Biography and 10 best films…Tippi Hedren
Who Is Tippi Hedren ?
Tippi Hedren began a modeling career that took her to New York and Los Angeles. Her role in a television commercial caught the eye of famed director Alfred Hitchcock, who gave her the lead in his films The Birds and Marnie. While continuing her work in TV and film, Hedren founded the Shambala Preserve in Southern California in the early 1970s as a sanctuary for rescued exotic cats, before launching the Roar Foundation to continue her work with animals. Hedren has been married three times and is the mother of actress Melanie Griffith.
Early Life
Nathalie Kay Hedren was born on January 19, 1930, in New Ulm, Minnesota. Her father, who ran a general store in the nearby town of Lafayette, gave his daughter the nickname “Tippi” — Swedish for “little girl” — when she was a baby. While she was still a young girl, Hedren’s good looks helped launch her career as a model, and during high school she appeared in local advertisements and fashion shows. By her junior year, her father’s failing health prompted the family to leave Minnesota for the more temperate climate of Southern California.
They settled in San Diego, where Hedren finished her secondary education at Huntington Park High School. Following her graduation, Hedren began to study art at Pasadena City College. That same year, she also landed her first film job, with a bit part in The Petty Girl. But despite these budding interests, Hedren remained intent on a career in modeling, and in 1951, she left California for New York City.
Modeling and First Marriage
Success came quickly for the attractive Hedren, who was soon gracing fashion magazine covers. She also found love soon after her arrival, marrying a young actor named Peter Griffith in 1952. His career fizzled after a few appearances on Broadway, but the same would not be true for his wife and their daughter, future actress Melanie Griffith, who was born in 1957. After their divorce in 1960, Hedren returned to California with Melanie, poised for a major breakthrough.
Hitchcock Films and Troubles
‘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 the eye of Alfred Hitchcock. The famed British director was so taken with Hedren that he quickly signed her to a seven-year contract and gave her the lead role in his 1963 classic The Birds. A popular and critical smash, the film propelled Hedren to stardom and won her a Golden Globe for Most Promising Newcomer.
Personal Life
In 1985 Hedren married for a third time, to steel manufacturer Luis Barrenechea, before their divorce in 1995. She then became engaged to veterinarian Martin Dinnes in 2002, but their relationship ended in 2008. Hedren now lives in a house built on the Shambala Preserve so she can be close to her beloved animals.
Hedren received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2003. She published Tippi: A Memoir in 2016.
Along with her daughter, Hedren has seen her granddaughter Dakota Johnson forge a notable career as an actress.
10 .The Birds II: Land’s End
Tippi Hedren, James Naughton
Released: 1994
Directed by: Rick Rosenthal
Melanie Griffith, Don Johnson
Released: 1973
Directed by: Steven Hilliard Stern, Ted Post
8. A Countess from Hong Kong
Marlon Brando, Sophia Loren
Released: 1967
Directed by: Charlie Chaplin
7.I Heart Huckabees
Naomi Watts, Isla Fisher
Released: 2004
Directed by: David O. Russell
6.Return to Babylon
Jennifer Tilly, Tippi Hedren
Released: 2013
Directed by: Alex Monty Canawati
5.Roar
Melanie Griffith, Tippi Hedren
Released: 1981
Directed by: Noel Marshall
4.Citizen Ruth
Burt Reynolds, Kelly Preston
Released: 1996
Directed by: Alexander Payne
3.Pacific Heights
Michael Keaton, Melanie Griffith
Released: 1990
Directed by: John Schlesinger
2.The Birds
Alfred Hitchcock, Tippi Hedren
Released: 1963
Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock
1.Marnie. 1964
Sean Connery, Alfred Hitchcock
Released: 1964
Directed by: Alfred Hitchcock

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