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 The Biography Channel - Tippi Hedren Biography
In 'Roar' (1981), Tippi starred opposite her daughter, under the direction of her then-husband, Noel Marshall, in a drama relating the family’s attempts to preserve African wildlife at the Shambala Preserve in California.
Tippi continues to live in a cottage in the park, so she can wake to the roaring din of sixty big cats.
Tippi founded 'Shambala' when she discovered her big cat co-stars on 'Mr Kingstreet’s War' had nowhere to live and would most likely be condemned to life in small cages.
www.thebiographychannel.co.uk /biography_home/724:0/Tippi_Hedren.htm   (369 words)

  
 Tippi Hedren
Tippi is founder and President of The Roar Foundation and resides at Shambala in a cottage surrounded by big cat compounds.
Tippi continues to work frequently in motion pictures, theatre, episodic and cable television, and her contributions to world cinema have been honored with Life Achievement awards in France at The Beauvais Film Festival Cinemalia 1994, and in Spain by The Fundacion Municipal De Cine in 1995.
In 1999, Tippi was honored as "Woman of Vision" by Women of Film and Video in Washington, D.C., and received the Presidential Medal for her work in film from Hofstra University.
www.shambala.org /tippi.htm   (1090 words)

  
 Tippi Hedren News
STAUNTON - It's a chilling scene straight from Hitchcock's "The Birds" - a young woman wearing a Tippi Hedren dress and a pearl necklace smiles blankly while a murder of crows circles her head and lights on...
From a distance it could be Tippi Hedren in The Birds, but up close it's more like your Aunt Margaret revealing her sexy secrets in a sensible voice.
At least Tippi Hedren didn't have to contend with pigeon poop in 'The Birds.' But in the name of all that is holy in comedy, Steve Carell allows himself to be dumped on and more in 'Evan Almighty,' the...
www.topix.net /who/tippi-hedren   (748 words)

  
 IWRC Interview with Tippi Hedren
The star of Alfred Hitchcock's movies "The Birds" and "Marnie," Miss Hedren suddenly found herself in the midst of a sea of large cats while preparing for the film "Roar." She was thrust into an awareness of the plight of both wild and captive cats, and their story has become her life.
Tippi Hedren was the special guest speaker at the IWRC Banquet on Saturday night, October 16, 1998.
Hedren is a very lovely, charming, and charismatic lady, and she has a large and dedicated group of followers and well-wishers.
www.iwrc-online.org /interviews/hedren.html   (3165 words)

  
 Natren - Natren - Essential Vitality Magazine- Tippi Hedren Interview   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Tippi Hedren, the actress-turned-activist, most known for her roles in Hitchcock’s The Birds and Marnie, understands about those moments, especially those that you never let go of.
Hedren says she was involved with a bit of suspense thriller for several days, meeting one executive after the other.
Tippi Hedren could, and would, use her celebrity to garner attention for these animals’ plight and protection for them, as well.
www.natren.com /pages/tippipg.asp   (2231 words)

  
 'The Birds' star Tippi Hedren saves all kinds of animals now   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Tippi Hedren got her start in films as the star of Hitchcock's 1963 classic "The Birds" and since has appeared in more than two dozen films and three dozen TV shows.
She is head of the Roar Foundation's Shambala Preserve near Acton, Calif. As to osteoporosis, Hedren is working with the Orthopaedic Hospital in Los Angeles to call attention to its painless, inexpensive and quick tests for the bone disorder.
Hedren: No, it's the fact that the bone scan is so much less dangerous than it used to be, the radiation is minimal.
www.bankrate.com /brm/news/investing/20010511a.asp   (1122 words)

  
 Tippi Hedren - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Hedren, expensively groomed and mentored by Hitchcock, appeared in The Birds and Marnie for the renowned director.
Hedren made her debut in The Birds with a wealth of publicity.
Nathalie Hedren was recorded as a newborn in the 1930 Federal Census.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Tippi_Hedren   (1682 words)

  
 Tippi Hedren   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
'''Tippi Hedren''' (born January 19, 1931 in New Ulm, Minnesota) is an American actress.
Hedren was born of a Swedish father and a German-Norwegian mother.
Tippi comes from the Swedish nickname "Tupsa," or "sweetheart." As a teenager, Hedren took part in department store fashion shows.
tippi-hedren.iqnaut.net   (616 words)

  
 Biography for Tippi Hedren   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Hedren owes her acting career to Alfred Hitchcock who discovered the blonde model doing a commercial on the "Today" (1952) show.
Tippi's contributions to world cinema have been honored with Life Achievement awards in France at The Beauvais Film Festival Cinemalia 1994, and in Spain by The Fundacion Municipal De Cine in 1995.
Hedren made a complaint regarding animal cruelty by a tiger rescuer and was told by U.S. Department of Agriculture that there were not enough inspectors to respond to her complaint.
www.imdb.com /name/nm0001335/bio   (1147 words)

