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In 1971, LIFE photographer Michael Rougier spent time with Tippi Hedren; her teenage daughter, Melanie Griffith. Also in attendance: Neil, a 400-pound mature lion. 

Tippi Hedren and Neil the Lion 

While in her teens, Melanie, Griffith, Academy Award-nominated actress and ex wife of Antonio Banderas had a 400-pound mature lion called Neil, who occasionally slept in the same bed as Griffith.

Griffith's mother, Tippi Hedren, an actress and a animal-rights activist and conservationist has since acknowledged that it was “stupid beyond belief” to put her family at risk by allowing an animal with “no conscience or remorse genes” to roam free. 

                   Young Melanie Griffith and Neil the Lion

Melanie Griffith and her movie star mother Tippi Hedren frolicked around their property in the 1970s with a number of wild animals. 

                  Melanie Griffith and Antonio Banderas

'I grew up with lions, tigers and 2 elephants,' Griffith confessed.

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