British roots of stars Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor published Robin Turner, WalesOnline Jan 4 2013

The British roots of some of Hollywood’s biggest stars including Richard Burton and Elizabeth Taylor have been published online for the first time.

Millions of United States census records are included in the collection, detailing British actors and actresses who moved to the US during the golden age of movies.

The 1940 US Federal Census Records, now being published by family history website Ancestry.co.uk, includes the names of Elizabeth Taylor, born in Hampstead Garden Suburb, London and Port Talbot’s Richard Burton.

The files also include London born Alfred Hitchcock, currently being played in a biopic of his life by another Port Talbot actor, Sir Anthony Hopkins, who moved to the US to direct some of the best-known films of all time, such as Psycho and The Birds.



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Helen Mirren recalls the 'Frenzy' of auditioning as a young actress for the real 'Hitchcock' Oscar winner plays his wife in a 'Psycho' drama starring Anthony Hopkins as the famed film director BY ETHAN SACKS / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS

Helen Mirren: 'I didn't like Hitchcock very much [in 1972], and he didn't like me very much either.'

It’s no mystery what drove Helen Mirren to star in “Hitchcock.”

Long before she was an Academy Award winner (for 2006’s “The Queen”) and a Dame, Mirren was a young stage actress in London auditioning for the real Master of Suspense as he was preparing to shoot his second-to-last film, “Frenzy,” back in 1972.

“I didn’t like Hitchcock very much, and he didn’t like me very much either,” Mirren tells the News. “It was not a good meeting at all. I guess it was a kind of audition, but I didn’t really want to be in the movie.

“I had no appreciation of who Alfred Hitchcock was. He was just an old-fashioned guy making old-fashioned movies, as far as I was concerned. I was ignorant and prejudiced.”

Forty years later, Mirren had the chance to correct an impetuousness of youth — if not to work with Hitchcock directly, then get to do the next best thing.

In “Hitchcock,” opening today, the 67-year-old actress stars as Alma Reville, the wife, frequent editor and moral compass of the legendary filmmaker.

Based on Stephen Rebello’s nonfiction book “Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of ‘Psycho,’” the tongue-in-cheek drama focuses on the couple’s uphill battle to film what would become the director’s signature hit. The movie also chronicles how they struggled to keep their marriage together in the process.

History has proven 1960’s “Psycho” to be Hitchcock’s most successful work and a genre-sparking thriller. But Alfred and Alma risked losing their home to finance it themselves. Getting the project through the censors and the studio, Universal, was murder.


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Review: Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren are simply stellar in 'Hitchcock' THE MOVIE CAN'T QUITE LIVE UP TO THE PERFORMANCES By Gregory Ellwood FRIDAY, NOV 2, 2012 4:32 AM (HIT FIX)

HOLLYWOOD – There have been many movies about the history of the movie industry, but it’s surprising it took this long for someone to bring the life of Alfred Hitchcock to the big screen.  The legendary filmmaker captained an impressive list of classic films including “Vertigo,” “North by Northwest,” “The 39 Steps,” “The Lady Vanishes” and “Dial M for Murder” among others.  And with his TV series “Alfred Hitchcock Presents…” he became one of the most recognizable directors and celebrities of the 1950’s.  His biggest hit, however, was one of his latter films, 1960’s “Psycho.”  Hitchcock’s obsession with making that “horror” film sets the stage for Sacha Gervasi’s  “Hitchcock,” which opened the 2012 AFI Film Fest Thursday night.

Coming off the success of “Northwest,” the picture finds Hitchcock (Anthony Hopkins) seemingly bored and uninterested in the numerous projects Hollywood is throwing his way.  That all changes, however, when he learns about Wisconsin serial killer Ed Gein (an almost unrecognizable Michael Wincott) who has stunned authorities by digging his mother up from the grave and murdering and then mutilating a number of young women.  The crimes inspired Robert Bloch to write the fiction novel “Psycho,” although at the time he claimed he didn’t realize how close his book about the off-kilter Norman Bates was to Gein’s own story.  Unfortunately for the famous filmmaker, Paramount Pictures – a studio that he owes one more film to – has no interest in funding “Psycho.” So, Hitchcock decides in order to feel creative again he'll mortgage his house and use his own savings to fund the $800,000 picture.

