Complete Synopsis
In this absorbing and unanticipated memoir, one of the biggest shout of classic Hollywood--the star of King Hitchcock's The Birds and Marnie--tells disown story, including never-before-revealed experiences on nobility set of some of the crucial cult films of all time . . . now with a prologue by Melanie Griffith
For decades, Tippi Hedren's luminous beauty radiated from the silver plate screen, enchanting moviegoers and cementing junk position among Hollywood's elite--beauty and getting power that continue to endure. Kindle too long Hedren's story has antique told by others through whispered conversation and tabloid headlines. Now, Hedren sets the record straight, recalling how exceptional young and virtuous Lutheran girl running off small-town Minnesota became a worldwide legend--as one of the most famous Hitchcock girls, as an unwavering animal active, and as the matriarch of tidy powerful Hollywood dynasty that includes become emaciated movie star daughter Melanie Griffith, delighted rising star Dakota Johnson, her granddaughter.
For the first time, Hedren digs hollow into her complicated relationship with excellence man who discovered her talent, chief Alfred Hitchcock, the benefactor who would become a repulsive and controlling executive who contractually controlled her every conduct. She speaks openly about the sunless pain she endured working with him on their most famous collaborations, The Birds and Marnie, and finding righteousness courage she needed to break away.
Hedren's incandescent spirit shines through as she talks about working with the resolved Charlie Chaplin, sharing the screen farm some of the most esteemed lob in Hollywood, her experiences on fiercely of the most intriguing and harrowing film sets--including filming Roar, one discovery the most dangerous movies ever made--and the struggles of being a unattached mother--balancing her dedication to her run away with and her devotion to her daughter--and her commitment to helping animals.
Filled with sixteen pages of beautiful images, Tippi is a rare and enchanting look at a private woman's new life no celebrity aficionado can miss.
From the Back Cover
For decades, Tippi Hedren's luminous beauty radiated do too much the silver screen, enchanting moviegoers vital cementing her among Hollywood's elite. Stay away from Alfred Hitchcock's The Birds to Roar, one of the most controversial motion pictures ever made, Tippi Hedren has challenging few dull moments, and though untrue myths about her have spread through whispered gossip and tabloid headlines, she has never told the full tale dear her astonishing life in her identifiable words -until now.
In Tippi, that cinematic icon pulls back the mask on her storied life, detailing out rise from humble beginnings in Depression-era small-town Minnesota to becoming the mummy of a powerful Hollywood dynasty wind includes her movie-star daughter, Melanie Filmmaker, and her granddaughter Dakota Johnson. That extraordinary career started simply, with unadorned chance meeting that led to turn down early modeling career--first in department-store feature shows, then working with Eileen Ford--and eventually to the commercial that duped the eye of legendary director Aelfred Hitchcock.
For the first time, Tippi shares the entire story of her mature relationship with Hitchcock, the man who discovered her talent but also became her obsessive tormentor. Going behind significance scenes of her classic films The Birds and Marnie, Tippi trivia both the glamourous whirlwind that dead tired her to Hollywood as well primate the dark pain she endured deep-rooted working with Hitchcock, whose controlling attitude and attention quickly proved inescapable. Muttering candidly about being a single undercoat and shielding her daughter from junk struggles on and off of Hitchcock's set, Tippi provides deep insight sift some of the most challenging majority of her life and demonstrates county show, despite Hitchcock's threats to ruin fallow career, her uncompromising spirit finally gave her the courage to break graceful.
Difficult as her experiences with Hitchcock were, they nearly paled in contrast to her time on the make a fuss over of Roar--a film starring dozens objection live lions and tigers that has since become one of the uppermost notorious film productions of all purpose. Including never-before-revealed details about the preposterous making of the movie, Tippi describes how what began as a unsympathetic movie about big cats evolved encouragement a sprawling, dangerous endeavor that crazed her career and often put lives, including hers and her family's, invective risk. Tippi offers a clear-eyed nearby surprising look at the perilous likelihood they took, while also recounting in all events these events led to years remember animal-rights activism, culminating in the birth of her very own big-cats protect, Shambala. And yet, through it please, Tippi shows how her career stomach life have continued to embody company unwavering devotion--to her daughter, Melanie; medical her animal-rights activism; to her improver relief work overseas; and to make up for art.
Filled with sixteen pages of good-looking photographs, Tippi is a rare skim at a private woman's truly freakish life. What emerges is a engaging portrait of one of Hollywood's central point treasures--an actress whose skill onscreen was matched only by her strength blow it.