Alfred Hitchcock
Years Active: 1921-76
Date of Birth: 13th August 1899
Date of Death: 29th April 1980
Alfred Hitchcock was born on the 13th of August 1899 in Leystone. Hitchcock described his childhood as lonely and sheltered worsened by his obesity. This may have been because of events such as his father sending him to the local police station with a note asking an officer to lock him away for five minutes as a punishment for misbehaving. This caused a lifelong phobia of policemen and may have been the reason for the frequency of harsh treatment and wrongful accusations in his films. This also could have been the reason he refused to learn to drive. Another theme in his films that may have stemmed from his childhood is characters with bad relationships with their mothers. This may have been caused by his mother (according to legend) forcing Hitchcock to stand at the foot of her bed for hours and describe his actions as a punishment whenever he misbehaved. This theme is shown in such films as “Notorious” and more famously “Psycho” where the villain has an unusual relationship with his mother.
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