American actress, former fashion model and an animal rights activist.
She made her film debut in Alfred Hitchcock's "The Birds" followed by the title role in "Marnie."
She has been involved with animal rescue at Shambala Preserve, an 80-acre (32 ha) wildlife habitat which she founded in 1983.
Hedren was also instrumental in the development of Vietnamese-American nail salons in the United States.
In 1952, Hedren met and married 18-year-old future advertising executive Peter Griffith. Their daughter, actress Melanie Griffith, was born on 9 August 1957. Hedren married and divorced two more times.
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