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In reply to the discussion: "Hitchcock said he would ruin my career & I told him do what you have to do"-Tippi Hedren [View all]FakeNoose
(32,843 posts)He always considered Grace Kelly his "girl" and was broken-hearted when she quit the movies to marry Prince Ranier. However I don't remember ever reading if sexual abuse was involved. If anything happened, I'm sure Grace never told anybody.
After Grace retired from the movie business, Hitchcock was forced to find himself another "girl" and that's when Tippi Hedron entered the story. I believe Hitchcock cast Hedron only because she reminded him of Grace Kelly. (Nowhere near as good of an actress though.) One might surmise that the abuse started because he was angry that Grace had "left" him for another man. I guess we'll never know.
I'm putting these words in quotes because Hitchcock was a famously married man and everyone knew it. They also knew about his obsession with young, beautiful, blond women.