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Hedren was born in New Ulm, Minnesota, in 1930, the daughter of Dorothea Henrietta ( née Eckhardt ) and Bernard Carl Hedren.

Her paternal grandparents were immigrants from Sweden, and her maternal ancestry is German and Norwegian.

Her father ran a small general store in the small town of Lafayette, Minnesota and gave her the nickname " Tippi.

" " My father thought Nathalie was a little bit much for a brand new baby ," Hedren explained at a 2004 screening of The Birds.