Alma Reville
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Alma Reville, Lady Hitchcock (14 August 1899 - 6 July 1982) was an English assistant director
Film director
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, screenwriter
Screenwriter
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 and editor. She was the second daughter of Edward and Lucy Reville.

She is best known as the wife of Sir Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Hitchcock
Sir Alfred Joseph Hitchcock, KBE was a British film director and producer. He pioneered many techniques in the suspense and psychological thriller genres. After a successful career in British cinema in both silent films and early talkies, Hitchcock moved to Hollywood...

, whom she met while they were working together at Paramount
Paramount Pictures
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's Famous Players-Lasky studio
Famous Players-Lasky
Famous Players-Lasky Corporation was an American motion picture and distribution company created on July 19, 1916 from the merger of Adolph Zukor's Famous Players Film Company -- originally formed by Zukor as Famous Players in Famous Plays -- and Jesse L...

 in London
London
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, during the early 1920s. She converted to Roman Catholicism before their marriage. Alma was one day younger than her husband.

They married on 2 December 1926 at Brompton Oratory in London
London
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