They had a daughter named Catharine age 71.
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(22 July 1953 - 23 March 1964) (his death) (1 child)
Peter met Anne, a native of Hamburg, in Germany, when they were patients at a private clinic (Wiggers Kurheim) in Garmisch-Partenkirchen Bavaria. They married on 21 July 1953 and remained married until his death in 1964, Separated from wife, Annemarie Brenning, in October 1962; a divorce hearing had been scheduled for the day Lorre died, March 23, 1964.
In 1953, Brenning bore his only child, Catharine. In later life, Catharine made headlines after serial killer Kenneth Bianchi confessed to police investigators after his arrest that he and his cousin and fellow "Hillside Strangler" Angelo Buono, disguised as police officers, had stopped her in 1977 with the intent of abducting and murdering her, but let her go upon learning that she was the daughter of Peter Lorre. It was only after Bianchi was arrested that Catharine realized whom she had met. Catharine died on May 7, 1985 of complications arising from diabetes.