TIPPI HEDREN BIOGRAPHY & FILMOGRAPHY:

Tippi Hedren was born on January 19th, 1930 in New Ulm, Minnesota with the birth name Nathalie Kay Hedren to parents Bernard and Dorathea.  She had one sister, Patty Davis.  Her father ran a general store in their town and her mother worked as a school teacher.
 
As a teenager, Hedren became involved in modeling working as a fashion model.  When still in High School, her parents relocated with her to California.  When she graduated and turned eighteen she moved to New York City in search of a career as a fashion model.

Hedren's film debut as in, "The Petty Girl" (1950) which was a musical comedy.  Her modeling career in itself was very successful, appearing on the covers of various magazines such as Life.    
 
In 1952, she was working on a commercial on, "The Today's Show" when she was discovered by Alfred Hitchcock in 1952.  He chose to cast her in her first film, "The Birds" (1963) which earned her both as golden Globe Award as well as a Photoplay award for most promising newcomer.  This film followed by a role in "Marnie" (1954) which was not as successful as her first major film.  During the filming of, "Marnie" Hitchcock tried to pursue a unsuccessful attempt at a relationship with Hedren which made things uncomfortable for them and their working relationship ended on a sour note. 
 
In 1967, she was given a supporting role in a film from Charlie Chaplin titled, "A Countess from Hong Kong" which was a disaster.  Some other film roles to follow were on, "Tiger by the Tail" (1968), "Satan's Harvest" (1970), "Mr. Kingstreet's War" (1973) and "Where the Wind Dies" (1976). 

She spent over eleven years collecting wild animals for the film, "Roar" (1981) which only grossed 2 million and took 17 million to produce, but the film did open her eyes to a cause she felt very strongly about. 
 
Hedren still works in the industry today with a variety of films in pre and post production and still makes a number of guest appearances on television as well.  Some of her later film work was in, "I Woke Up Early the Day I Died" (1998), "Citizen Ruth" (1996) and "I Heart Huckabees" (2004).  Her television roles have ranged from drama to comedy.  Working on such shows as a soap opera titled, "Fashion House" (2006) and the television movie, "Tribute" (2009).
 
Hedren has been married four times.  She first married Peter Griffith from 1952 through 1961 and they had one child, who grew up to be a famous actress, Melanie Griffith.  Her second marriage was to Noel Marshall from September 27th, 1964 through 1982 and again she had one child.  Her third marriage lasted ten years from 1985 to 1995 to Luis Barrenecha.  Hedren's fourth time to marry was to Martin Dinnes from June 6th 2002 till present. 
 
Hedren is very involved in animal rights.  She is a vegetarian and presides over the Roar Foundation which is an animal preserve outside of Los Angeles.  She also lobbied for passage of Shambala Wild Animal Act.  Hedren is a volunteer International Relief Coordinator for, "Food for the Hungry" and is very involved in humanitarian rights traveling worldwide setting up relief programs for earthquake, hurricane and famine victims.   
 
Hedren was honored  as "Woman of Vision" by Women in film and video in Washington D.C and was also honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2003.  She is currently waiting for some of her latest films to hit the big screen in 2011.  
 

Filmography

2012   Lizzie's World: The Secret of the Magic Trunk
2011   Cousin Sarah
2011   House of Good and Evil
2011   Room and Board
2011   Section B
2011   Free Samples
2009   Tribute 
2008   CSI: Crime Scene Investigation 
2008   Return to Babylon
2008   Her Morbid Desires 
2007   Dead Write 
2006   Fashion House
2006   The 4400 
2005   The Last Confederate: The Story of Robert Adams 
2005   Diamond Zero 
2004   I Heart Huckabees 
2004   Mind Rage 
2004   Raising Genius 
2003   Rose's Garden 
2003   Dark Wolf
2003   Searching for Haizmann
2003   Julie and Jack 
2003   111 Gramercy Park
2001   The Nightmare Room
2001   Tea with Grandma
2001   Ice Cream Sundae
2000   Providence
2000   Hollywood Off-Ramp 
2000   Bull
1999   Replacing Dad
1999   The Darklings
1999   The Storytellers 
1998   Break Up 
1998   Arli$$ 
1998   Invasion America
1998   The New Batman Adventures
1998   Women's Day: The Making of a Bill
1998   Chicago Hope 
1998   Exposé 
1998   I Woke Up Early the Day I Died 
1997   Adventures from the Book of Virtues
1997   The Guardian
1997   Mulligans!
1994-1996  Dream On
1996   Citizen Ruth
1994   Inevitable Grace
1994   Treacherous Beauties
1994   Teresa's Tattoo 
1994   The Birds II: Land's End
1993   Murder, She Wrote
1993   Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal 
1992   Through the Eyes of a Killer
1991   In the Heat of the Night 
1991   Shadow of a Doubt
1990   The Bold and the Beautiful
1990   Pacific Heights
1990   In the Cold of the Night
1990   Return to Green Acres
1989   Deadly Spygames
1988   Baby Boom
1988   Hotel 
1985   Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1984   Tales from the Darkside
1983   Hart to Hart 
1982   Foxfire Light
1981   Roar
1976   The Bionic Woman
1976   Where the Wind Dies
1973   The Harrad Experiment
1973   Docteur Caraïbes
1973   Mister Kingstreet's War 
1970-1971  The Courtship of Eddie's Father 
1970   Satan's Harvest 
1969   The Man and the Albatross 
1968   Tiger by the Tail 
1967   A Countess from Hong Kong  
1965   Run for Your Life 
1965   Kraft Suspense Theatre
1964   Marnie 
1963   The Birds 
1949   The Aldrich Family
1950   The Petty Girl