Tippi Hedren said, "When he told me that he would ruin me, I just told him [to] do what he had to do. I went out of the door and slammed it so hard that I looked back to see if it was still on its hinges."

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"I thought it was bad enough when I was just a little girl on the outside looking into the studio gates, but that, I've learned since, was easy by comparison. The men I met in those days whose line was 'you ought to be in the movies' were crude amateurs compared to the ones I met after my name began to appear in [movie] columns and fan magazines," she wrote.

Loretta even kept the secret from Judy for as long as she possibly could.

Two weeks before her wedding, Judy had an identity crisis, telling her fiancé, Joseph Tinney, "I can't marry you. I don't know anything about myself." She was distraught over her relationship with Loretta and the mystery of her father's identity. Joseph told her, "It's common knowledge, Judy. Your father is Clark Gable." This spurred her to confront her mom, who finally told her then-31-year-old daughter the truth. Loretta reportedly told Judy, "Why shouldn't I be unhappy? Wouldn't you be if you were a movie star, and the father of your child was a movie star, and you couldn't have an abortion because it was a mortal sin?"

Loretta only shared this information publicly in her memoir, which was published posthumously. However, Judy shared the truth about her biological parents in her 1994 memoir, Uncommon Knowledge, writing, "It was very difficult for me as a little girl not to be accepted or acknowledged by my mother, who, to this day, will not publicly acknowledge that I am her biological child."

You can read a more in-depth article on what Loretta endured here.

The isolation got even worse. She was required to be on set on days she didn't have any scenes to shoot, so she'd read alone and eat alone.

However, there was one bright spot in her lonely days — she snuck onto the nearby set of Ship of Fools to watch her hero, Vivien Leigh. The director, Stanley Kramer, noticed Karen. They fell in love and got married in 1966.

The next day, the script called for Hope's character to hit Jerry. She said, "I hit him so hard that I spun around. And I didn't mean to. Maybe down deep I did. But he walked off the set and sulked for an hour. He said I did it on purpose... He finally came back and didn't talk to me. He never spoke to me again."

At 91, Hope finally got to share her story in a short documentary by filmmakers Kirby Dick and Amy Ziering. 

Kirby said, "I remember Hope saying she thought she would take these stories to her grave. She never thought anyone would be interested. She never thought there'd be a safe space to tell them."

Several Munchkin actors have denied rumors and allegations of poor behavior during the shoot.

Gene reportedly once said, "I wasn't very nice to Debbie. I'm surprised she still speaks to me."

Following through on his threats, he didn't offer her any major roles for the next three years while she was under contract. Never again did Tippi have a project as successful as her Hitchcock roles, but she instead turned her focus to animal rights activism. She also spoke about his alleged abuse privately to colleagues and publicly to his biographer and in her own memoir.

If you or someone you know has experienced sexual assault, you can call the National Sexual Assault Hotline at 1-800-656-HOPE (4673), which routes the caller to their nearest sexual assault service provider. You can also search for your local center here.

StopBullying.gov is an organization that provides resources to prevent harassment and bullying against children. Stomp Out Bullying offers a free and confidential chat line here.

The National Alliance on Mental Illness helpline is 1-800-950-6264 (NAMI) and provides information and referral services; GoodTherapy.org is an association of mental health professionals from more than 25 countries who support efforts to reduce harm in therapy.