The document provides biographical information about Alfred Hitchcock, known as "The Master of Suspense", including that he was born on December 31, 1899 in Leytonstone, Essex and died on April 29, 1980 in Bel Air, California. It also summarizes one of his famous films from 1960 called Psycho, with a plot about a secretary on the run who checks into a remote motel, starring Anthony Perkins and Vera Miles, and was nominated for 4 Oscars.