Kim Novak and Pyewacket, from the film Bell, Book, and Candle, 1958.
Ava Gardner and Siamese cats, c. 1945.
Grace Kelly and kitten, on the set of the film To Catch a Thief, 1954. Photograph by Robert Vose.
Anna Karina and cat.
Greta Garbo with Cecil Beaton’s cat at his home, Reddish House, in Broad Chalke, England, 1951. Photograph by Cecil Beaton.
Audrey Hepburn and “Cat,” from the film Breakfast at Tiffany’s, 1961. Photograph by Howell Conant.
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“YOU KNOW THOSE DAYS WHEN
YOU GET THE MEAN REDS? . . .
IF I COULD FIND A REAL-LIFE PLACE
THAT MADE ME FEEL LIKE TIFFANY’S,
THEN I’D BUY SOME FURNITURE
AND GIVE THE CAT A NAME.”
— AUDREY HEPBURN AS HOLLY GOLIGHTLY
IN BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY’S
Mia Farrow and cat, 1967.
Sunny Harnett holding cat. Photograph by John Rawlings.
Dora Kallmus, Austrian, 1881–1963. Madame d’Ora, Self-Portrait, Paris, c. 1925.
Gina Falckenberg and cat, 1937. Photograph by Imre von Santho.
Elinor Glyn and cats, 1932.
Jemima Khan and cat, 2013.
Diana Ross and cat, from the film Mahogany, 1975.
Elizabeth Taylor and her Siamese cat, 1956. Photograph by Sanford Roth.
Lauren Bacall and cats, 1940s.
Anita Louise holding cat, c. 1936. Photograph by Lusha Nelson.
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“I’M A CAT. YOU KNOW, CATS
DON’T LIKE TO GO OUTSIDE.
THEY ACTUALLY DROP THEIR SMELL
ALL OVER A PLACE, AND THAT
BECOMES THEIR PLACE. SO WHEN
YOU LIVE WITH A CAT, YOU ACTUALLY
LIVE AT THE CAT’S HOUSE.”
— CARLA BRUNI-SARKOZY
Carla Bruni-Sarkozy and cat. Photograph by Guy Reno.
Hjoerdis Hjalmarsdotter with her cat, 1955.
Jeanne Moreau and cat. Photograph by Sam Levin.
Joan Jett and Tchatchke, New York City, 1981. Photograph by Laura Levine.
Christopher Nevinson, British, 1889–1946. A Studio in Montparnasse, exhibited 1926, oil on canvas.
Miss Bermicchi with Buzzer the Cat, 1916, glass negative. Photograph by Arnold Genthe.
Hedda Sterne and her cat, c. 1940. Photograph by Evelyn Hofer.
Veronica Lake and cat, 1942.
Lana Del Rey with cat, 2012. Photograph by Ellen von Unwerth.
Dear Pussy [portrait of Beatrice Wood], 1998, chromogenic print. Photograph by Marlene Wallace.
Lady Daphne Finch-Hatton and Whiskey, a cat who lived at the studio of “camera-artist” Madame Yevonde.
Brigitte Bardot with cats, 1956.
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“I AM REALLY A CAT
TRANSFORMED INTO A WOMAN. . . .
I PURR. I SCRATCH.
AND SOMETIMES I BITE.”
— BRIGITTE BARDOT
Juliette Gréco and cat, 1949.
Harijs Ebersteins, Venezuelan, 1906–1964. Portrait of an Elegant Lady with Her Black Cat, 20th century, oil on canvas.
Wilhelmina Cooper and cat, 1962. Photograph by Karen Radkai.
Mary Astor and cat. Photograph by Edward Steichen.
Ali MacGraw and cat, from the film Love Story, 1970.
Philip Wilson Steer, British, 1860–1942. Hydrangeas, 1901, oil on canvas.
Martha Stewart with her Persian cat, 1980. Photograph by Arthur Schatz.
Maya Lin and cat, 2002. Photograph by Enrico Ferorelli.
Katharine Hepburn and cats, from the film Little Women, 1933. Photograph by Henry Guttmann.
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“BY ASSOCIATING WITH THE CAT,
ONE ONLY RISKS BECOMING RICHER.”
— COLETTE
Colette and her cats, c. 1925–30.
Eva Longoria and cat during filming for Sheba in Beverly Hills, California, 2013. Photograph by Casey Rodgers.
Evelyn De Morgan, British, 1855–1919. The Love Potion, 1903, oil on canvas.
Marilyn Monroe and her Siamese kitten, Serafina, 1960. Photograph by Robert Vose.
Anna Pavlova at home in London with her cat, c. 1920.
Claudia Cardinale and cats, c. 1960s.
Mary Jane Russell and cat on a leopard sofa, Paris, 1951. Photograph by Louise Dahl-Wolfe.
Lee Meriwether (as Catwoman) and cat, from the film Batman, 1966.
Veruschka and a Siamese cat at the home of Brazilian writer Jorge Amado, c. 1968. Photograph by Franco Rubartelli.
Anja Silja with her cat, 1969. Photograph by Jochen Blume.
Ursula Andress and cat, c. 1965.
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“I TAKE CARE OF MY FLOWERS
AND MY CATS. AND ENJOY FOOD.
AND THAT’S LIVING.”
— URSULA ANDRESS
Edith “Little Edie” Bouvier Beale with cat at Grey Gardens, 1951.
