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Tippi : a memoir / Tippi Hedren, with Lindsay Harrison.

by Hedren, Tippi.

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William Morrow, [2016]

791.43028 H456t

Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography.

Models (Persons) -- United States -- Biography

Wildlife rescue -- Biography.

Animal sanctuaries -- California.

9780062469038 (hc.)

xii, 275 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm.

For decades, Tippi Hedren's luminous beauty enchanted moviegoers. From Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds to Roar, one of the most controversial movies ever made, Tippi Hedren has had few dull moments, and though stories about her have spread through gossip and tabloid headlines, she has never told the full tale of her life until now. Here, she details her rise from humble beginnings in Depression-era small-town Minnesota to Hollywood stardom. Her early modeling career - first in department-store fashion shows, then working with Eileen Ford - and her appearance in a 1961 television commercial that caught the eye of legendary director Alfred Hitchcock. Tippi shares the story of her complicated relationship with Hitchcock, the man who discovered her talent but also became her obsessive tormentor. Going behind the scenes of The Birds (1963) and Marnie (1964), Tippi details the glamourous whirlwind that brought her to Hollywood as well as the dark pain she endured while working with Hitchcock, whose controlling behavior and attention quickly proved inescapable. Speaking candidly about being a single mother and shielding her daughter from her struggles on and off of Hitchcock's set, Tippi provides deep insight into the most challenging years of her life and demonstrates how, despite Hitchcock's threats to ruin her career, her uncompromising spirit finally gave her the courage to break free. Difficult as those experiences were, they nearly paled in comparison to her time on the set of Roar - a film starring dozens of live lions and tigers. Tippi describes how what began as a simple movie about big cats evolved into a sprawling, dangerous endeavor that put lives, including hers and her family's, at risk. She recounts how these events led to years of animal-rights activism, culminating in the creation of her very own big-cats preserve, Shambala, near the Mohave desert. Tippi Hedren is the mother of 1980s film star Melanie Griffith and grandmother to Dakota Johnson, who starred in Fifty Shades of Grey.

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Harrison, Lindsay.

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