Alma (Reville) Hitchcock
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Alma Lucy (Reville) Hitchcock (1899 - 1982)

Lady Alma Lucy Hitchcock formerly Reville
Born in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdommap
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Wife of — married 2 Dec 1926 in Brompton Oratory, London, England, United Kingdommap
Died at age 82 in Belair, California, USAmap
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Alma (Reville) Hitchcock was born in Nottinghamshire, England.

Screenwriter and film editor. Wife of Alfred Hitchcock and collaborated with him on several of his films.

Alma was born at 69 Caroline Street, St Anns, Nottingham on 14 August 1899. [1][2]

While she was very young Alma's family moved from Nottingham to London. On the 1901 and 1911 census entries she was living in London with her parents and older sister Eveline. [3] [4]

She married Alfred Hitchcock at Brompton Oratory, London on 2 December 1926.[5]

In 1979 Alfred Hitchcock collected a lifetime achievement award from the American Film Institute and acknowledged Alma's great influence on his work as follows:

“I beg permission to mention by name only four people who have given me the most affection, appreciation, encouragement and constant collaboration. The first of the four is a film editor, the second is a scriptwriter, the third is the mother of my daughter, Pat, and the fourth is as fine a cook as ever performed miracles in a domestic kitchen. And their names are Alma Reville. Had the beautiful Miss Reville not accepted a lifetime contract, without options, as ‘Mrs Alfred Hitchcock’ some 53 years ago, Mr Alfred Hitchcock might be in this room tonight. Not at this table, but as one of the slower waiters on the floor. I share my award, as I have my life, with her.” [6]

Alma passed away in 1982. She was cremated and her ashes scattered in the Pacific Ocean. [7]

Sources

  1. Birth Registration: "England & Wales, Civil Registration Birth Index, 1837-1915"
    Ancestry Record 8912 #30498560 (accessed 6 September 2021)
    Alma Lucy Reville birth Jul-Aug-Sep 1899 in Nottingham volume 7b page 366.
  2. Commemmorative plaque details at http://openplaques.org/plaques/40854
  3. 1901 Census: "1901 England Census"
    Class: RG13; Piece: 559; Folio: 39; Page: 11
    Ancestry Record 7814 #4261705 (accessed 6 September 2021)
    Alma L Reville (1) in household of Edward Reville (37) in Lewisham registration district. Born in Nottinghamshire, England.
  4. 1911 Census: "1911 England Census"
    The National Archives of the UK (TNA); Kew, Surrey, England; Census Returns of England and Wales, 1911
    Ancestry Record 2352 #39515925 (accessed 6 September 2021)
    Alma Reville (11) in household of Edward Reville (47) at 10 Avenue Gardens, St Margarets Rd, St Margarets On Thames, St Margarets. Born in Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England.
  5. Marriage Registration: "England & Wales, Civil Registration Marriage Index, 1916-2005"
    General Register Office; United Kingdom; Volume: 1a; Page: 460
    Ancestry Record 8753 #62283499 (accessed 6 September 2021)
    Alma L Reville marriage Oct-Nov-Dec 1926 in Kensington.
  6. Alma Reville,The Power Behind Hitchcock's Throne at www.brentonfilm.com
  7. Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/6653710/alma-lucy-hitchcock : accessed 06 September 2021), memorial page for Alma Lucy Reville Hitchcock (14 Aug 1899–6 Jul 1982), Find a Grave Memorial ID 6653710, ; Maintained by AJM (contributor 50539672) Cremated, Ashes scattered at sea, who reports a Ashes scattered in the Pacific Ocean.

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