Alfred Hitchcock: Facts & Related Content

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Also Known As	Sir Alfred Hitchcock
Born	August 13, 1899 • London • England
Died	April 29, 1980 (aged 80) • Los Angeles • California
Awards And Honors	Irving G. Thalberg Memorial Award (1968) • Academy Award (1968)
Notable Works	“Blackmail” • “Dial M for Murder” • “Foreign Correspondent” • “I Confess” • “Lifeboat” • “Marnie” • “Murder!” • “North by Northwest” • “Psycho” • “Rear Window” • “Rope” • “Sabotage” • “Saboteur” • “Secret Agent” • “Shadow of a Doubt” • “Spellbound” • “Stage Fright” • “Strangers on a Train” • “The 39 Steps” • “The Birds” • “The Lady Vanishes” • “The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog” • “The Man Who Knew Too Much” • “The Paradine Case” • “The Trouble with Harry” • “The Wrong Man” • “To Catch a Thief” • “Torn Curtain” • “Under Capricorn” • “Vertigo” • “Young and Innocent”