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Tippi Hedren

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Tippi Hedren: Biography

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Birth Name: Nathalie Kay Hedren
Birth Place: New Ulm, MN
Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: 01/19/1930, Capricorn
Profession: Actor; model; animal-rights activist

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Tippi Hedren Fast Facts:

Her nickname Tippi, which was given to her by her father, means "sweetheart" in Swedish.
Made her film debut in the 1950 comedy The Petty Girl.
Modeled for the Eileen Ford Agency.
Hitchcock allegedly discovered her in a diet-soda commercial he saw on Today.
Began operating the Shambala Preserve—a sanctuary for big cats in Acton, CA—in the early 1970s. It's maintained by the Roar Foundation, a nonprofit organization she founded in 1983.
Published the book The Cats of Shambala in 1985.
Has participated in anniversaries honoring the thriller The Birds (1963), including a 2003 40th-anniversary celebration held in Bodega Bay, CA, where the film was set.
In 2003, she coauthored and testified in Washington, D.C., for a bill that became the Captive Wildlife Safety Act, which prohibits the interstate and foreign trade of exotic cats.
Did influential work with female Vietnamese refugees, getting 20 of them invaluable training as manicurists in 1975. In 2011, she received the Vietnamese-American Matron Saint Award for these efforts.
Received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce in 2011.

Tippi Hedren Relationships:
Dorothea Henrietta Hedren - Mother
Peter Griffith - Ex-husband
Patty Davis - Sister
Martin Dinnes - Husband
Melanie Griffith - Daughter
Noel Marshall - Ex-husband
Luis Barrenechea - Ex-husband
Bernard Carl Hedren - Father
Tippi Hedren Awards:
1964 Golden Globe: New Star of the Year - Actress - Winner

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