SLIDESHOW: Alfred Hitchcock's life

LONDON - OCTOBER 18: Members of the audience watches as pianist Neil Brand provides the accompaniment to archive films being shown on the big screen on October 18, in London, England. 'London Thrills Me' presented 'Blackmail' by Alfred Hitchcock and 'Blue Bottles' by Ivor Montagu to hundreds in the square, during the BFI 51st International Film Festival. (Photo by Cate Gillon/Getty Images)

Cannes, FRANCE: TO GO WITH AFP STORY IN FRENCH ON THE CANNES FILM FESTIVAL- (Files) Picture taken 19 May 1972 shows Us actress Grace Kelly and Bristish director Alfred Hitchcock posing during the Cannes International Film Festival in Cannes, southern France. The Cannes film festival, to be held from 16 May 2007 to 27 May 2007 is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year. A total of 22 films will compete this year for the prestigious Palme d'Or award. AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Ge

An Alfred Hitchcock wax figure is seen at Madame Tussauds in Hollywood, California, on August 27, 2009. Marie Tussaud, born Anna Maria Grosholtz (1761?1850) was born in Strasbourg, France. Tussaud created her first wax figure, of Voltaire, in 1777. Other famous people she modelled at that time include Jean-Jacques Rousseau and Benjamin Franklin. During the French Revolution she modelled many prominent victims. In her memoirs she claims that she would search through corpses to find the decapitate

A wax figure of director Alfred Hitchcock is seen at 'The celebrity Awards Hall' exhibition at Madame Tussauds in Hollywood, California, on February 25, 2010. Forty of the Madame Tussauds Hollywood figures are Oscar winners. AFP PHOTO / GABRIEL BOUYS (Photo credit should read GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images)

British film director Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980) jokes as he gives a press conference in Paris to present his last movie 'Psycho' 18 October 1960. (Photo credit should read STF/AFP/Getty Images)

Los Angeles, UNITED STATES: Picture dated 1968 at Universal City, near Los Angeles of French actress Claude Jade, during the shooting of Alfred Hitchcock's film 'Topaz'. Claude Jade died of cancer 01 December 2006 in Paris at the age of 58. AFP PHOTO (Photo credit should read -/AFP/Getty Images)

Former actress Tippi Hedren (L), Alfred Hitchcock's daughter Pat Hitchcock O'Connell (2nd L), Universal Studios Executive Bob Wasserman (2nd R) and actress Janet Leigh (R) gather around a bronze bust of the late director Alfred Hitchcock during a 27 June 1999 unveiling ceremony at Universal Studios in Los Angeles, California. The unveiling is part of a series of events in ahead of 13 August 199 centennial birthday of the late filmmaker. AFP PHOTO/Scott NELSON (Photo credit should read SCOTT NELS

This 29 October,1997 file photo shows actress Janet Leigh, who starred in Hitchcock's 1960 thriller 'Psycho,' speaking during the unveiling ceremony of a US postage stamp bearing Alfred Hitchcock's portrait. Leigh, the wholesome beauty who co-starred with James Stewart, John Wayne and Frank Sinatra in films of the 1940s to 1960s and achieved her most lasting fame as the victim of a shower slashing in Alfred Hitchcock's 'Psycho,' died Sunday at her Beverly Hills, Calif., home, the New York Daily

CANNES, FRANCE: Portrait of American filmmaker Alfred Hitchcock taken 27 may 1972 at the Cannes international film festival. (Photo credit should read AFP/AFP/Getty Images)

Vienna, AUSTRIA: TO GO WITH AFP STORY 'Film festival in Vienna puts Freud on the couch' A poster promoting 'Spellbound' by Alfred Hitchcock (1945) is pictured during the festival of films 'Psyche im Kino' (Psyche in Cinema) organised by the museum of film in Vienna 19 April 2006. Austria, which this year celebrates Sigmund Freud's 150th birthday, is holding a festival of films inspired by the theories of the father of psychoanalysis, even though he disliked the movies. AFP PHOTO (Photo credit sh

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM: Katherine Williams, a Christie's auction house employee, puts a prop of Alfred Hitchcock's, made for the film 'Frenzy' in 1972, on a shelf as part of the preview for Christies Film and Entertainment sale in London 09 December, 2004. AFP PHOTO/CARL DE SOUZA (Photo credit should read CARL DE SOUZA/AFP/Getty Images)

An original sketch signed by Alfred Hitchcock is seen at Bonhams and Butterfields on April 14, 2011 in Los Angeles, California, during a preview before an auction on April 20. The sketch is estimated at USD 1,000 - USD 1,500. AFP PHOTO / GABRIEL BOUYS (Photo credit should read GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images)

Former actress Tippi Hedren stands next to the unveiled bronze bust of the late director Alfred Hitchcock during a 27 June 1999 ceremony at Universal Studios in Los Angeles, California. The unveiling is part of a series of events in ahead of the 13 August 1999 centennial birthday of the late filmmaker. Hedren is famous for her role in Hitchcock's film 'The Birds'. AFP PHOTO/Scott NELSON (Photo credit should read SCOTT NELSON/AFP/Getty Images)

Picture taken in May 1972 of British film director Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980) posing on a boat in Cannes before the international film festival. Hitckcock directed his first film in 1925 and rose to become an unexcelled master of suspense, internationally recognized for his intricate plots and novel camera technique. (Photo credit should read /AFP/Getty Images)

A man seats on a banch in front of a painting of film director Alfred Hitchcock and a statue of singer Elvis Presley on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, in Hollywood, California, September 12, 2008. AFP PHOTO/GABRIEL BOUYS (Photo credit should read GABRIEL BOUYS/AFP/Getty Images)

CANNES, FRANCE - MAY 15: English director Alfred Hitchcock arrives by bicycle on the Croisette, May 15, 1972, at the Cannes Film Festival in Cannes, France. (Photo credit should read /AFP/Getty Images)

British film director Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980) gives a press conference in Paris to present his last movie 'Psycho' 18 October 1960. (Photo credit should read STF/AFP/Getty Images)

A model presents a creation inspired by Alfred Hitchcock's movie 'The Birds' during a fashion show in Washington on June 21, 2010, part of the 9th annual Sweet Charity event for the benefit of the Heart of America Foundation, a Washington-based non-profit organization which promotes literacy among children in the area and across the US. Models displayed designs made with chocolate, sugar and marzipan. AFP PHOTO/Nicholas KAMM (Photo credit should read NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images)

Princess Grace of Monaco faces cameras while she arrives to attend at the 33rd Cannes Film Festival, on May 15, 1980 in Cannes, the tribute to Alfred Hitchcock. AFP PHOTO RAPH GATTI (Photo credit should read RALPH GATTI/AFP/Getty Images)

A model presents a creation inspired by Alfred Hitchcock's movie 'The Birds' during a fashion show in Washington on June 21, 2010, part of the 9th annual Sweet Charity event for the benefit of the Heart of America Foundation, a Washington-based non-profit organization which promotes literacy among children in the area and across the US. Models displayed designs made with chocolate, sugar and marzipan. AFP PHOTO/Nicholas KAMM (Photo credit should read NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images)

British film director Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980) gestures as he gives a press conference in Paris to present his last movie 'Psycho' 18 October 1960. (Photo credit should read STF/AFP/Getty Images)

British film director Alfred Hitchcock (1899-1980) gestures as he gives a press conference in Paris to present his last movie 'Psycho' 18 October 1960. (Photo credit should read STF/AFP/Getty Images)