American model, actress, and animal rights-welfare activist

Tippi Hedren

Nathalie Kay "Tippi" Hedren is an American retired actress. Initially a fashion model, appearing on the front covers of Life and Glamour magazines, she became an actress after being discovered by director Alfred Hitchcock while appearing on a television commercial in 1961. Hedren received worldwide recognition due to her work in two of his films, the suspense-thriller The Birds (1963) and the psychological drama Marnie (1964). She performed in over 80 films and television shows, including Charlie Chaplin's final film A Countess from Hong Kong (1967), the political satire Citizen Ruth (1996), and the existential comedy I Heart Huckabees (2004).

Born

1930

January 19

Died

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1930s

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1930 Born

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379 Emperor Gratian elevates Flavius Theodosius at Sirmium to Augustus, and gives him authority over all the eastern provinces of the Roman Empire.
649 Conquest of Kucha: The forces of Kucha surrender after a forty-day siege led by Tang dynasty general Ashina She'er, establishing Tang control over the northern Tarim Basin in Xinjiang.
1419 Hundred Years' War: Rouen surrenders to Henry V of England, completing his reconquest of Normandy.
1421 John VIII Palaiologos marries Sophia of Montferrat and is then crowned Byzantine co-emperor to his father Manuel II Palaiologos.

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The world in 1930

When Tippi arrived

april 18 A fire kills 118 people at a wooden church in the small Romanian town of Costești, most of them schoolchildren, after starting during Good Friday services.
april 2 After the mysterious death of Empress Zewditu, Haile Selassie is proclaimed emperor of Ethiopia.
april 22 The United Kingdom, Japan and the United States sign the London Naval Treaty regulating submarine warfare and limiting shipbuilding.
april 28 The Independence Producers host the first night game in the history of Organized Baseball in Independence, Kansas.

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James Watt 1736–1819 Scottish engineer and instrument maker (born 1736) Boris Savinkov 1879– Russian soldier and author (died 1925) Choor Singh 1911–2009 Indian-Singaporean lawyer and judge (died 2009) Dan Reeves 1944–2022 American football player and coach (born 1944) Dolly Parton 1946– American singer-songwriter and actress Edgar Allan Poe 1809–1849 American short story writer, poet, and critic (died 1849) John Bercow 1963– English politician, Speaker of the House of Commons Katey Sagal 1954– American actress and singer Kenneth McClintock 1957– Puerto Rican public servant and politician, 22nd Secretary of State of Puerto Rico

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Same-year contemporaries

Also born in 1930

Ahmad Shah of Pahang (died 2019) 1930– Alfred Balk 1930–2010 American journalist and author (died 2010) Alifa Rifaat 1930– Egyptian author (died 1996) Anne Francis 1930–2011 American actress (born 1930) Antony Armstrong-Jones 1930–2017 1st Earl of Snowdon, English photographer and a former member of the British royal family (born 1930) Carolyn Jones 1930–1983 American actress (died 1983) Chris Barber 1930– English trombonist and bandleader (died 2021) David Dacko 1930–2003 Central African politician, 1st president of the Central African Republic (died 2003) Dolores Huerta 1930– American activist, co-founded the United Farm Workers

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