Alfred Hitchcock Hitchcock had intended to film "Marnie" first, and in March 1962 it was announced that Grace Kelly, Princess Grace of Monaco since 1956, would come out of retirement to star in it. When Kelly asked Hitchcock to postpone "Marnie" until 1963 or 1964, he recruited Evan Hunter, author of "The Blackboard Jungle" (1954), to develop a screenplay based on a Daphne du Maurier short story, "The Birds" (1952), which Hitchcock had republished in his "My Favorites in Suspense" (1959). He hired Tippi Hedren to play the lead role. It was her first role; she had been a model in New
Rachael Taylor Taylor starred in the new drama "666 Park Avenue". She was next cast in the 2014 NBC series "Crisis", which ran for one season. In 2015, Taylor starred in "Jessica Jones" as the titular character's adoptive sister Trish Walker. She would go on to reprise the role in a voiceover cameo in "Luke Cage" in 2016, in "The Defenders" in 2017, and in a second season of "Jessica Jones" in 2018. She appeared in the American-Dutch remake "The Loft" alongside fellow Australian Isabel Lucas. Rachael Taylor Rachael May Taylor (born 11 July 1984) is an Australian actress and model. Her