Hitchcock experts rush to defend director over Tippi Hedren’s claims of sexual harassment

Actress says she repelled advances on The Birds set but film crew dispute storyCinema historians, former cast and crew and Alfred Hitchcock’s official biographer have rushed to the defence of the director after claims that he sexually harassed and bullied actress Tippi Hedren during the filming of The Birds in the 1960s.In her new book, Tippi: A Memoir, published on 17 November, Hedren alleges that the director made sexual approaches to her and regarded her as his personal property. In one