Tippi Hedren

A stylish Louis Vuitton ad campaign in 2006 paid tribute to Hedren and Hitchcock with a modern-day interpretation of the deserted railway station opening sequence of Marnie.

She took in and cared for Togare, a lion that belonged to Anton LaVey, after he was told by San Francisco officials that he couldn't keep a fully-grown lion as a house pet.

During the production of Roar, both Hedren and her husband at the time, Noel Marshall, were attacked by lions.

She made 40 films between 1967 and 2005.

She met with Hitchcock and his wife Alma for the final time in London, England in 1966 while she was filming Charlie Chaplin's last film, A Countess from Hong Kong. They took her to tea at Claridge's. The atmosphere was tense, because she knew Hitchcock was upset that she had been cast in what was expected to be a big film, and he was unable to hide his bitterness.

Her store owner father, Bernard, was Swedish and her school teacher mother, Dorathea, was German-Norwegian.

Alfred Hitchcock spotted her in a diet drink commercial on the Today show, and cast her in The Birds. While filming, she was actually cut in the face by a bird in one of the shots.

She smoked for 15 years, but quit when her daughter, actress Melanie Griffith, then 10 years old, came to her after a school health lecture and begged her to stop.

She participated in a panel at the University of Illinois on "Hitchcock, Women and Terror" in October 2001.

She named one of her housecats after Sean Connery, her co-star in Marnie.

Alfred Hitchcock unsuccessfully pursued a relationship with her during the filming of The Birds.

At the end of shooting Mister Kingstreet's War, she discovered that the big cats used in the production had no place to go and would likely languish in small cages. This prompted her to obtain a parcel of land on her own to establish a home with a natural setting for retired big cats. She named it Shambala and it exists to this day.

She is 5' 5" (1.65 m) in height.

She was strained by Hitchcock's controlling manner, and declined further work with him after Marnie. "It grew to be impossible. He was a very controlling type of person, and I guess I'm not about to be controlled." Ending their professional relationship on a sour note, she remarked "He said, 'Well, I'll ruin your career.' And he did." Producers who wished to hire her for acting roles had to go through Hitchcock, who would inform them that "she isn't available."

During the filming of the last attack scene in The Birds, she became exhausted to the point of sitting down on the middle of the set and crying. A week's rest was ordered by a doctor at that time of completing the film.

There is some dispute over her year of birth, sometimes given as 1928, 1930, 1931, or 1935. Nathalie Hedren was recorded as a newborn in the 1930 Federal Census. She also celebrated her 75th birthday in January 2005.

She has been married four times. She was married to Peter Griffith (1952-1961), Noel Marshall (1964-1982), Luis Barrenecha (1985-1995), and Martin Dinnes (2002 - present).

Her performance as Melanie Daniels in The Birds earnt her $500 per week.

Her performance as Melanie Daniels in The Birds is ranked #86 on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Movie Characters of All Time.

She has a sister named Patty Davis.

She is good friends with Linda Blair.

She is the Ex-stepmother of Tracy Griffith.

She operates an exotic animal sanctuary which prompted her testimony in February 2005 in Riverside Superior Court. She made a complaint regarding animal cruelty by a tiger rescuer and was told by U.S. Department of Agriculture that there were not enough inspectors to respond to her complaint. She eventually made room for a lion rather than have it go to the rescuer. She stated she felt like she was walking through a trash dump.

She is the mother-in-law of Antonio Banderas. She is the former mother-in-law of Don Johnson and Steven Bauer.

She is the grandmother of Alexander Bauer, Dakota Johnson, and Stella Banderas.

On 30 January 2003, she received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

She is a vegetarian.

She is left-handed.

She is the mother of actress Melanie Griffith.