Tippi Hedren

Biography

Nathalie Kay "Tippi" Hedren (born January 19, 1930) is an American actress and former fashion model with a career spanning six decades. She is primarily known for her roles in two Alfred Hitchcock films, The Birds and Marnie, and her extensive efforts in animal rescue at Shambala Preserve, an 80-acre (320,000 m2) wildlife habitat which she founded in 1983. Hedren is the mother of Academy Award nominee Melanie Griffith, and they share credits on several productions, notably Pacific Heights (1990).

Known For

CSI: Crime Scene Investigation

Karen Rosenthal

Chicago Hope

Hotel

Tales from the Darkside

Ruth Anderson

In the Heat of the Night

The Ellen DeGeneres Show

Self

Arliss

Filmography

Year	Movie	Role
2024	The Blob	Melanie Daniels (voice)
2022	Tippi Hedren: The Birds and Other Wild Animals	Self - Actress
2021	I Am Alfred Hitchcock	Self (archive footage)
2018	Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal	Self (archive footage)
2017	Mansfield 66/67	Self
2017	Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches	Self
2017	Nailed It	herself
2017	Roar: The Most Dangerous Movie Ever Made	Self (archive footage)
2016	Made in Hollywood: Hitchcocks Blondinen	Self
2014	Give Me Shelter	Herself - Animal Advocate
2014	The Ghost and the Whale	Tippi
2014	Happy Hands	Self
2013	Jayne Mansfield's Car	Naomi Caldwell
2013	Free Samples	Betty
2013	Return to Babylon	Mrs. Peabody
2012	Carol Channing: Larger Than Life	Self
2011	Hollywood Scandals	Self
2010	Birdemic: Shock and Terror	Footage from Julie and Jack (as Ms. Tippi Hedren)
2009	Nora Roberts' Tribute	Mrs. Hennessey
2008	The Boneyard Collection	Aunt Gloria (segment "Her Morbid Desires")
2007	Dead Write	Minnie
2005	The Last Confederate: The Story of Robert Adams	Mrs. Adams
2005	Diamond Zero	Eleanor Kelly
2004	I ♥ Huckabees	Mary Jane Hutchinson
2004	Hollywood Legenden	Self
2004	Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures	Self
2004	The Making of Roar	Self
2004	Raising Genius	Babe
2003	Dark Wolf	Mary
2003	111 Gramercy Park	Mrs. Granville
2003	Searching for Haizmann	Dr. Michelle Labner
2003	Julie & Jack	Julie McNeal
2001	Tea with Grandma	Rae
2000	Besuch bei Tippi Hedren	Self
2000	All About 'The Birds'	Self
2000	The Trouble with 'Marnie'	Self
1999	Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius	Self
1999	The Storytellers	Lillian Glosner
1999	The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story	Herself
1999	Replacing Dad	Dixie
1999	The Darklings	Martha Jackson
1998	I Woke Up Early the Day I Died	Maylinda Austed
1998	Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery	Self
1998	Break Up	Mom
1998	Exposé
1998	Internet Love	Self
1997	Hollywood Dreamers	Self
1997	The Guardian
1996	Citizen Ruth	Jessica Weiss
1996	Mind Rage	Dr. Wilma Randolph
1994	The Birds II: Land's End	Helen
1994	Treacherous Beauties	Lettie Hollister
1994	Teresa's Tattoo	Evelyn Hill
1994	Inevitable Grace	Dr. Marcia Stevens
1994	Hitchcock: Alfred the Great	Herself
1993	Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal	Beverly Courtney
1992	Through the Eyes of a Killer	Mrs. Bellano
1991	Shadow of a Doubt	Teresa Mathewson
1990	Pacific Heights	Florence Peters
1990	In the Cold of the Night	Clara
1990	Return to Green Acres	Arleen
1989	Deadly Spygames	Chastity
1984	Mookie and Pookie	Ruth Anderson
1983	Cada ver es...	(Archive footage)
1982	Foxfire Light	Elizabeth Morgan
1981	Roar	Madeleine
1973	Mr. Kingstreet's War	Mrs. Kingstreet
1973	The Harrad Experiment	Margaret Tenhausen
1970	Tiger by the Tail	Rita Armstrong
1970	Satan's Harvest	Marla Oaks
1967	A Countess from Hong Kong	Martha Mears
1964	Marnie	Marnie Edgar
1963	The Birds	Melanie Daniels
1950	The Petty Girl	Ice Box Petty Girl (uncredited)

Year	TV Show	Role
2018	Eli Roth's History of Horror	Self
2010	Raising Hope	Nana
2009	Cougar Town	Tippi Hedren
2008	Batman: The Brave and the Bold	Queen Hippolyta (voice)
2006	Fashion House
2004	The 4400	Lily Moore Tyler
2003	The Ellen DeGeneres Show	Self
2001	The Nightmare Room	The Witch
2000	CSI: Crime Scene Investigation	Karen Rosenthal
2000	Bull
1999	Providence	Constance Hemming
1997	The New Batman Adventures	Donna Day (voice)
1996	Arliss
1996	E! True Hollywood Story
1994	Chicago Hope
1993	Intimate Portrait	Self
1990	Dream On	Judith's Mother
1990	Star Life	Self (archive footage)
1988	In the Heat of the Night
1984	Murder, She Wrote	Catherine Noble
1984	Tales from the Darkside	Ruth Anderson
1982	Hotel
1979	Hart to Hart
1976	The Bionic Woman
1969	The Courtship of Eddie's Father	Cissy Drummond-Randolph
1965	Run for Your Life	Jessica Braden
1963	Kraft Suspense Theatre	Lee Anne Wickheimer
1963	Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
1954	Reflets de Cannes	Self
1951	Hallmark Hall of Fame	Mrs. Mathewson