Melanie Griffith Shares a Rare Glimpse of Mum Tippi Hedren as she turns 95

Melanie Griffith celebrating mother Tippi Hedren95th birthday!

Griffith, 67, took to Instagram late on Monday, January 20, to share a rare glimpse of her retired actress mother, who turned 95 on Sunday, January 19.

In a video shared by Griffith, Hedren can be seen blowing out her birthday candles and waving to the camera. The legendary actress had her hair in a sleek bob and red lipstick for her birthday celebrations.

“My beautiful Mama turned 95 yesterday! 🥰♥️ţ♥️ţ She is happy, healthy and feisty!!!” Griffith captioned the video.

Hedren was famously discovered in the 1960s by horror director Alfred Hitchcockand cast her in The Birds. He also appeared in the Hitchcock thriller Marnie (1964) and, more recently, in the 2004 comedy To Huckabees Heart.

Hedren sharing Griffith with her first husband, Peter Griffithand is the grandmother of the actress Dakota Johnson.

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In addition to acting, Hedren is a passionate animal rights activist. In the 1970s, she had a 400-pound pet lion, Neil, and she and teenage Griffith were famously pictured together. Life magazine photo shoot. Hedren has since expressed regret for allowing Neil to roam freely around her home, admitting it was “stupid beyond belief.”

In an interview in 2020, Johnson, 35, revealed that her grandmother is still caring for big cats at her Shambala Preserve in California at the age of 90.

“She’s 13 or 14,” Johnson he said forward The Graham Norton Show. “There used to be like 60 cats, and now there’s only a couple.”

When asked if she also grew up living with lions and tigers, Johnson said, “By the time I was born, they were all in huge compounds and it was much safer. He wasn’t as completely psycho as he was when they first started.”

Hedren set up her own animal charity, the Roar Foundation, in 1983 after producing and starring in the film Roarappears opposite a number of African lions. The foundation exists to support her animal sanctuary and according to Hedren, its “mission is to educate the public about the dangers of private ownership of exotic animals.”