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13 year-old Melanie Griffith at home with her family pet Neil the lion in 1971. 🐾
Before she was starring alongside Billy Crystal in When Harry Met Sally, she was living in a pride with her superstar mother and her pet lion “Neil.” After Griffith’s mother - Tippi Hedren - made a film about big cats in the 1970s, she was encouraged to take a lion home with her, something that’s hard to imagine happening today.
Photos from the time show that Neil lived like a member of the family. He slept under the blankets with Griffith and lounged around the living room with Hedron. Even though no one was hurt Griffith later said that owning a lion was “stupid beyond belief.”
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