The Birds (film) The Birds (film) The Birds is a 1963 American horror-thriller film directed and produced by Alfred Hitchcock, loosely based on the 1952 story of the same name by Daphne du Maurier. It focuses on a series of sudden, unexplained violent bird attacks on the people of Bodega Bay, California over the course of a few days. The film stars Rod Taylor and Tippi Hedren (in her screen debut), supported by Jessica Tandy, Suzanne Pleshette and Veronica Cartwright. The screenplay is by Evan Hunter, who was told by Hitchcock to develop new characters and a more elaborate plot while keeping du
Renée Taylor released in 2009. Taylor also appeared on Fran Drescher's latest show "Happily Divorced" as the best friend of Fran's mother. In 2011, Taylor was cast in the short-lived Fox cartoon "Allen Gregory", in which she voiced the character of Principal Gottlieb. In 2013, she starred in the "Tyler Perry" film "" as Ms. Waco Chapman, the owner of Chapman drug company. In 2016, Taylor starred in the Netflix movie "The Do-Over" with Adam Sandler as the role of Mrs. Kessler and in the TV show "Rock in a Hard Place". Recently, Taylor appeared in the 2017 film "How To Be