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'Hitchcock' trailer plus the new poster with Anthony Hopkins & Helen Mirren by Ethan Anderton October 29, 2012

The first poster for the behind-the-scenes drama Hitchcock, which chronicles the titular director and the trials and tribulations of making his horror classic Psycho, had a retro horror style. Anthony Hopkins stood in signature profile stance with snapshots of the rest of the cast including Scarlett Johansson, Jessica Biel, Helen Mirren and more. Now a new poster keeps the same style but with less graceful composition as Hitch merely stands with a knife, right next to Mirren as his wife Alma. It's nothing special, but the trailer for the movie speaks for itself anyway, so watch that if you haven't already.



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How eerie! Sir Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren are dead ringers for horror director Alfred Hitchcock and his beloved wife By LINDA MASSARELLA PUBLISHED: 15:36 EST, 1 June 2012 | UPDATED: 07:53 EST, 2 June 2012 MAIL ON LINE

In the first snap shots taken of Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren on the Los Angeles set of Hitchcock yesterday, it's clear the British actors have slipped right into character.

The 74-year-old Silence of the Lambs star was completely transformed into the legendary director with the help of prosthetic makeup. It gave Hopkins the long-nosed and big-jowled profile for  which Alfred Hitchcock was so famous.

Naturally slim, Hopkins was turned into a 300-pound giant with the help of a fat suit and further prosthetic make up around his jaw and neck.

Luckily for Mirren, Alma Hitchcock was naturally slender,

Some red hair dye, jewels and a period mink coat and long white gloves were all the 66-year-old actress needed to add to play the part.

Production on Sacha Gervasi's Hitchcock has been underway for about five weeks at various locations around Hollywood.

The movie looks at the period of Hitchcock's life when he was making one of the most iconic films of all time, Psycho.


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Helen Mirren: Helen Mirren bares her belly as she takes a break on the set of Hitchcock PUBLISHED: 17:10 EST, 12 May 2012 | UPDATED: 02:15 EST, 13 May 2012 (MAIL ON LINE)

At 66 years old it’s not often you see her showing any flesh below the bust and above her hemline.
But Helen Mirren flashed a little more than expected while on the set of her new film yesterday.

The legendary actress – who is starring as Alma Reville in the upcoming movie Hitchcock – revealed her midriff as she hurried around in Pasadena, California in between scenes.


Wearing a black and white skirt which fell below the knee with white slippers and a ginger wig for her role, the star looked relaxed as she sipped on a hot beverage in a paper cup.


However Mirren appeared to get too comfortable as she let a few buttons loose in the sunshine, causing her stomach to show.

Helen would have no problem accidentally displaying her tummy in a second outfit she wore.


The film also features Scarlett Johansson as Psycho star Janet Leigh whose character Marion Crane famously met a sticky end in the shower scene.




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Anthony Hopkins, Scarlett Johansson, Ralph Macchio, Helen Mirren Set for Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho By Andy Propst • Apr 17, 2012 • Los Angeles (THEATER MANIA)

Alfred Hitchcock (left) and Anthony Hopkins as the famed director

As previously reported, Academy Award winner Anthony Hopkins will play Hitchcock and Oscar winner Helen Mirren will play the filmmaker's wife, Alma Reville. Tony Award winner Scarlett Johansson and Jessica Biel will play Janet Leigh and Vera Miles, respectively, two of the actresses who starred in Psycho. Macchio will portray the classic film's screenwriter, Joe Stefano.


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Helen Mirren, Anthony Hopkins: Jessica Biel Joins 'Hitchcock' Film (CHRISTIAN POST)

The "Hitchcock" cast will also include actress Scarlett Johansson, who will portray "Psycho" actress Leigh.

The film chronicles the legendary director Hitchcock and his horror classic in which Leigh is viciously murdered in the famous shower scene. "Psycho" was based on the nonfiction book of the same name by Stephen Rebello.

Biel and Johansson will be joined by cast members Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren, who will play Hitchcock and his wife. The upcoming film will follow the director's struggles to make "Psycho" in the 1960s, which is considered one of the most influential films of all time.

British actor James D'Arcy was also cast in "Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho" as Anthony Perkins, according to Variety.


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Anthony Hopkins, Scarlett Johansson, Helen Mirren Set for Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho

Tony Award winner Scarlett Johannson will play actress Janet Leigh alongside Oscar winners Anthony Hopkins and Helen Mirren in the film Alfred Hitchcock and the Making of Psycho, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

The film, to be written by John McLaughlin and directed by Sacha Gervasi, is based on the non-fiction book by Stephen Rebello that tracks how Hitchcock decided to make the now-classic film.

Hopkins will play Hitchcock and Mirren will play the filmmaker's wife, Alma Reville. By Brian Scott Lipton • Mar 2, 2012 • Los Angeles


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