  
 ROAR The Movie
In this picture Tippi Hedren proves herself a plucky actress, richly deserving the accolade of an admiring film crew, who called her the Pearl White of the 1980's.
Tippi, Noel and their three children Melanie, John and Jerry (who also appear in the picture) were hurt.
Although Tippi prefers to emphasize the lighter side of her love for lions, she is deeply involved in conservation efforts to save the world's disappearing wildlife.
www.roarthemovie.com /html/tippi.html   (1041 words)

  
 The Pet Press ~ Tippi Hedren
Tippi’s book, The Cats of Shambala, tells the remarkable story of Noel and Tippi’s dream to make that film about the African lions called Roar, and all that they endured in the six years prior to commencing filming.
Adds Tippi, "they’ll see the snow leopard, the young tigers, and a new little lion whose name is Sweetheart." Guests will witness the wonderful relationships that the animal crew at Shambala has with all of the animals they work with.
Tippi wants to remind everyone to "think before you go and purchase that adorable, darling little cub, because he grows up to be hundreds of pounds.
www.thepetpress-la.com /articles/tippihedren.htm   (1358 words)

  
 Tippi Hedren Photos - Tippi Hedren News - Tippi Hedren Information
Tippi was working as a New York fashion model when she married her first husband, Peter Griffith, in 1952 (married until 1961).
She took in and cared for Togare, a lion that belonged to Anton LaVey, after he was told by San Francisco officials that he couldn't keep a fully-grown lion as a house pet.
Tippi: I didn't think any amount of money was worth something that would take away what you believed in or what you stood for.
www.tv.com /tippi-hedren/person/22855/summary.html   (475 words)

  
 Tippi Hedren - MovieActors.com
Tippi Hedren was born on January 19, 1931 in New Ulm, Minnesota.
Alfred Hitchcock discovered Tippi Hedren while she was modeling and doing a commercial on the TODAY SHOW in 1952.
Tippi Hedren ans her first husband, Peter Griffith, are the parents of Melanie Griffith.
www.movieactors.com /actors/tippihedren.htm   (264 words)

  
 Tippi Hedren - Alfred Hitchcock DVD Wiki
Hedren appeared in "The Birds" and "Marnie" for Hitchcock.
Active in animal causes, she was sometimes billed as 'Tippi' Hedren in her early acting career.
Hedren also starred in the TV film "The Birds II: Land's End" (Internet Movie Database).
www.daveyp.com /hitchcock/wiki/Tippi_Hedren   (105 words)

  
 MAGAZINE Tippi Hedren   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Tippi Hedren may be best known for her role in Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds and as Melanie Griffith’s mother, but for her, her greatest accomplishment has been the establishment of game preserve Shambala and animal protection group The Roar Foundation.
Tippi lives at Shambala, 50 miles north of LA, along with 57 exotic animals including tigers, lions, bobcats and an elephant, all of whom were born in captivity, then found themselves unwanted or even abused.
Tippi's inspiration for Shambala arose from her experiences filming in Africa in 1969.
www.hellomagazine.com /magazine/2001/08/06/tippihedren   (260 words)

  
 Synoptique - The Actress as Model : Tippi Hedren in Hitchcock
Clearly, Hedren is meant to encourage a cerebral response, not animal lust; appreciation of her is best rarefied and spiritualised—her grand forehead should deflect any baser drive.
Hedren feels like the working woman that she was: a single mother doing commercials on TV and anxious for financial stability until Hitchcock swept in with offers of stardom.
Hedren, acquitting herself nicely though obviously strained, is made to endure—with a smile and determined poise, all the while modeling potential wardrobe—the paternalistic direction of Hitch (as an off-camera voice) and the self-satisfied, patronizing presence of actor Martin Balsam.
www.synoptique.ca /core/en/articles/tippi   (3124 words)

  
 'The 4400' Counts on Tippi Hedren - Orlando Sentinel : Television
Hedren's role is being kept under wraps, but she does do several scenes with Ali.
Hedren recalls how a meeting with executive producer Ira Steven Behr resulted in her taking the part.
Hedren hadn't seen the series, so the producer sent her a selection of episodes on DVD before she flew up to the sets in Vancouver, British Columbia.
www.orlandosentinel.com /entertainment/tv/zap-tippihedren-the4400,0,5039727.story?coll=orl-caltvtop   (615 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Tippi Hedren makes bone density a priority   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Actress Tippi Hedren offered to drive anyone in her family to take a bone density test.
Hedren was "thrilled" to learn her T-score indicated she had the bones of a 25-year-old.
Hedren knows that osteoporosis can best be avoided when the entire family participates in being aware.
www.usatoday.com /news/health/spotlighthealth/2004-04-02-spotlight-hedren_x.htm   (1022 words)

