Berry Berenson
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Berinthia "Berry" Berenson Perkins (April 14, 1948 – September 11, 2001) was an American photographer, actress, and model who was also known for being the wife of actor Anthony Perkins, died in the attacks of 9/11 as a passenger on American Airlines Flight 11.
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Biography
Background
Berinthia Berenson was the younger daughter of Robert L. Berenson, an American diplomat turned shipping executive, who was of Lithuanian Jewish descent; his family's original surname was Valvrojenski.<ref>Bernard Berenson, "Sketch for a Self-Portrait", NY: Pantheon, 1949</ref><ref>"Robert L. Berenson, Ex-Envoy and Head of Shipping Line, Dies", The New York Times, 3 February 1965, page 35</ref> Her mother was born Countess Maria Luisa Yvonne Radha de Wendt de Kerlor, better known as Gogo Schiaparelli, a socialite of Italian, Swiss, French, and Egyptian ancestry.<ref name = "htgxkf">Elsa Schiaparelli, "Shocking Life", NY: Dutton, 1954</ref><ref>She married, as her second husband, Gino, Marchese Cacciapuoti di Giugliano, an actor and director.</ref>
Her maternal grandmother was the Italian-born fashion designer Elsa Schiaparelli,<ref>Linda Greenhouse, "Schiaparelli Dies in Paris; Brought Color to Fashion", The New York Times, 15 November 1973</ref> and her maternal grandfather was Count Wilhelm de Wendt de Kerlor, a Theosophist and psychic medium.<ref name = "htgxkf"/><ref>New Yorker article about Elsa Schiaparelli</ref><ref>Bibliotheca Philosophica Hermetica entry</ref> 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 great-grandniece 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.<ref>"Encyclopaedia Britannica Online entry"</ref>
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.<ref>Judy Klemesrud, "And Now, Make Room for the Berenson Sisters", The New York Times, 19 April 1973, page 54</ref>
She also appeared in several motion pictures, including Cat People, with Malcolm McDowell. She starred opposite Anthony Perkins in the 1978 Alan Rudolph film Remember My Name and opposite Jeff Bridges in the 1979 film Winter Kills.
Marriage
On 9 August 1973, in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, Berenson married the actor Anthony Perkins. They had two sons: the actor-musician Oz Perkins (born 2 February 1974) and the folk/rock recording artist Elvis Perkins (born 9 February 1976).<ref>Joyce Maynard, "Tony Perkins and Family: A Study in Informal Togetherness", The New York Times, Westchester Weekly Section, 12 January 1977, page 58</ref> They remained married until Perkins' death of AIDS on 12 September 1992.
Death
Berenson died at age 53 in the September 11, 2001 attacks aboard American Airlines Flight 11. She was returning to her California home following a holiday on Cape Cod.
See also
- Memorial to Berry Berenson on the September 11 wiki
References
External links
- Template:Imdb name
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- CNN Showbiz Today—Cultural figures among the victims
- Image of Berry Berenson
- Several news stories about Berry Berensonda:Berry Berenson
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