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TIL Horror director and Legally Blonde actor Oz Perkins is the son of Psycho star Anthony Perkins, and the nephew of Cabaret and Barry Lyndon star Marisa Berenson. Perkins's mother, Berinthia "Berry" Berenson Perkins, was killed in the September 11th attacks shortly after Legally Blonde's release.

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