Tippi Hedren on working with Hitchcock, her animal rights activism

BEVERLY HILLS, CA - OCTOBER 08: Actress Tippi Hedren attends the 2014 Princess Grace Awards Gala with presenting sponsor Christian Dior Couture at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel on October 8, 2014 in Beverly Hills, California. (Photo by Jonathan Leibson/Getty Images for The Princess Grace Foundation-USA)

Actress Tippi Hedren attends the 2014 Princess Grace Awards Gala with presenting sponsor Christian Dior Couture at the Beverly Wilshire Four Seasons Hotel on October 8, 2014 in Beverly Hills, California.

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Tippi Hedren's the iconic, icy, elegant blonde first introduced to moviegoers fending off a flock of murderous birds.

Tippi Hedren's the iconic, icy, elegant blonde first introduced to moviegoers fending off a flock of murderous birds.

The danger brewing behind the scenes has now become the stuff of Hollywood legend. She's also a conservationist and animals rights activist, and she has a new memoir telling her story.

AirTalk contributor Libby Denkmann speaks with Hedren about her new book.

Tippi Hedren will be at the following event to talk about her new memoir:

Saturday, Dec 17th, 2016 at 3:00pm at Santa Monica Library Authors Forum

Guest:

Tippi Hedren, actor and author of the new memoir, “Tippi” (William Morrow, 2016)