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These Photos Of Melanie Griffith And Her Pet Lion In The 1970s Are Everything In the early 1970s, actress Melanie Griffith lived with a pet lion named Neil. Her mother, actress Tippie Hedron, and stepfather, director Noel Marshall, were making a film about big cats when they decided to take him in and get to know him better. These photos first appeared in Life magazine, and captured what it was like for Neil to live with Hollywood royalty.

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