It has been revealed that Alfred Hitchcock’s only child, Pat Hitchcock, has passed away. This news comes from her, daughter, Katie O’Connell-Fiala, who confirmed that she died Monday in Thousand Oaks, California. The actress was 93 years old.
She was born Patricia Hitchcock on July 7, 1928 to Alfred Hitchcock and his wife Alma Reville. The Hitchcocks moved to Los Angeles in 1939, and she decided to act as a child. She began acting on the stage, appearing in the Broadway play “Violet.”
The director’s daughter appeared in her father’s films including “Strangers on a Train,” “Psycho” and “Stage Fright.” Pat also appeared in movies including “The Case of Thomas Pyke” and TV series such as “Suspense,” “Suspicion,” “My Little Margie,” “Matinee Theatre” and “The Life of Riley” as well as in 10 episodes of “Alfred Hitchcock Presents.” She also had a bit part in “The Ten Commandments.”
In “Psycho,” Hitchcock played Janet Leigh’s office mate Caroline, who offers to share her tranquilizers. In “Strangers on a Train,” she was Barbara Morton, the sister of Ruth Roman’s character Anne Morton.
During the 1970s, she appeared in TV movies “Skateboard,” “Six Characters in Search of an Author” and “Ladies of the Corridor.”
Her husband, Joseph E. O’Connell, Jr., passed away in 1994. Patricia is survived by three daughters, Mary Stone, Tere Carrubba and Katie O’Connell-Fiala.
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