Bathing Beauties: Marjorie Lord

Aiy Chihuahua!

Jayne Mansfield and her chihuahua

Marilyn Monroe and her chihuahua

Lupe Velez and her chihuahuas

Our little chihuahua, 'Chiquita'

Here kitty-kitty-kitty...

Lupe Velez

Olivia de Havilland

Vivien Leigh

Carole Lombard

Phyllis Gordon

Ruth likes the big dogs

Ruth Chatterton and her large friends.

News Flash: June Havoc buries poodle alive!

Joan in her jammies with the poodle.

Constance companion

Constance Bennett and a good friend attend a pool party, 1946.

Elementary, my dear Watson!

Nigel Bruce cavorts with his dachshunds and his friend Basil Rathbone.

Elke Sommer's Summertime

Elke torments a puppy in the swimming pool

Siamese Cats of the stars

Gloria Grahame


Jane Powell


Claudia Cardinale

A wet dog is the lovingest

Elizabeth Taylor and friend

The Dog

The truth I do not stretch or shove
When I state that the dog is full of love.
I've also found, by actual test,
A wet dog is the lovingest.

-- Ogden Nash (1902-1971)

Asta the wonder dog!

Myrna Loy, William Powell and Asta in After the Thin Man (1936)


Myrna Loy, William Powell and Asta in After the Thin Man (1936)


Myrna Loy, William Powell, Jerry Fragnol and Asta Jr. in Song of the Thin Man (1947)

Probably the best known movie pet of all time, the wire-haired terrier in the "Thin Man" series of movies in the 30's and 40's was so popular that it reportedly caused over-breeding. Asta was also the first dog to appear on television.

Non-human Co-stars

Notable non-humans in film and TV history...


Patty Duke and Warren Berlinger with a shaggy racer in Billie (1965)


Patrice Wymore has a happy moment in The Sad Horse (1959)


Nina Foch waits for the full moon in Cry of the Werewolf (1944)


Jose Torvay and Claire Trevor whisper sweet nothings in Borderline (1949)


Constance Bennett, with bowser on the beach in My Son (1925)


Janet Leigh be-poodled in Rogue Cop (1954)


Anne Francis has her hands full in "Honey West" (1965-1966)


Dorothy Lamour contemplates life with Jiggs in Her Jungle Love (1938)


Gloria Grahame takes a ride in The Greatest Show on Earth (1952)


Pier Angeli and Danny Kaye share a tender moment
with a draped ape in Merry Andrew (1958)


Ann Sheridan makes a feathered friend on the
set of The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942)


Meredith MacRae looks well protected in My Three Sons (1964)


Alan Young with his chatty chum in "Mister Ed" (1961-1966)


Ava Gardner looks a bit nervous in Mogambo (1953)


Lee Remick teases the natives in Hard Contract (1969)


Carole Landis gets carried away in One Million B.C. (1940)


Cary Grant and Myrna Loy feel their way in Wings in the Dark (1935)

Dog Lover Carole Landis

Lovely Carole Landis was very much a dog fancier in real life. All but the last two photos in this post are candids with her personal dogs. The first photo is with her last husband, W. Horace Schmidlapp.

It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog (1946)


It Shouldn't Happen to a Dog (1946)