Hitchcock Chronology: Patricia Hitchcock
Entries in the Hitchcock Chronology relating to Patricia Hitchcock...
1928
July
- 7th - Patricia Alma Hitchcock is born to Alma & Alfred Hitchcock at 153 Cromwell Road, Kensington, London.
1931
November
- 16th - Actress Phyllis Konstam marries in London. The Hitchcocks are among the wedding guests and their daughter Patricia is Konstam's trainbearer.[1]
1932
February
- 2nd - The Hitchcocks, along with their 3-year-old daughter Patricia, depart from Southampton aboard the Atlantis on a round trip. The liner is bound for Africa, South America and Mexico.[2]
1937
August
- 18th - The Hitchcocks, accompanied by their daughter Patricia and Joan Harrison, depart from Southampton to New York aboard to RMS Queen Mary.[3]
- 24th - The Hitchcocks, accompanied by their daughter Patricia and Joan Harrison, are photographed dining in New York.
September
- 12th - The Hitchcocks, along with daughter Patricia and Joan Harrison, arrive into Southampton aboard the MV Georgic.[4]
1939
March
- 4th - The Hitchcock family, along with Joan Harrison, set sail for their new lives in America aboard the RMS Queen Mary.[5][6]
- 16th - The Hitchcock family and Joan Harrison leave New York by train, for a brief vacation in Florida and Havana.[7]
- 22nd - The Hitchcock family and Joan Harrison fly from Havana, Cuba, into Miami, Florida, aboard an American Seaplane.[8]
1941
December
- 31st - Variety reports that Alma Reville and Patricia Hitchcock are travelling from Los Angeles to New York.[9]
1942
January
- 27th - The John Van Druten play Solitaire opens on Broadway in New York, marking Patricia Hitchcock's stage debut. Unfortunately the events surrounding Pearl Harbor contribute to a shortened run of just three weeks and it closes on 14th February.[10]
1947
June
- The Hitchcocks celebrate their daughter Patricia's high school graduation with a lavish party at their Bellagio Road house. Among the guests are Alida Valli, Whitfield Cook, Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Arthur Laurents, Farley Granger, Cary Grant and Ingrid Bergman.[11]
1948
January
- Patricia Hitchcock travels to London from New York aboard the Queen Mary to start studying at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA). She stays in Golders Green with two of her father's elderly cousins, Mary and Teresa Hitchcock.[12]
March
- The Hitchcocks sail for England aboard the RMS Queen Elizabeth to complete pre-production on Under Capricorn. Their daughter Patricia accompanies them, hoping to enroll at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.[13]
September
- 6th - Alma Reville arrives into New York from London aboard Pan Am flight 3/31. She then checked into the St. Regis Hotel in New York before traveling back to the family home in Bel-Air. Her husband remains in England to finish production on Under Capricorn. Their daughter Patricia stays in London with her maiden aunts Mary and Teresa, getting ready to start at Royal Academy of Dramatic Art.[14]
December
- The Hitchcocks spend Christmas at their Scotts Valley ranch. Their daughter Patricia has flown back to join them for the holiday season. Among their guests on Christmas Day are Whitfield Cook, Arthur Laurents and Joan Harrison.[15]
1949
June
- Sculpture Jacob Epstein completes his bust of Patricia Hitchcock, which her father had commissioned.
1951
March
- At the end of March, the Hitchcocks embark on a two-month long European vacation with their daughter, Patricia. They ship their car ahead and collect it in Naples, with Alma driving the family to Capri, Rome (where they meet with Ingrid Bergman, Florence, Venice and Villa d'Este by the shores of Lake Como.[16]
May
- 20th - The Hitchcock family fly into Montreal, Québec, Canada, from London aboard British Airways flight 601/377. They then tour Montreal and Quebec City — the latter would become the location for I Confess. Finally, the Hitchcocks drive down the Maine Coast to Boston and New York City, ending their two-month long vacation.[17]
1952
January
- 17th - Patricia Hitchcock marries Joseph E. O'Connell at St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York.[18]
1953
April
- 17th - Mary Alma O'Connell, daughter of Joseph E. O'Connell, Jr. and Patricia Hitchcock, and granddaughter of Alfred and Alma Hitchcock, is born.
November
- 16th - Patricia Hitchcock plays a supporting role in the first part of two-part radio adaptation of Wilkie Collins' novel "The Moonstone", broadcast as part of the Suspense series.[19]
1954
July
- 2nd - Teresa O'Connell, daughter of Joseph E. O'Connell, Jr. and Patricia Hitchcock, and granddaughter of Alfred and Alma Hitchcock, is born.
1955
December
- 22nd - The Hitchcocks, with their daughter Patricia, and Joan Harrison depart at 9pm from Honolulu to Los Angeles aboard Pan Am flight 510/22[20]
1959
February
- 27th - Kathleen O'Connell, daughter of Joseph E. O'Connell, Jr. and Patricia Hitchcock, and granddaughter of Alfred and Alma Hitchcock, is born.
1962
August
- 9th - The first complete rough cut of The Birds is screened to a select group, including Alma Reville, Patricia Hitchcock, Taft Schreiber (MCA executive), Herman Citron, Arthur Park, Jerry Adler (theater director), Vince Dee, Bernard Herrmann, Bill Blowitz (Head of Publicity at Universal), George Thomas, Joan Harrison and Norman Lloyd.[21]
1999
August
- 13th - Patricia Hitchcock unveils an English Heritage blue plaque at 153 Cromwell Road, Kensington, London.[22]
References
- ↑ The Times (16/Nov/1931) - Marriages: Mr H W Austin and Miss Phyllis Konstam
- ↑ See passenger list.
- ↑ See passenger list.
- ↑ See passenger list.
- ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 330
- ↑ See passenger list.
- ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 234
- ↑ The aircraft was recorded as NC 822-M and was piloted by Addison G. Person.
- ↑ Variety (31/12/1941) - L.A. to N.Y.
- ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 296
- ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 405
- ↑ "Alma Hitchcock: The Woman Behind the Man" - by Pat Hitchcock O'Connell and Laurent Bouzereau (2004), page 138
- ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, pages 415 & 418
- ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 420
- ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 429
- ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 454
- ↑ Alfred Hitchcock: A Life in Darkness and Light (2003) by Patrick McGilligan, page 455
- ↑ The Dark Side of Genius: The Life of Alfred Hitchcock (1983) by Donald Spoto, page 333
- ↑ The Alfred Hitchcock Presents Companion (2001) by Martin Grams Jnr & Patrik Wikstrom, page 16
- ↑ The airplane number was recorded as 1026V.
- ↑ The Making of Hitchcock's The Birds (2013) by Tony Lee Moral, pages 168-69
- ↑ The Independent (14/Aug/1999) - Plaque and posters pay homage to Hitch
