<Tr> <Th> Significant other (s) </Th> <Td> Sam Loomis (deceased ex-boyfriend and brother - in - law) </Td> </Tr> <P> Marion Crane (also called Mary Crane) is a fictional character created by Robert Bloch in his 1959 novel Psycho, and portrayed by Janet Leigh in the 1960 film of the same name directed by Alfred Hitchcock . She is also portrayed by Anne Heche in the 1998 remake, and by Rihanna in the television series Bates Motel (2017) which retells the Psycho story over the years prior to the events of the novel and film . For her performance in Psycho, Leigh was nominated for Best Supporting Actress in the Academy Awards and won a Golden Globe Award in the same category . </P> <P> Marion lives in Phoenix, Arizona and is unhappy in her relationship with Sam Loomis (John Gavin), a divorcé who is in too much debt to marry her . Marion rejects his idea to take the afternoon off and rushes back to her storefront real estate office . Her boss of ten years, Mr. Lowery (Vaughn Taylor), arrives shortly afterward with Tom Cassidy (Frank Albertson), a wealthy customer who is buying the Harris Street Property, one of Lowery's houses on the market for $40,000 as a wedding present for his daughter, making cash payment in full, which causes mild alarm to Lowery . However, instead of depositing Cassidy's money in the bank, Marion, wanting to pay Sam's debts and marry him, impulsively goes on the run with the money . She drives to the (fictional) small town of Fairvale, California, where Sam lives, and pays California Charlie (John Anderson), a used car salesman, to trade her car for a new one after a highway patrol officer (Mort Mills) checks her license plate . She turns off the main road without realizing it, and arrives at the Bates Motel . She checks in with the proprietor, Norman Bates (Anthony Perkins), who shyly invites her to have dinner with him . After wrapping the remaining money inside a newspaper, Marion overhears a heated argument between Norman and his mother about letting Marion into the house . </P> <P> During dinner, Marion has a conversation with Norman, who says that he is trapped by his obligation to his mentally ill mother . She realizes that she, too, is stuck in a "private trap", and can only escape it by taking responsibility for stealing the money . She gently suggests to Norman that he put his mother in a mental hospital, which he heatedly refuses to do . She bids him goodnight, and returns to her room . There, she undresses while Norman watches through a peephole hidden in the wall of his office . Resolving to make amends to her employer, Marion makes a few calculations based on how much the escapade has cost her . She then takes a shower . Suddenly, a mysterious figure enters the bathroom--shadowy through the shower curtain--and stabs Marion to death . Believing his mother has committed the murder, Norman puts the naked corpse and shower curtain--and, unknowingly, the money--in the trunk of Marion's car and sinks it in a nearby swamp . </P>

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