New Zealand Woman’s Weekly

TIPPI AT 90 Inside my Hollywood horror story

Not only is Tippi Hedren the woman that so captivated director Alfred Hitchcock, she’s also the woman who, far before any hint of the #MeToo movement, stood up to Hollywood heavyweights.

The actress, who celebrated her 90th birthday on January 19, first shot to fame in Hitchcock’s The Birds, after he saw her in a commercial for a diet soft drink and demanded his people “find that girl”.

While the Minnesota-born model owes her

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