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tippi hedren with trinity the cougar photography by bill dow


AND PRESERVE A CONVERSATION WITH


TO PROTECT HEDREN TIPPI by tim parks


We had all these animals and I fell in love with them.


We already had the property, so it was a no-brainer.”


18 RAGE monthly | AUGUST 2017


ctress Tippi Hedren, who famously co-starred with some of our fine feathered—though deadly—friends in Alfred Hitchcock’sThe Birds, has long been an animal advocate. Specifically, she has devoted a great deal of her life to the protection and preservation of big cats and elephants at her Shambala Preserve, located in the desert community of Acton, California. The one time fashion-model-turned-actress, was launched into Hollywood’s stratosphere by her star making turn as Melanie Daniels,


in the aforementioned 1963 avian scarefest, followed by her spin as the titular character in 1964’s Marnie. Film efforts had her following in the footsteps of Grace Kelly, Kim Novak, Janet Leigh and Eva Marie Saint, as the archetypal “Hitchcock blonde.” A term used for the famed director’s shall we say, “somewhat ardent” use of icy, yet beautiful and rather mysterious women characters with fair hair. Many may think her early film experiences would have been a case of “absolutely fabulous,” however, there was behind-the-scenes strife when the master filmmaker became “obsessed” with Hedren and sexually assaulted her on the set ofMarnie when she was alone in her dressing room. These instances were detailed in the 2012 HBO movieThe Girl, as well as in her memoir. Hedren was anything but icy when she spoke withThe Rage Monthly. She was very warm


and open when speaking about the genesis of her animal activism, how The Shambala Preserve came about, her strained working relationship with Hitchcock, as well as her family and the release of her autobiographyTippi: A Memoir.


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