 berinthia "berry" berenson perkins (april 14, 1948 â september 11, 2001) was an american photographer, actress, and model. perkins, who was the wife of actor anthony perkins, died in the september 11 attacks as a passenger on american airlines flight 11. ==early life== berenson was born in murray hill, manhattan. her father, robert lawrence berenson, was an american career diplomat turned shipping executive; he was of lithuanian jewish descent, and his family's original surname was valvrojenski.bernard berenson. sketch for a self-portrait. new york. pantheon. 1949"robert l. berenson, ex-envoy and head of shipping line, dies". the new york times. february 3, 1965, page 35"marisa $chiaparelli is married in gown designed. by her mother, the cougurlere". the new york times. her mother was born countess maria-luisa yvonne radha de wendt de kerlor, better known as gogo schiaparelli, a socialite of italian, swiss, french, and egyptian ancestry.elsa schiaparelli. shocking life. new york. dutton, 1954 her maternal grandmother was the italian-born fashion designer elsa schiaparelli,linda greenhouse, "schiaparelli dies in paris; brought color to fashion", the new york times, 15 november 1973 and her maternal grandfather was count wilhelm de wendt de kerlor, a theosophist and psychic medium. her elder sister, marisa berenson, became a well-known model and actress. she also was a great-grandniece of giovanni schiaparelli, an italian astronomer who believed he had discovered the supposed canals of mars, and a second cousin, once removed, of art e
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