Adolf Pirsch, Austrian, 1859–1929. Bildnis einer Dame mit Katze (Portrait of a Lady with Cat), c. 1900, oil on canvas.
Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy with Caroline Kennedy and two cats, Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, summer 1960. Photograph by Jacques Lowe.
Natalie Wood and cat, from the film Peeper, 1976.
Carole Lombard and cat, c. 1935.
Kees van Dongen, Dutch, 1877–1968. Woman with Cat, 1908, oil on canvas.
Leonor Fini and cat, 1936. Photograph by Dora Maar.
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“IN EVERY WAY, CATS ARE THE MOST
PERFECT CREATURES ON THE
FACE OF THE EARTH, EXCEPT THAT
THEIR LIVES ARE TOO SHORT.”
— LEONOR FINI
Cecilia Beaux, American, 1855–1942. Sita and Sarita, 1893–94, oil on canvas.
Countess Marie-Blanche de Polignac with her cat, France, 1934. Photograph by Boris Lipnitzki.
Hans Baldung, German, born 1484 or 1485, died 1545. Allegorical Figure of a Woman with Musical Book, Viola and Cat, 1529, limewood.
Maya Deren and cat, from In the Mirror of Maya Deren, 2002.
Elsie de Wolfe (Lady Mendl) and two cats, Paris, 1946. Photograph by Louise Dahl-Wolfe.
P. B. Hickling, English, 1876–1951. Addition and Subtraction, 1926, illustration.
“Twiggy Geisha,” from Mlle Âge Tendre magazine, 1968.
Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, Japanese, 1839–1892. Looking Troublesome—The Appearance of a Virgin of the Kansei Era, 1888, color woodblock print.
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“SOCKS, ESPECIALLY,
LIKES TO POSE FOR PICTURES.”
— HILLARY CLINTON
First Lady Hillary Clinton and Socks, 1995.
Dolores del Rio and her cat, Joan, c. 1935.
Charles Massard, French, 1871–1913. Lady with a Cat, 1904, oil on canvas.
Tracey Emin with her cat, Docket, 2005. Photograph by Mary McCartney.
Ingrid Bergman and cat.
Lena Horne with kitten. Photograph by Florence Homolka.
Halle Berry and cat, from the film Catwoman, 2004.
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“I HAVE AN OPTIMISTIC
ATTITUDE. WHEN I GET UP IN THE
MORNING, I FIRST OF ALL MAKE
THE COFFEE AND THEN
I SAY TO MY CAT, ‘WE’RE GOING
TO HAVE A GREAT DAY.’”
— PATRICIA HIGHSMITH
Patricia Highsmith and Siamese cat.
Jane Russell and cat.
Georgia O’Keeffe and cat, New Mexico, c. 1935. Photograph by John S. Candelario.
Edith Head and cat. Photograph by Bob Willoughby.
Francesco Bacchiacca, Italian, 1494–1557. Portrait of a Young Lady Holding a Cat, 1525, oil on panel.
Alexandre Cabanel, French, 1823–1889. Cleopatra Testing Poisons on Those Condemned to Death, 19th century, oil on canvas.
Eartha Kitt and cat, 1960s.
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“CATWOMAN TO ME WAS REALLY
ONE OF THE BEST THINGS I’VE
EVER DONE, BECAUSE I DIDN’T
HAVE TO THINK ABOUT IT. I DIDN’T
HAVE TO THINK ABOUT, OH, HOW
DO YOU PLAY A CAT? I AM A CAT.”
—EARTHA KITT
Anita Ekberg and cat, 1966. Photograph by Pierluigi Praturlon.
Jean-Baptiste Perronneau, French, c. 1715–1783. Magdaleine Pinceloup de la Grange, née de Parseval, 1747, oil on canvas.
Dolly Parton and cat, from a photo shoot for Dolly and Friends, 1970s.
Pierre Carrier-Belleuse, French, 1851–1933. Ballerina and a Black Cat, 19th century, pastel on stretched canvas.
Lauren Pears and cat, 2013. Photograph by Ki Price.
Romy Schneider and cat, from the film What’s New Pussycat?, 1965.
Claire Bloom and cat, 1951.
Walter Crane, British, 1845–1915. At Home: A Portrait, 1872, tempera on paper.
Boris Mihajlovic Kustodiev, Russian, 1878–1927. The Merchant’s Wife at Tea, 1918, oil on canvas.
Jean Harlow and Persian cat.
Sophia Loren and cat, from the film Yesterday, Today, and Tomorrow (Ieri, oggi, domani), 1963.
Anselmo Miguel Nieto, Spanish, 1881–1964. Desnudo del gato (Nude with Cat), undated, oil on canvas.
Carrie Ann Inaba and Shadow. Photograph by Robert Sebree.
Zelda Fitzgerald and cat, c. 1928–30.
Vivien Leigh and Siamese cat, 1950s. Photograph by Leslie Baker.
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“I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN
CRAZY ABOUT CATS.”
— VIVIEN LEIGH
Keira Knightley and cat. Photograph by Arthur Elgort.
Louise Nevelson and cat, c. 1970. Photograph by Geoffrey Clements.
Margaret Mitchell and cat, undated.
Johann Zoffany, German, active in England, 1733–1810. Portrait of Sophia Dumergue, c. 1780, oil on board.
Ann Sheridan and cat.