Tippi Hedren

Actor

1930-01-19 · New Ulm, Minnesota, USA

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).

• The Birds (1963) — Melanie Daniels
• Marnie (1964) — Marnie Edgar
• I ♥ Huckabees (2004) — Mary Jane Hutchinson
• Pacific Heights (1990) — Florence Peters
• Birdemic: Shock and Terror (2010) — Footage from Julie and Jack (as Ms. Tippi Hedren)
• A Countess from Hong Kong (1967) — Martha Mears
• Citizen Ruth (1996) — Jessica Weiss
• Roar (1981) — Madeleine, Producer
• Jayne Mansfield's Car (2013) — Naomi Caldwell
• The Birds II: Land's End (1994) — Helen
• Free Samples (2013) — Betty
• Break Up (1998) — Mom
• Dark Wolf (2003) — Mary
• Nora Roberts' Tribute (2009) — Mrs. Hennessey
• In the Cold of the Night (1990) — Clara
• Return to Babylon (2013) — Mrs. Peabody
• I Woke Up Early the Day I Died (1998) — Maylinda Austed
• The Harrad Experiment (1973) — Margaret Tenhausen
• Through the Eyes of a Killer (1992) — Mrs. Bellano
• Julie & Jack (2003) — Julie McNeal
• Teresa's Tattoo (1994) — Evelyn Hill
• Raising Genius (2004) — Babe
• Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal (1993) — Beverly Courtney
• The Boneyard Collection (2008) — Aunt Gloria (segment "Her Morbid Desires")