VIDEO : Tippi Hedren Says Alfred Hitchcock Sexually Assaulted Her

According to excerpts, actress Tippi Hedren, star of Alfred Hitchcock's 1963 horror classic "The Birds" alleges in her new memoir, Tippi, the late Oscar-nominated director sexually assaulted her. On one occasion, Hedren claims, Hitchcock came into her dressing room on the set of Marnie and "put his hands on me. Hedren, was a 31-year-old divorced actress living in New York. Hitchcock saw her in a meal-replacement shake ad and offered her a five-year movie deal, which included a starring turn in his latest picture, "The Birds." The Birds made Hedren a star, and the actress won the Golden Globe for most promising newcomer in 1963.