I'm meeting Tippi Hedren (The Birds) this weekend, ask her anything!

[kay1864]

What should I ask her?

[BurtWorm]

1. Will she marry me?

:loveya:

PS: Why are you meeting her? I mean how? Who? Where?

[kay1864]

3. She's going to be at a sci-fi convention I'm attending

I'll ask if she's available! :hi:

[BurtWorm]

6. But she'll think you're asking her to marry you...

:cry:

The power Hitchcock had over her career is probably a very touchy subject with her. Everyone probably tries to ask her about that. I wonder if she felt that she'd been robbed of a life she was ambitious for. Did she want to be a great star on the order of a Brigitte Bardot or Liz Taylor? Did she ever think she could have been in that tier if not for Hitch's vengeance?

I don't blame you if that's too loaded a question to ask her. It would take some nerve to ask it. You wouldn't want her to react like Nora Desmond. "But I am a great star!" (She is, but it's based on so few roles.)

[hyphenate]

2. Just tell her that she is a wonderfully warm and caring

person, and that her work with Shangri-La and animals in general is absolutely the greatest, and that I hope she gives them all (the lions, the tigers, the bobcats and all!) big hugs and kisses from me and everyone else. :loveya:

[kay1864]

4. She's giving a talk on that, actually

I'm impressed you know that! And I'll pass along your sentiments.

[Suich]

5. Ask her how they filmed all the scenes in "The Birds"

with the birds attacking? Was it special effects? Camera angles?

That's still the scariest movie I've ever seen!

:)

[BurtWorm]

7. Rent the DVD and watch the extras.

Tells you the whole story. Very interesting.

[kay1864]

8. Yep

I hear that to this day she's skittish around birds, esp. since one of them gashed her on the hand (or cheek, maybe).

[Suich]

11. Didn't even think of that!

I'm going to the video store this afternoon...thanks!

:)

[Suich]

25. I went out and rented the DVD and just gone done

watching the extras...fascinating stuff! Hitchcock was truly a genius. Thanks for the suggestion!

:hi:

[SteppingRazor]

9. Tell her I really dug her band's version of "Mr. Tambourine Man"

:hide:

[kay1864]

10. ...

:spank:

[mitchum]

12. Ask her why she's so elegant and her daughter is so trashy

I think Hedren was the most beautiful of all Hitchcock's blondes

[kay1864]

15. I'll put that in the "be sure to ask" category

Right along with "Why have you been married four times?"

:P

[LTR]

13. Does she still use the quotes around her name?

Like Hitchcock did?

[kay1864]

14. That leads me to another question

I wonder if her friends call her Nathalie (her birth name) or if everyone calls her Tippi.

[libnnc]

16. Ask her what it was like to work with Susanne Pleshette

and was Rod Taylor a jerk or was he a nice guy?

[WCGreen]

27. Susanne Pleshette said she would keep an eye out for her...

[libnnc]

31. it took me about 30 seconds

but I finally got it...

you're awful, btw. :spank: :rofl:

[Sequoia]

17. I thought she had died.

Anyway we named our parakeet after her then she turned into a boy bird. Jeapordy was on one night when I was at the cage looking at said bird wondering what a good name would be when a question came on about Tippy H., so the name stuck. Now it's Tippy Tippy Tay after the line in the Dean Martin Song.

When the moon hits you eye like a big pizza pie
That's amore
When the world seems to shine like you've had too much wine
That's amore
Bells will ring ting-a-ling-a-ling, ting-a-ling-a-ling
And you'll sing "Vita bella"
Hearts will play tippy-tippy-tay, tippy-tippy-tay
Like a gay tarantella



Bodgea Bay, CA

I see it every now and then and the little general store sells "The Birds" stuff.

[kay1864]

18. Nope, she turned 77 in January

Looks great for her age!

[Sequoia]

19. Oh good !!!

[GoddessOfGuinness]

20. Nonono...

She looks great. ;-)

[Starbucks Anarchist]

21. Ask her why she's a Republican.

[kay1864]

22. Well not a *major* Republican AFAIK

She gave $300 to a GOP congressman in her district in 2004. But that's the only contribution since 1978.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

23. Ah, maybe I overstated.

Though I heard Doris Day is still a big one.

[soleft]

24. Ask her what it was like to work with Jessica Tandy

There on screen relationship was frosty, how was it off camera.

[Oeditpus Rex]

26. I'd like to know

if she really jumped into that fountain in Rome nekkid.

:D

[begin_within]

28. Ask her to tell you a few stories about working with Hitchcock

And let her know she still has many fans who adore her!

[SoCalDem]

29. Just thank her for helping so many animals for so many years

http://www.shambala.org/
(her animal shelter link)

[book_worm]

30. Was Hitchcock really a sadist? and did you enjoy kissing Sean Connery?