Tippi Hedren

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1930-01-19 (95 years old)

Place of Birth

New Ulm, Minnesota, USA

Tippi Hedren

Biography

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).

Acting

1964

Marnie

as Marnie Edgar

1963

The Birds

as Melanie Daniels

2004

I ♥ Huckabees

as Mary Jane Hutchinson

1967

1970

Tiger by the Tail

as Rita Armstrong

1970

Satan's Harvest

as Marla Oaks

1973

Mr. Kingstreet's War

as Mrs. Kingstreet

1973

The Harrad Experiment

as Margaret Tenhausen

1981

Roar

as Madeleine

1990

Pacific Heights

as Florence Peters

1998

2003

Dark Wolf

as Mary

1996

Citizen Ruth

as Jessica Weiss

2009

Nora Roberts' Tribute

as Mrs. Hennessey

1998

Break Up

as Mom

1999

The Storytellers

as Lillian Glosner

2013

Jayne Mansfield's Car

as Naomi Caldwell

1992

1982

Foxfire Light

as Elizabeth Morgan

2007

Dead Write

as Minnie

2013

Free Samples

as Betty

1950

The Petty Girl

as Ice Box Petty Girl (uncredited)

1994

Treacherous Beauties

as Lettie Hollister

2004

1984

Mookie and Pookie

as Ruth Anderson

1991

Shadow of a Doubt

as Teresa Mathewson

1983

Cada ver es...

as (Archive footage)

2014

Give Me Shelter

as Herself - Animal Advocate

1994

Teresa's Tattoo

as Evelyn Hill

1999

1998

2013

Return to Babylon

as Mrs. Peabody

2005

Diamond Zero

as Eleanor Kelly

2003

111 Gramercy Park

as Mrs. Granville

2003

Searching for Haizmann

as Dr. Michelle Labner

2024

The Blob

as Melanie Daniels (voice)

2003

Julie & Jack

as Julie McNeal

2017

1996

Mind Rage

as Dr. Wilma Randolph

1989

Deadly Spygames

as Chastity

2017

Nailed It

as herself

1999

The Darklings

as Martha Jackson

1994

Inevitable Grace

as Dr. Marcia Stevens

2014

2008

The Boneyard Collection

as Aunt Gloria (segment "Her Morbid Desires")

2017

2021

I Am Alfred Hitchcock

as Self (archive footage)

2010

Birdemic: Shock and Terror

as Footage from Julie and Jack (as Ms. Tippi Hedren)

Production

1981

Roar

as Producer

1989

Birds Past

as Thanks

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