Alfred Hitchcock’s daughter Pat Hitchcock plays Caroline in Psycho.
Caroline is a small but recognizable supporting character who works alongside Marion Crane at the Lowery Real Estate office. She appears early in the film, before Marion steals $40,000 from her employer and begins the drive that leads her to the Bates Motel.
Pat Hitchcock was Alfred Hitchcock’s only child. She had already appeared in several of her father’s films, including Stage Fright, Strangers on a Train and The Trouble with Harry, before taking the role of Caroline in Psycho. Her casting is a family connection, but Caroline is not part of the Bates family or the later investigation.
The alternatives can be confusing because Lila Crane, Norman Bates and Marion Crane are all central to Psycho. Lila is Marion’s sister, Norman owns the motel, and Marion is the traveler whose disappearance drives the story. Caroline, by contrast, belongs to the opening office sequence and has only a brief role.