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Nathalie Kay "Tippi" Hedren (born January 19, 1930) is an American retired actress. Initially a fashion model, appearing on the front covers of Life and Glamour magazines (among others), she became an actress after being discovered by director Alfred Hitchcock while appearing on a television commercial in 1961.
Feb 15, 2022 · Hedren chalked this up to Hitchcock, who refused to let her out of her contract after she appeared in her second movie with him, Marnie. So, while Hedren kept acting for years to come, she lost out on some parts that could have shaped her story differently.
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Apr 2, 2014 · 'The Birds' Settling in the Los Angeles area, Hedren found work acting in television commercials. In late 1961, her ad for a diet drink was aired during an episode of The Today Show and caught...
Born in Minnesota in 1930, Tippi Hedren became a successful model until a television commercial caught the eye of famed director Alfred Hitchcock who signed her to a contract and gave her the lead in his films The Birds (1963) and Marnie (1964).
Hedren lives at the Shambala Preserve, an animal sanctuary she founded in Acton, Calif. The reserve has been home to endangered exotic cats including African lions, Siberian tigers, bobcats...
Aug 12, 2022 · Hedren details the alleged assault she had faced in her memoir, "Tippi," explaining how Hitchcock's obsession with her left her utterly traumatized.
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She gave birth to her only child, future star Melanie Griffith, on August 9, 1957. Alfred Hitchcock discovered Tippi, the pretty cover girl, while viewing a commercial on NBC's Today (1952) show. He put her under personal contract and cast her in The Birds (1963).
