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Actress Tippi Hedren

HOLLYWOOD, CA - APRIL 25: Actress Tippi Hedren attends the 2013 TCM Classic Film Festival Opening Night Gala screening of 'Funny Girl' at the TCL Chinese Theatre on April 25, 2013 in Hollywood, California.

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About Actress Tippi Hedren

Nathalie Kay "Tippi" Hedren (born January 19, 1930) is an American actress with a career spanning six decades. She is perhaps best known for her role as Melanie Daniels in Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds, and her extensive efforts in animal rescue at Shambala Preserve, an 80-acre wildlife habitat which she founded in 1983. Hedren is the mother of actress Melanie Griffith, and they share credits on six films, notably Pacific Heights (1990).

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