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Tippi Hedren

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Tippi Hedren

Born January 19, 1930 in New Ulm, Minnesota, USA47 films

Nathalie Kay "Tippi" Hedren (born January 19, 1930) is an American actress and former fashion model with a career spanning six decades. She is primarily known for her roles in two Alfred Hitchcock films, The Birds and Marnie, and her extensive efforts in animal rescue at Shambala Preserve, an 80-acre (320,000 m2) wildlife habitat which she founded in 1983. Hedren is the mother of Academy Award nominee Melanie Griffith, and they share credits on several productions, notably Pacific Heights (1990).

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The Birds posterFirst watchThe Birds19637.5as Melanie DanielsThousands of birds flock into a seaside town and terrorize the residents in a series of deadly attacks.View film

Essential films

Ranked by acclaim and reach
Marnie poster7.1Marnie1964I ♥ Huckabees poster6.3I ♥ Huckabees2004Pacific Heights poster6.3Pacific Heights1990Citizen Ruth poster6.6Citizen Ruth1996A Countess from Hong Kong poster6.0A Countess from Hong Kong1967Roar poster5.8Roar1981Jayne Mansfield's Car poster5.7Jayne Mansfield's Car2013The Birds II: Land's End poster4.0The Birds II: Land's End1994

Filmography

47 films as actor
  1. 2024The BlobMelanie Daniels (voice)
  2. 2014The Ghost and the WhaleTippi
  3. 2013Return to BabylonMrs. Peabody
  4. 2013Jayne Mansfield's CarNaomi Caldwell
  5. 2013Free SamplesBetty
  6. 2009Nora Roberts' TributeMrs. Hennessey
  7. 2008The Boneyard CollectionAunt Gloria (segment "Her Morbid Desires")
  8. 2007Dead WriteMinnie
  9. 2005The Last Confederate: The Story of Robert AdamsMrs. Adams
  10. 2005Diamond ZeroEleanor Kelly
  11. 2004I ♥ HuckabeesMary Jane Hutchinson
  12. 2004Raising GeniusBabe
  13. 2003Dark WolfMary
  14. 2003Searching for HaizmannDr. Michelle Labner
  15. 2003111 Gramercy ParkMrs. Granville
  16. 2003Julie & JackJulie McNeal
  17. 2001Tea with GrandmaRae
  18. 1999Replacing DadDixie
  19. 1999The DarklingsMartha Jackson
  20. 1999The StorytellersLillian Glosner
  21. 1998I Woke Up Early the Day I DiedMaylinda Austed
  22. 1998Break UpMom
  23. 1998Exposé
  24. 1997The Guardian
  25. 1996Citizen RuthJessica Weiss
  26. 1996Mind RageDr. Wilma Randolph
  27. 1994Inevitable GraceDr. Marcia Stevens
  28. 1994Treacherous BeautiesLettie Hollister
  29. 1994The Birds II: Land's EndHelen
  30. 1994Teresa's TattooEvelyn Hill
  31. 1993Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep ScandalBeverly Courtney
  32. 1992Through the Eyes of a KillerMrs. Bellano
  33. 1991Shadow of a DoubtTeresa Mathewson
  34. 1990Pacific HeightsFlorence Peters
  35. 1990In the Cold of the NightClara
  36. 1990Return to Green AcresArleen
  37. 1989Deadly SpygamesChastity
  38. 1982Foxfire LightElizabeth Morgan
  39. 1981RoarMadeleine
  40. 1973The Harrad ExperimentMargaret Tenhausen
  41. 1973Mr. Kingstreet's WarMrs. Kingstreet
  42. 1970Satan's HarvestMarla Oaks
  43. 1970Tiger by the TailRita Armstrong
  44. 1967A Countess from Hong KongMartha Mears
  45. 1964MarnieMarnie Edgar
  46. 1963The BirdsMelanie Daniels
  47. 1950The Petty GirlIce Box Petty Girl (uncredited)