On this day, March 28, 1963, director Alfred Hitchcock’s suspense thriller “The Birds” made its New York premiere, introducing audiences to a chilling new kind of horror and cementing future Santa Clarita Tippi Hedren as Hollywood’s newest leading lady. Discovered by Hitchcock in a television commercial, Hedren was a Minnesota-born model with no prior film experience when she was cast ...

Story by Leon Worden, SCV News A replicated jungle gym from the 1963 Hitchcock film, “The Birds” has been built for the actress Tippi Hedren who starred in the film and now owns the Shambala Preserve, a rescue for lions, tigers and other “big cats” who were previously abused. Don’t miss a thing. Get breaking Santa Clarita news alerts delivered right to ...

Actress and animal rights activist Tippi Hedren is working with Congressman Buck McKeon, R-Santa Clarita, to help move legislation through congress designed to halt the breeding of exotic felines for commercial purposes. The bill, called The Big Cats and Public Safety Protection Act, seeks to stop the commercial breeding of lions, tigers, leopards, jaguars, and other exotic cat species, which ...