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Her animal rescue activism began in 1969 while she was shooting two films in Africa and was introduced to the plight of African lions, and Hedren became famous for, in an attempt to raise awareness for wildlife, spending nearly eleven years cohabiting with lions alongside her family, an experience that was recollected in the 1981 film ''Roar''.

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Her animal rescue activism began in 1969 while she was shooting two films in Africa and was introduced to the plight of African lions, and Hedren became famous for, in an attempt to raise awareness for wildlife, spending nearly eleven years cohabiting with lions alongside her family, an experience that was recollected in the 1981 film ''Roar''.
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* DoingItForTheArt:[[invoked]] The film ''Roar'' took five years to finish, because of its large cast of wild animals. Tippi however was determined to see the film made, and her experiences on it inspired her to create a foundation to look after said animals.
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** In her debut, she was compared a lot to Creator/GraceKelly, who had just retired from acting to become Princess of Monaco.
** Creator/NaomiWatts was later compared to her, and admitted to using her as inspiration for her role in ''Film/MulhollandDrive''.
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* ChristmasCake: She was 31 when she became a star, but the studio thought that was a bit old for a Hollywood leading lady, so they lied to say she was 28. There was confusion about her birth date for years afterwards.
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* ''Film/ACountessFromHongKong'' (1967)
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Nathalie Kay "Tippi" Hedren (born January 19, 1930 in New Ulm, Minnesota) is an American actress, animal rights activist and former fashion model.

A successful fashion model in her twenties, Hedren became an actress after she was discovered by director Creator/AlfredHitchcock while appearing on a television commercial in 1961, receiving world recognition for her work in two of his films, the suspense-thriller ''Film/TheBirds'' (1963), and the psychological drama ''Film/{{Marnie}}'' in 1964.

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Nathalie Kay "Tippi" Hedren (born January 19, 1930 in New Ulm, Minnesota) is an American actress, actor, animal rights activist and former fashion model.

A successful fashion model in her twenties, Hedren became an actress actor after she was discovered by director Creator/AlfredHitchcock while appearing on a television commercial in 1961, receiving world recognition for her work in two of his films, the suspense-thriller ''Film/TheBirds'' (1963), and the psychological drama ''Film/{{Marnie}}'' in 1964.
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Besides her animal-rights activism, she also took an interest in the plight of the UsefulNotes/{{Vietnam}}ese refugees who arrived in the United States after the end of UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar. While meeting with some Vietnamese women in California, she noticed they were interested in her manicured nails. Realizing that these women needed a marketable trade to help support their families in an unfamiliar new country, Hedren arranged for these women to get beauty-school training with a focus on nails. This kickstarted a process by which most nail salons in the U.S. are run by Vietnamese families.

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Besides her animal-rights activism, she also took an interest in the plight of the UsefulNotes/{{Vietnam}}ese refugees who arrived in the United States after the end of UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar. While meeting with some Vietnamese women in California, she noticed they were interested in her manicured nails. Realizing that these women needed a marketable trade to help support their families in an unfamiliar new country, Hedren arranged for these set up a system to put Vietnamese women to get through beauty-school training with a focus on nails. This kickstarted a process by which most nail salons in the U.S. are run by Vietnamese families.
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Besides her animal-rights activism, she also took an interest in the plight of the UsefulNotes/{{Vietnam}}ese refugees who arrived in the United States after the end of UsefulNotes/TheVietnamWar. While meeting with some Vietnamese women in California, she noticed they were interested in her manicured nails. Realizing that these women needed a marketable trade to help support their families in an unfamiliar new country, Hedren arranged for these women to get beauty-school training with a focus on nails. This kickstarted a process by which most nail salons in the U.S. are run by Vietnamese families.
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Nathalie Kay "Tippi" Hedren (born January 19, 1930) is an American actress, animal rights activist and former fashion model.

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Nathalie Kay "Tippi" Hedren (born January 19, 1930) 1930 in New Ulm, Minnesota) is an American actress, animal rights activist and former fashion model.
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* ''[[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083001/ Roar]]'' (1981)

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* ''[[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0083001/ Roar]]'' ''Film/{{Roar}}'' (1981)
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* DoNotCallMePaul: Her father started calling her Tippi (an affectionate Swedish nickname) soon after her birth, and it's the name she's always answered to. Alfred Hitchcock seized on the unusual name by putting quotation marks around "Tippi" in the credits of his two films with her, feeling they added a certain mystique to the name.
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* ''Film/{{Roar}}'' (1981)

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* ''Film/{{Roar}}'' (1981)


