Tippi Hedren

Hitchcock ruined Hedren's career: Sienna Miller

In the words of Alfred Hitchcock, 'Blondes make the best victims'. But while the great British director's preference for blondes has been documented, new film 'The Girl' narrows in on one particular obsession - actress Tippi Hedren, whom he handpicked to star in his 1960s movies 'The Birds' and 'Marnie'. The film, premiering on Saturday on U.S. cable channel HBO, offers a cinematic tale of Hedren's version of how Hitchcock,...

Hitchcock was evil, says 'The Birds' actress

London: Tippi Hedren, who starred in Alfred Hitchcock's horror film 'The Birds', says the legendary director was evil and ruined her acting career after she refused his sexual advances. The 82-year-old, whose troubled relationship with the director is the subject of a television drama, says she would have been a rich woman if sexual harassment laws existed in 1963 when 'The Birds' was filmed, the Daily Mail reported. "I think...

Tippi Hedren: Hitchcock ruined career, not life

Beverly Hills: Tippi Hedren said she survived working with Alfred Hitchcock, but her career was another matter. Hedren's experience on the famed British film director's The Birds and Marnie is dramatised in the new HBO movie, The Girl. Hitchcock is portrayed as obsessed with Hedren and vindictive when the actress rejects his advances. The director "ruined my career, but he didn't ruin my life," Hedren told a meeting of the...