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My Take
Tippi Hedren's story moves me well beyond her famous Hitchcock films. Plucked from a television commercial in 1961, she delivered one of cinema's great sustained performances of terror in The Birds — and then endured an ordeal behind the camera that would have broken most careers and spirits. What she built afterward is what I respect most: decades of animal advocacy, a big-cat preserve run on her own conviction, and a Genesis Award to show for it. She turned survival into stewardship. The Golden Globes called her a New Star in 1964; I would argue her real stardom arrived later, off screen, and lasted far longer.
Overview
Nathalie Kay "Tippi" Hedren (born January 19, 1930) is an American retired actress. Initially a fashion model, appearing on the front covers of Life and Glamour magazines (among others), she became an actress after being discovered by director Alfred Hitchcock while appearing on a television commercial in 1961.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Tippi Hedren
- Name (Japanese)
- ティッピ・ヘドレン
- Reading
- てぃっぴ・へどれん
- Born
- January 19, 1930 (age 96)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Capricorn / Horse
- Origin
- New Ulm, Minnesota, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 2 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / activist / fashion model
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Huntington Park High School
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 2010 Genesis Award
- 1964 Golden Globe Award for New Star of the Year – Actress
- star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
Actor — see all → · Activist — see all → · More people from United States →
7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.