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
Jeannine Taylor cost of $1,250,000. In 1980, Taylor made her film debut as Marcie Cunningham in Sean S. Cunningham's horror film "Friday the 13th". She starred alongside Kevin Bacon, Adrienne King, and Betsy Palmer. Taylor portrayed the lead, Madame Trentoni / Aurelia Johnson, in Robert Kalfin's off-Broadway production "Hijinks!" from December 17, 1980 to January 18, 1981. In 1982, Taylor portrayed Samantha Edwards in the television film "The Royal Romance of Charles and Diana". In 1984, Taylor portrayed Henrietta in the stage production of "Robert and Elizabeth". The following year, she portrayed Nina in Robert Kalfin's stage production "Seagulls". In 2006, archive