Neil the lion with Tippi Hedren as she reads a newspaper in her home in Sherman Oaks, Calif.
IMAGE: MICHAEL ROUGIER / TIME & LIFE PICTURES
IMAGE: MICHAEL ROUGIER / TIME & LIFE PICTURES
This is what happens when a lion becomes part of the household.
These pictures show Tippi Hedren — star of Alfred Hitchcock’s The Birds — with her husband, Noel Marshall, and her daughter, actress Melanie Griffith, and their lion, Neil. Melanie is Tippi’s daughter from her first marriage to Peter Griffith. At the time these pictures were taken, Melanie was 19.
Melanie Griffith in a swimming pool with pet lion Neil.
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IMAGE: MICHAEL ROUGIER / TIME & LIFE PICTURES
Neil playing with a child by the pool side.
IMAGE: MICHAEL ROUGIER / TIME & LIFE PICTURES
IMAGE: MICHAEL ROUGIER / TIME & LIFE PICTURES
A housekeeper steps over pet lion Neil in the home of Tippi Hedren and Noel Marshall.
IMAGE: MICHAEL ROUGIER / TIME & LIFE PICTURES
IMAGE: MICHAEL ROUGIER / TIME & LIFE PICTURES
Noel Marshall tries to work in his study with a lion in his face.
IMAGE: MICHAEL ROUGIER / TIME & LIFE PICTURES
IMAGE: MICHAEL ROUGIER / TIME & LIFE PICTURES
Tippi Hedren wrestling with Neil.
IMAGE: MICHAEL ROUGIER / TIME & LIFE PICTURES
IMAGE: MICHAEL ROUGIER / TIME & LIFE PICTURES
IMAGE: MICHAEL ROUGIER / TIME & LIFE PICTURES
IMAGE: MICHAEL ROUGIER / TIME & LIFE PICTURES
Melanie jumping in a swimming pool while Neil grabs her leg.
IMAGE: MICHAEL ROUGIER / TIME & LIFE PICTURES
IMAGE: MICHAEL ROUGIER / TIME & LIFE PICTURES
Neil sleeps in bed with Melanie Griffith.
IMAGE: MICHAEL ROUGIER / TIME & LIFE PICTURES
IMAGE: MICHAEL ROUGIER / TIME & LIFE PICTURES
Neil sleeping with Melanie.
IMAGE: MICHAEL ROUGIER / TIME & LIFE PICTURES
IMAGE: MICHAEL ROUGIER / TIME & LIFE PICTURES
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