Anglim, Penelope Milford, Robert Ozn, Ingrid Boulting and her sister Marisa.
Berenson also appeared in several motion pictures.
She starred opposite Anthony Perkins in the 1978 Alan Rudolph film Remember My Name, and appeared with Jeff Bridges in the 1979 film Winter Kills and Malcolm McDowell in Cat People (1982).
Personal life and death
On August 9, 1973, in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, Berenson, three months pregnant, married her future Remember My Name co-star Anthony Perkins.
The couple raised two sons: actor-director Oz Perkins (born 1974) and folk/rock singer-songwriter Elvis Perkins (born 1976).Maynard, Joyce (January 12, 1977).
"Tony Perkins and Family: A Study in Informal Togetherness".
The New York Times.
Westchester Weekly Section.
p. 58 They remained married until Perkins's death from AIDS-related complications on September 12, 1992.Goodman, Mark (September 28, 1992).
"One Final Mystery: Surrounded by Family, Friends and a Wall of Silence, Tony Perkins Succumbs to AIDS".
People.
Vol. 38 No. 13.Weinraub, Bernard (September 16, 1992).
"Anthony Perkins's Wife Tells of 2 Years of Secrecy".
The New York Times.Ferrell, David (September 13, 1992).
"Anthony Perkins, 60, Dies; Star of 'Psycho' Had AIDS".
Los Angeles Times.
Berenson died at age 53 in 2001 in the September 11 attacks aboard American Airlines Flight 11.
She was returning to her Los Angeles home, following a holiday on Cape Cod.Hopkinson, Amanda (September 14, 2001).
"Berry Berenson".
The Guardian.
At the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, Berenson is memorialized at the North Pool, on Panel N-76."
Berry Berenson Perkins" .
Memorial Guide: National 9/11 Memorial.
Retrieved October 28, 2011.
References
External links
Several news stories about Berry Berenson
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