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- NAME: Vincent Price
- OCCUPATION: Film Actor
- BIRTH DATE: May 27, 1911
- DEATH DATE: October 25, 1993
- EDUCATION: Yale University, University of London
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Saint Louis, Missouri
- PLACE OF DEATH: Los Angeles, California
- Full Name: Vincent Price
Best Known For
American actor Vincent Price starred as the villain in the 1953 film House of Wax, which revitalized the horror genre, and was one of the first films shot in 3D.
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Other Projects
Price enjoyed success in many arenas outside of cinema; he made numerous television appearances, ranging from The Brady Bunch to the TV series Batman. In the 1980s, he hosted the PBS series Mystery. He also added an ominous air to the Michael Jackson's 1983 "Thriller" video, by delivering an opening monologue. Price also worked with rocker Alice Cooper.
A lifelong art aficionado,
Price wrote several books on his passion. He even served as an art consultant to Sears in the early 1960s, on a line of artworks for sale. A popular lecturer on art, Price also donated some of his art collection to establish the Vincent Price Gallery at East Los Angeles College. Also a devoted foodie, Price co-wrote several cookbooks.
Final Years
One of Price's final roles was in Tim Burton's Edward Scissorhands (1990). In the film, he plays a gentle version of Dr. Frankenstein, who creates a teenage boy (Johnny Depp). Price's character dies before he finishes his work, leaving the boy with metal scissors for hands.
Around this time, the veteran actor discovered that he had lung cancer. He died of the disease on October 25, 1993, at his Los Angeles home. Predeceased by his third wife, actress Coral Browne, Price was survived by his two children—Vincent Barrett Price, his son from first wife Edith Barrett, and daughter Victoria, from his second marriage to Mary Grant. Victoria Price later wrote a biography on her father. In an interview with the Los Angeles Times, she described him as "a lovely, sweet man," who was "larger than life"—a far cry from the villains that Price played on the big screen.
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