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
Complete Filmography

The Blob
2024
as Melanie Daniels (voice)
Birds looking anxiously at a threat beyond the frame, and then the threat arrives. Mixing a found footage educational film with sci-fi and horror trad...

Tippi Hedren: The Birds and Other Wild Animals
2022
as Self - Actress
Tippi Hedren, the unforgettable actress who starred in The Birds (1963), made in her memoirs a relentless portrait of its director, the genius British...

I Am Alfred Hitchcock
2021
as Self (archive footage)
Interviews and archival footage weave together to tell the story of the Master of Suspense, one of the most influential and studied filmmakers in the ...

Beyond Boundaries: The Harvey Weinstein Scandal
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Examine the rise and fall of Hollywood media mogul Harvey Weinstein following the scandal in 2017. Learn from exclusive interviews with those who knew...

Nailed It
2017
as herself
"Nailed It" chronicles the genesis and legacy of the 40 year Vietnamese nail salon and its influence on an $8 billion-dollar American industry. For mi...

Roar: The Most Dangerous Movie Ever Made
2017
as Self (archive footage)
Actress Tippi Hedren and her family set out to make a unique film by spending ten years living with and filming 150 untrained lions, tigers and assort...

Rod Taylor: Pulling No Punches
2017
as Self
Documentary about the life and career of Australian actor Rod Taylor.

Mansfield 66/67
2017
as Self
About the last two years of movie goddess Jayne Mansfield’s life and the speculation swirling around her untimely death being caused by a curse after ...

Made in Hollywood: Hitchcocks Blondinen
2016
as Self
Documentary about Alfred Hitchcocks infatuation with blondes.

Happy Hands
2014
as Self
How Tippi Hedren played a role in the development of Vietnamese-American nail salons in the United States
Give Me Shelter
2014
as Herself - Animal Advocate
Give Me Shelter is a documentary to raise awareness for important animal issues around the world. This film uncovers the most prevalent issues in the ...

The Ghost and the Whale
2014
as Tippi
A man, Joseph, loses his wife at sea, then spirals deep into a world of confusion. The wife's brothers' need revenge! Joseph tries to tell anyone who ...

Return to Babylon
2013
as Mrs. Peabody
Scandals and pratfalls abound in this satirical and sexy look at the silent movie era, photographed with a hand-cranked camera and scored with music o...

Jayne Mansfield's Car
2013
as Naomi Caldwell
Alabama; 1969: The death of a clan's estranged wife and mother brings together two very different families. The scars of the past hide differences tha...

Free Samples
2013
as Betty
A Stanford law-school dropout named Jillian escapes to the anonymity of Los Angeles to figure out what she wants to do with her life, and on the day o...

Carol Channing: Larger Than Life
2012
as Self
If Carol Channing didn't exist, no one could have made her up. One in a billion, Carol , at 89, remains an unstoppable, megawatt dynamo. Broadway diva...
Hollywood Scandals
2011
as Self
TV review of a litany of Hollywood impropriety.

Birdemic: Shock and Terror
2010
as Footage from Julie and Jack (as Ms. Tippi Hedren)
A platoon of eagles and vultures attacks the residents of a small town. Many people die. It's not known what caused the flying menace to attack. Two p...

Nora Roberts' Tribute
2009
as Mrs. Hennessey
A former child star buys her grandmother's house to rescue it from ruin but her hope for serenity is soon eclipsed by haunting dreams of her famous gr...

The Boneyard Collection
2008
as Aunt Gloria (segment "Her Morbid Desires")
A quirky anthology, consisting of four separate short films connected by host segments. The first one, BOOGIE WITH THE UNDEAD, has an all girl rock ba...
Dead Write
2007
as Minnie
After driving husband Martin to infidelity and catching him with another, mentally unstable author Jade returns to her New Zealand home. The plan is t...

The Last Confederate: The Story of Robert Adams
2005
as Mrs. Adams
Amid the bitter divisiveness of the Civil War, Confederate Capt. Robert Adams (Julian Adams) feels the rift within his soul. Steadfastly loyal to the ...
Diamond Zero
2005
as Eleanor Kelly
A daft doctor concocts an offbeat scheme to make millions after he happens upon a method of turning cremated human remains into diamonds. But when the...

Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures
2004
as Self
Elvira hosts this humorous look at movie monsters and facts about the real animals on which they're based. Included: clips from films; and interviews ...

