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Tippi Hedrenhas been married three times, and that’s enough for her.
As for her personal relationships, she doesn’t regret any of them — though she’s in no hurry to jump into another romance anytime soon.
“My marriages were all good — until they weren’t. But I got something good out of each of them,” she toldExpressin 2016. “I’d love to have a man in my life and to go on dates but I’ll never marry again. I like living alone. I’m vain and I’m also selfish. Who would want that in a woman?”
Here’s a look back at Tippi Hedren’s relationships and marriages.
Peter Griffith
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Hedren met former child actorPeter Griffithon the set ofThe Aldrich Familyin 1951. At the time, Hedren was 21 and he was just 17 years old. On Oct. 24, 1951, a day after Griffith’s 18th birthday, the pair got a marriage license in New York City; they officially tied the knot in 1952.
Griffith left acting and became an advertising executive, and the couple welcomed their daughter,Melanie Griffith, on Aug. 9, 1957. Hedren and Griffith separated in 1959 and finalized their divorce in 1960. After the split, Melanie divided her time between her father’s home in N.Y.C. and Hedren’s Shambala Preserve near Los Angeles.
Griffith married four more times. In 2020, Melanie posted onInstagramabout his second wife,Nanita Rose Greene, crediting Greene for helping to raise her after Hedren and Griffith’s divorce.
Through Melanie, Hedren has three grandchildren:Dakota Johnson,Stella BanderasandAlexander Bauer.
Mort Sahl
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WhileThe Birdswas filming, Hedren was considered Sahl’s “steady girlfriend,” as author James Curtis wrote inLast Man Standing: Mort Sahl and the Birth of Modern Comedy. Sahl was reportedly also seeing actressJulie Newmarat the time.
Noel Marshall
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On Sept. 27, 1964, Hedren, then 28, married her agent and manager,Noel Marshall. Marshall was previously married to his agency partner Jaye Joseph, with whom he shared sons John and Jerry.
In 1969, Hedren and Marshall took a trip to a game preserve in Mozambique while Hedren filmedSatan’s Harvestin Zimbabwe. At the preserve, the pair toured a house where 30 lions lived, and the couple decided to make a movie based on the experience, according to theNew Yorker.
The filming process resulted in aslew of injuriesto the cast and crew: Hedren and Marshallgot gangrene, for which Hedren needed skin grafts to treat; Griffith got 50 stitches after a lion clawed one of her eyes; Marshall got blood poisoning and was bitten at least 11 times; cinematographerJan de Bont(who later directed blockbusters likeSpeedandTwister) required 120 stitches after a cat tore off his scalp. There were reportedly 70 animal attacks during production.
Roarwent millions over budget, forcing Hedren and Marshall to pay for much of the production from their own pockets, and the film took 11 years to complete.
In 1982, Hedren filed for divorce from Marshall, accused him of physical abuse and got a restraining order against him prohibiting him from coming within 20 feet of her or her home. She toldExpressin 2016that she had two titanium plates inserted because the vertebrae in her neck “were shot” and that she still slept with a neck brace as a result of her injuries fromRoar.
Luis Barrenechea
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Hedren’s marriage to the retired steel manufacturer lasted nine years; she filed for divorce in 1994. “I shouldn’t be married,” she told theLos Angeles Timesthat year.
In 2016, Hedren candidly toldExpress: “My third [husband] Luis Barrenechea was everything I wanted in a man, except that he was an alcoholic and that was unbearable.”
Martin Dinnes
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Hedren’s last publicly known relationship was with Shambala veterinarianMartin R. Dinnes, who was one of the first veterinarians to practice modern-day medicine on exotic animals. Dinnes was 11 years Hedren’s junior; the couple announced their engagement in April 2002. However, the pair split in 2008 without ever tying the knot.
source: people.com
