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Episode 9: The Passion of Tippi Hedren (Part 1)

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This episode contains spoilers for the film The Birds.

Tippi Hedren was a single mother working as a model in the early '60s. But when Alfred Hitchcock saw her in a TV ad, he plucked her from obscurity and turned her into a Hollywood star.

In this two-part episode, we examine the timeless appeal of Tippi Hedren, from her days suffering as Hitchcock's greatest obsession to her eventual apotheosis as an icon for the gay community. In part one, we discuss her rise to fame in The Birds, a horror film that eerily predicts the coming of Stonewall and gay liberation.

References

Smith, Bob. "The Birds as a Pre-Stonewall Parable." The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide, 2001. Maw, Laura. "Loving Annie Hayworth." It Came From the Closet, 2022.

Credits

Written, produced, and hosted by Spencer Robelen. Artwork by Skye Stoyer. Episode transcript available here. Follow The Hitchcock Gays on Instagram and X. Support the show on Spencer Robelen's Patreon! Contact us at [email protected].

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