I ♥ Huckabees
2004
as Mary Jane Hutchinson
A husband-and-wife team play detective, but not in the traditional sense. Instead, the happy duo helps others solve their existential issues, the kind...

Raising Genius
2004
as Babe
The film is about a boy who locks himself in the bathroom to work out math equations on the shower wall. The boy has obsessive compulsive parents. The...

The Making of Roar
2004
as Self
A production of Roar (1981) had special demands on both cast and crew. Learn about this incredible film and about the amazing people who made ROAR pos...
Hollywood Legenden
2004
as Self
Documentary about Hollywood.

Dark Wolf
2003
as Mary
A vicious werewolf stalks the streets of Los Angeles. Between killings, its desperate goal is to mate with unsuspecting Josie, who is unaware of her s...
Searching for Haizmann
2003
as Dr. Michelle Labner
Johann Christoph Haizmann, who lived in the 1650s, was a painter and a deeply disturbed individual. His intricate paintings of the devil and his elabo...

111 Gramercy Park
2003
as Mrs. Granville
Unsold series pilot about wealthy New Yorkers who live in an upscale apartment building, and the various maids, nannies and maintenance people who wor...

Julie & Jack
2003
as Julie McNeal
In this love story with Hitchcockian overtones, a computer chip salesman meets the perfect girl (a brilliant software developer) -- and then she disap...

Heart of the Festival
2002
A short film containing some of the highlights of the Cannes Film Festival's storied history.
Tea with Grandma
2001
as Rae
A girl gets an urgent letter from her Grandmother telling her she is dying. When she arrives to tend to Grandma she finds things are quite different t...

The Trouble with 'Marnie'
2000
as Self
This hour long documentary on the making of Alfred Hitchcock's "Marnie" incorporates the usual melange of contemporary interviews with surviving parti...

All About 'The Birds'
2000
as Self
A wonderfully informative 80-minute documentary combining current interviews with archival materials and scenes from the film. Hitchcock's daughter Pa...
Besuch bei Tippi Hedren
2000
as Self
Documentary about the American actress Tippi Hedren.

Hitchcock: Shadow of a Genius
1999
as Self
This documentary is a fascinating look at the cinematic genius of Alfred Hitchcock. Briefly covering much of his early British works, the film primari...

The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story
1999
as Herself
There's not a person in the world who wouldn't recognize Mickey Mouse. But until now, not many knew the man who originally gave shape, movement and pe...

Replacing Dad
1999
as Dixie
Linda and George live in a small town. He is the school principal. They are about to celebrate their 16th anniversary. She catches him with her daught...

The Darklings
1999
as Martha Jackson
A bed-ridden teen believes he has witnessed the murder of a neighbor by another neighbor. He then recruits friends to attempt to prove the death when ...

The Storytellers
1999
as Lillian Glosner
An unemployed young man takes credit for his grandmother's scripts to impress a beautiful Hollywood agent. As his reputation grows, it becomes more an...

Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery
1998
as Self
Oscar-winning actor Sean Connery is profiled in this segment of "Intimate Portrait." Includes film clips, never-before-seen photos and interviews with

I Woke Up Early the Day I Died
1998
as Maylinda Austed
A mental patient escapes from the looney bin in drag, robs a bank, and goes on the lam!

Break Up
1998
as Mom
Housewife Jimmy Dade stays with her violent husband, Frankie, even after his abuse leads to the loss of her hearing. When his car is found with an uni...

Internet Love
1998
as Self
Starting out as e-mail pen pals, Daniel and Laura soon fall in love. Only problem is that she lives in Germany and he lives in Los Angeles. When they ...

Exposé
1998
Jason Davis is a reporter who gets an anonymous tip that turns him into an eyewitness to a judge's murder.

Hollywood Dreamers
1997
as Self
Aspiring actors and actresses talk about making it in Hollywood and how they perceive this world. Casting directors and filmmakers also share their pe...
The Guardian
1997
Known as "The Guardian," renowned cat burglar and sixth-degree Kenpo Karate black belt Ray Angelotti, emerges from prison a changed man, determined to...

Citizen Ruth
1996
as Jessica Weiss
"Citizen Ruth" is the story of Ruth Stoops, a woman who nobody even noticed -- until she got pregnant. Now, everyone wants a piece of her. The film is...

