Ursula Andress turned down the lead role.

Screenwriter Evan Hunter had Anne Bancroft in mind to play the doomed schoolteacher "Annie Hayworth."

Alfred Hitchcock considered the young Connery to play a San Francisco lawyer whose romance with a beautiful, shallow playgirl gets torn apart by mysterious bird attacks.

Alfred Hitchcock screened footage of popular Universal contract star Dee to see whether she might be groomed and molded into a Hitchcock leading lady.

Jane Fonda was considered to play "Annie".

The star of Alfred Hitchcock's "Rope" and "Strangers On A Train" says that the director talked with him about appearing in "The Birds," but that he was more interested in doing Broadway work than film roles.

Alfred Hitchcock briefly considered Grant but decided against using the hugely expensive actor because he felt the birds and the Hitchcock name were the big attractions.

Alfred Hitchcock and screenwriter Evan Hunter considered Audrey Hepburn a perfect actress to play spoiled, beautiful playgirl "Melanie Daniels."

Jill Ireland, according to her bio, auditioned for Hitchcock to play a role.

Alfred Hitchcock, looking for a new young blonde beauty to groom and to star in his thriller, screened film of Mimieux.

Director Alfred Hitchcock considered the beautiful young starlet.