Tippi Hedren

Before she was discovered by Alfred Hitchcock and became an actress, Tippi Hedren was a successful fashion model. She debuted as a fashion model when she was only a teenager, when she joined department store fashion shows. When she turned 20, she bought a ticket to New York and joined the Eileen Ford Agency. Shortly after, she made her theatrical acting debut in the musical comedy, The Petty Girl as Miss Ice Box.

Hedren graced the pages of magazines before she appeared on screen. When she finally made it to the big screen, she was received quite well by her audiences, especially with her roles in The Birds, Marnie, A Countess from Hong Kong, Citizen Ruth, and I Heart Huckabees. With her investment money and influence, she decided to support animal rights advocacies. Her projects, such as the Shambala Preserve, sought to protect wild animals, and Tippi even adopted some of them, including Michael Jackson’s Bengal tigers, Sabu and Thriller.