Mind Rage
1996
as Dr. Wilma Randolph
A serial killer's trail of dead bodies leads to the haunting past of two brothers and one woman's love for both men. The fact this features some fairl...

Inevitable Grace
1994
as Dr. Marcia Stevens
A Beverly Hills millionaire with an obsession about actress Grace Kelly blackmails a woman into becoming her.

Treacherous Beauties
1994
as Lettie Hollister
A female photographer hears that her brother has been shot dead at a horse rearing farm. She decides to go there herself and uncovers a murky conspira...
Hitchcock: Alfred the Great
1994
as Herself
Documentary the career of Alfred Hitchcock with Tippi Hedren bringing up allegations against the director.

The Birds II: Land's End
1994
as Helen
Ted and his family have just moved to the sleepy coastal town of Gull Island so that he can complete work on his thesis. Everything couldn’t seem more...

Teresa's Tattoo
1994
as Evelyn Hill
Mathematician Teresa just wanted to study during the College spring break. But her friends, who want her to live a little, drag her out to parties. Th...

Perry Mason: The Case of the Skin-Deep Scandal
1993
as Beverly Courtney
The owner of a cosmetics company is unveiling a new cream which she claims she's been using. She's been keeping her age a secret and now reveals that ...

Through the Eyes of a Killer
1992
as Mrs. Bellano
A woman has a brief affair with the contractor who is renovating her apartment and he refuses to accept the end of the relationship.

Shadow of a Doubt
1991
as Teresa Mathewson
Charlie is a young woman who is thrilled that her favorite Uncle Charlie is coming home for good. But she soon discovers that her namesake, a "Wall St...

Pacific Heights
1990
as Florence Peters
A couple works hard to renovate their dream house and become landlords to pay for it. Unfortunately one of their tenants has plans of his own.

In the Cold of the Night
1990
as Clara
High profile fashion photographer Scott Bruin has been suffering from a series of increasingly disturbing and violent dreams in which he savagely atta...

Return to Green Acres
1990
as Arleen
Tv movie that reunites most the show's cast members. The Douglases move back to New York. But when Haney tries to get everyone's property so that a de...

Deadly Spygames
1989
as Chastity
A secret agent tries to prevent World War III.

Birds Past
1989
Thanks
Two young San Franciscans journey to Bodega Bay along the path set by Tippi Hedren in Hitchcock’s classic, The Birds.

Mookie and Pookie
1984
as Ruth Anderson
Not even death can sever the bond that exists between the two siblings when the knowledge of technology follows one of them into the afterlife.

Cada ver es...
1983
as (Archive footage)
The life and thoughts of Juan Manuel Espada, keeper in charge of the morgue sited at the Medicine University of Valencia.

Foxfire Light
1982
as Elizabeth Morgan
A spoiled rich girl used to getting her way comes up against a rancher who won't be intimidated by her.

Roar
1981
as Madeleine
Roar follows a family who are attacked by various African animals at the secluded home of their keeper.

Roar
1981
Producer
Roar follows a family who are attacked by various African animals at the secluded home of their keeper.

The Harrad Experiment
1973
as Margaret Tenhausen
At fictional Harrad College students learn about sexuality and experiment with each other. Based on the 1962 book of the same name by Robert Rimmer, t...

Mr. Kingstreet's War
1973
as Mrs. Kingstreet
A couple sets up an African game preserve, only to have British and Italian armies fight over the waterholes.

Satan's Harvest
1970
as Marla Oaks
Cutter Murdock inherits an estate in Africa on which "Satan's Harvest" (heroin and marijuana) is grown. The thugs growing the drugs want him out of th...

Tiger by the Tail
1970
as Rita Armstrong
Vietnam war hero, accused of murdering his brother, recruits his socialite girlfriend to hunt for the real killer.

A Countess from Hong Kong
1967
as Martha Mears
A Russian countess stows away in the stateroom of a married U.S. diplomat bound for New York.

Marnie
1964
as Marnie Edgar
Marnie is a thief, a liar, and a cheat. When her new boss, Mark Rutland, catches on to her routine kleptomania, she finds herself being blackmailed.

The Birds
1963
as Melanie Daniels
Thousands of birds flock into a seaside town and terrorize the residents in a series of deadly attacks.

The Petty Girl
1950
as Ice Box Petty Girl (uncredited)
An artist famous for his calendar portraits of beautiful women becomes fascinated by a prim and proper professor and tries to get her to pose for his ...