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* ''Film/JulieAndJack'' (2003)
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* ActorAllusion:
** In her first scene in ''Film/TheBirds'', as Melanie is walking down the street, a kid wolf whistles at her. This references a commercial that Alfred Hitchcock saw her in, and put her under contract as a result.
** She stars in an episode of ''Series/ChicagoHope'' that nods to her collaboration with Hitchcock. She plays a character called Alfreda Perkins, named after Hitchcock and Anthony Perkins (the episode is also titled "Psychodrama").
* ApprovalOfGod:[[invoked]] She gave her blessing to Creator/SiennaMiller, who portrayed her in the HBO miniseries ''The Girl''.
* AwesomeDearBoy:[[invoked]] Her reason for starring in ''Series/TheBoldAndTheBeautiful''.
* ChristmasCake: She was 31 when she became a star, but the studio thought that was a bit old for a Hollywood leading lady, so they lied to say she was 28. There was confusion about her birth date for years afterwards.
* CreatorBacklash:[[invoked]] She regretted starring in the sequel to ''The Birds'', which she only did for the money.
--> "It's absolutely horrible. It embarrasses me greatly."
* CreatorBreakdown:[[invoked]] On the set of ''Film/TheBirds'' for the scene where Melanie goes upstairs and gets attacked by a flock in the attic, Tippi arrived on set thinking they would be using mechanical birds, only to discover live ones in cages. She spent a week getting birds thrown at her and tied to her clothes, which stressed her out so much the studio doctor ordered a week's bed rest. Hitchcock tried to protest, and the doctor responded "what are you trying to do? ''Kill her''?", so it was granted. Tippi later called it "the worst week of my life".
* DoingItForTheArt:[[invoked]] The film ''Roar'' took five years to finish, because of its large cast of wild animals. Tippi however was determined to see the film made, and her experiences on it inspired her to create a foundation to look after said animals.
* FakeShemp: Thanks to the above reasons, for the scene where Mitch carries the catatonic Melanie downstairs after the bird attack, a body double is used.
* EveryoneLovesBlondes: A glamorous charismatic image helped by the blonde hair.
* IAmNotSpock:[[invoked]] Her best known role is as Melanie Daniels in ''Film/TheBirds''.
* HostilityOnTheSet:[[invoked]] She eventually came out and said that Alfred Hitchcock made her experiences on ''The Birds'' and ''Marnie'' quite miserable; he was incredibly possessive and hired two detectives to stalk her when she left the set. He also tried to control everything from what clothes she wore to what food she ate. Rod Taylor claimed he was ordered by Hitchcock to not touch her "after I've called 'Cut!'", and her own daughter wasn't even allowed to visit her. He also forcibly tried to kiss her and asked her to touch him inappropriately. Eventually he told her he wanted her to be TheMistress to him. When she finally turned him down, he tried to destroy her career out of spite by keeping her under contract for two years until the hype around her had died out.
* MagnumOpusDissonance:[[invoked]] Of the two films she's most famous for, ''Film/TheBirds'' is considered the best. Tippi however preferred ''{{Film/Marnie}}''.
* MoneyDearBoy:[[invoked]] From the 70s onwards, she took any role for the paycheck in order to support her animal foundation.
* RealLifeRelative:[[invoked]] Starred with her daughter Melanie Griffith in ''Roar''. She also cameo'd in Melanie's film ''Film/PacificHeights''. They guest-starred together on ''Series/RaisingHope'' too.
* SpiritualSuccessor:
** In her debut, she was compared a lot to Creator/GraceKelly, who had just retired from acting to become Princess of Monaco.
** Creator/NaomiWatts was later compared to her, and admitted to using her as inspiration for her role in ''Film/MulhollandDrive''.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:[[invoked]]
** If her working relationship with Alfred Hitchcock hadn't taken such a downturn in ''Marnie'', who knows what more of his projects she could have starred in.
** She signed on to do an American Civil War drama called ''Five Against'' Kansas with Farley Granger, but the project got cancelled.
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* ''[[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries The New Batman Adventures]]'' (1998, episode "Mean Seasons", voice)

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A successful fashion model from her twenties, Hedren became an actress after she was discovered by director Creator/AlfredHitchcock while appearing on a television commercial in 1961, receiving world recognition for her work in two of his films, the suspense-thriller ''Film/TheBirds'' (1963), and the psychological drama ''Film/{{Marnie}}'' in 1964.

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A successful fashion model from in her twenties, Hedren became an actress after she was discovered by director Creator/AlfredHitchcock while appearing on a television commercial in 1961, receiving world recognition for her work in two of his films, the suspense-thriller ''Film/TheBirds'' (1963), and the psychological drama ''Film/{{Marnie}}'' in 1964.



She is the mother of actress Creator/MelanieGriffith.

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She is the mother of actress Creator/MelanieGriffith.Creator/MelanieGriffith and grandmother of Creator/DakotaJohnson.


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* ''[[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries The New Batman Adventures]]'' (1998, episode "Mean Seasons", voice)
* ''Literature/TheNightmareRoom'' (2001, episode "Fear Games")
* ''Series/{{CSI}}'' (2008, episode "Young Man with a Horn")
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Nathalie Kay "Tippi" Hedren (born January 19, 1930) is an American actress, animal rights activist and former fashion model.

A successful fashion model from her twenties, Hedren became an actress after she was discovered by director Creator/AlfredHitchcock while appearing on a television commercial in 1961, receiving world recognition for her work in two of his films, the suspense-thriller ''Film/TheBirds'' (1963), and the psychological drama ''Film/{{Marnie}}'' in 1964.

Her animal rescue activism began in 1969 while she was shooting two films in Africa and was introduced to the plight of African lions, and Hedren became famous for, in an attempt to raise awareness for wildlife, spending nearly eleven years cohabiting with lions alongside her family, an experience that was recollected in the 1981 film ''Roar''.

She is the mother of actress Creator/MelanieGriffith.
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!!Films with pages on TV Tropes:
* ''Film/TheBirds'' (1963)
* ''Film/{{Marnie}}'' (1964)
* ''Film/PacificHeights'' (1990)
* ''Film/IHeartHuckabees'' (2004)
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