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Tippi Hedren, 96, Makes Rare Public Appearance at Family Birthday Gathering

New photos from Melanie Griffith’s Los Angeles home renew attention to unconfirmed reports about the actress’s health.

Overview

  • Hedren was photographed outside Griffith’s home during a family celebration marking her Jan. 19 birthday, a rare public sighting at age 96.
  • Images show the actress walking with assistance and being helped on stairs as she arrived and departed the event.
  • Fox News reported the man assisting her was assumed to be her grandson Alexander Bauer, noting the identification was not definitive.
  • The Daily Mail previously cited a Spanish journalist’s claim that Hedren has dementia, a report not confirmed by her representatives, and Page Six said a new request for comment went unanswered.
  • Griffith wrote in a January 2025 Instagram post that her mother was “healthy,” and coverage also revisits Hedren’s legacy from The Birds and her 2016 memoir alleging Alfred Hitchcock sexually assaulted her.