  
 Independent Film Quarterly Film Magazine
Nathalie Tippi Hedren was born in New Ulm, Minnesota in 1935.
Their next collaboration Marnie, in which Tippi costarred with Sean Connery, was at that time unfairly labeled "idiotic", "trashy" and "a disgrace by Hitchcockian standards." Humanities professor and author Camille Pagila purports, "It's so unfair that Tippi Hedren has never received the credit she deserves for the two films she did with Hitchcock.
Tippi Hedren is more captivating than any of Hitch's pool of cool blonde actresses: Janet Leigh, Kim Novak, Eva Marie Saint and Grace Kelly.
www.independentfilmquarterly.com /ifq/issues/issue3/tippihedren.htm   (1334 words)

  
 PCRM Gala: The Art of Compassion > Tippi Hedren
She's already reaching the lows and highs of terror." The former New York fashion model was making her debut as an actress in a starring role in The Birds, and such high praise from the enigmatic master of cinema shock and suspense was rare indeed.
Perhaps Tippi Hedren's most unique endeavor is being "den mother" and close friend to sixty-odd big cats and other animals, including a lion, tiger, leopard, cougar, serval and an African elephant, at The Roar Foundation's Shambala Preserve near Acton, California.
The story of Tippi's life and the animals dearest to her heart was told in Simon and Schuster's The Cats of Shambala (1985).
www.pcrm.org /gala/speakers/hedren.html   (1166 words)

  
 Tippi Hedren
Tippi continued to appear in many different movies, playing a variety of roles.
Tippi has devoted much time and effort to charitable causes: she is a volunteer International Relief Coordinator for "Food for the Hungry." Tippi traveled worldwide to set up relief programs following earthquakes, hurricanes, famine and war.
As for animal causes, Tippi is founder and President of "The Roar Foundation." Onscreen, Tippi continues to work frequently in motion pictures, theatre and TV.
www.autographica.co.uk /html/tippi_hedren.html   (415 words)

  
 The Birds (1963)
Hitchcock introduced a 'fascinating new personality' for the film - his successor to Grace Kelly - a cool, blonde professional model named 'Tippi' Hedren, in her film debut in a leading role.
[Hedren reprised her character in a minor supporting role, in an inferior made-for-TV sequel, The Birds II: Land's End (1994), set in the New England fishing town of Land's End.
On the upstairs second floor where the squawking increases in volume, Melanie Daniels (Tippi Hedren) asks the fussy shopkeeper Mrs.
www.filmsite.org /bird.html   (2453 words)

  
 Tippi Hedren   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
Icy blonde actress and former model, who is known primarily for her leading roles in two Hitchcock films, The Birds (1963) and Marnie (1964).
While doing a commercial on the Today Show, Hedren was discovered by Hitchcock who put her under personal contract, but her career never quite took off after her smashing debut and followup in Marnie.
In the 80s and 90s Hedren appeared in the occasional TV project, but devoted the majority of her time to the Shambala Foundation in Antelope Valley California, a retirement facility for animal performers.
hitchcock.tv /people/hedren.html   (208 words)

  
 Las Vegas SUN: John Katsilometes chats with Tippi Hedren about Elvis, his badges and his guns
None of the guests (or televisions) were harmed and Hedren chuckled at the memory, saying, "Elvis was just great." Saturday she found herself in the company of another legendary Vegas act, as Siegfried and Roy brought her to the stage with Roy commenting to the crowded ballroom, "She is stunning."
Hedren, who rose to fame in Alfred Hitchcock's 1961 thriller, "The Birds," established the Roar Foundation during the production of the film "Roar" in 2003.
The Foundation is an arm of her Shambala Reserve, the 80-acre reserve that sits on the edge of the Mojave Desert and is home to more than 70 exotic and endangered big cats.
www.lasvegassun.com /sunbin/stories/do/2006/oct/16/566670534.html   (764 words)

  
 The Birds (1963)
Hitchcock's classic about a woman (Hedren) and mass bird attacks that follow her around isolated California community.
The scene where Tippi Hedren is ravaged by birds near the end of the movie took a week to shoot.
The birds were attached to Tippi's clothes by long nylon threads so they could not get away.
hitchcock.tv /mov/birds/birds.html   (151 words)

  
 Tippi Hedren - Moviefone
Blonde actress/model Tippi Hedren lists the year of her birth as 1935, which means that she would have been 14 or 15 when she appeared fleetingly...
News, events, issues, and information on the home of the wildlife preserve founded and run by Tippi Hedren.
Tippi Hedren - Filmography, Biography, News, Photos, Birth date, Relationships, Tippi Hedren Film Clips, and Fun Facts on Moviefone.
movies.aol.com /celebrity/tippi-hedren/31492/main   (139 words)

  
 Tippi Hedren   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
This is the voice that tells Miss Phaedra Lee™ to form the single most significant boy/man band of the century.
*This is NOT to imply that the fabulously talented and exorbitantly beautiful Tippi Hedren actually appears in 'Outta Sync'.
But the divine Tippi Hedren isn't actually in it.
www.outtasynctheband.com /tippi.htm   (86 words)

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