LIFE - Celebrities and Cats

http://www.life.com/images/logo.png LIFE - Celebrities and Cats http://www.life.com/image/first/in-gallery/22865/celebrities-and-cats Marlon Brando With Napping Cat http://www.life.com/image/3204093

1954: Actor Brando leans back on a sofa and smiles at a cat lounging across his shoulders, at his home in Los Angeles.]]> 3204093 Fri, 01 Jan 1954 03:00:00 EST

1954: Actor Brando leans back on a sofa and smiles at a cat lounging across his shoulders, at his home in Los Angeles.]]> Murray Garrett 2009 gettyImages.com Kim Novak With Siamese Cats http://www.life.com/image/50399062

Actress Kim Novak plays with some of the Siamese cats who performed with her in the 1958 film "Bell, Book and Candle." (Photo by Eliot Elisofon//Time Life Pictures/Getty Images)]]> 50399062 Mon, 01 Sep 1958 03:00:00 EDT

The “Price Is Right” host poses with Morris, the star spokescat for 9 Lives, to kick off a video contest giving cat lovers a chance to get their pets on national TV. (Photo by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Images)]]> 81695635 Tue, 24 Jun 2008 03:00:00 EDT

Astaire reaches out to a feline friend, 1962. Both, we assume, were pretty good on their feet. (Photo by John Swope//Time Life Pictures/Getty Images)]]> 50578855 Mon, 01 Jan 1962 03:00:00 EST

Astaire reaches out to a feline friend, 1962. Both, we assume, were pretty good on their feet. (Photo by John Swope//Time Life Pictures/Getty Images)]]> John Swope 2009 gettyImages.com Morgan Freeman with Pet Cat http://www.life.com/image/50423300

In 1990, a year after his breakthrough performances in "Driving Miss Daisy" and "Glory," Freeman snuggles up with his pet cat at home in New York City. (Photo by Ted Thai//Time Life Pictures/Getty Images)]]> 50423300 Mon, 01 Jan 1990 03:00:00 EST

It's the cats' world; she just lives in it. Stage and screen actress Sandy Dennis plays with her beloved kitties at home in Westport, Conn., 1989. (Photo by Marianne Barcellona/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)]]> 72431542 Sun, 01 Jan 1989 03:00:00 EST

Leeves' cat thoroughly enjoys a little loving from the actress in 1994, a year after her TV series "Frasier" debuted and became a hit. (Photo by Alan Levenson//Time Life Pictures/Getty Images)]]> 50438602 Mon, 04 Apr 1994 03:00:00 EDT

Three years before his tragic death, the danger-loving "Crocodile Hunter" bottle-feeds one baby white tiger on "The Tonight Show," while another uses host Leno's arm as a scratching post. (Photo by Kevin Winter/Getty Images)]]> 1762149 Tue, 04 Feb 2003 03:00:00 EST

The actress coos over a kitten while on a sailing trip, 1957. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)]]> 3241461 Tue, 01 Jan 1957 03:00:00 EST

The actress coos over a kitten while on a sailing trip, 1957. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)]]> Hulton Archive 2009 gettyImages.com Imogene Coca and Her Cat http://www.life.com/image/50878040

The comedienne, a regular on “Your Show of Shows,” drapes fur -- her cute kitty, that is -- around her neck, circa 1951. (Photo by Alfred Eisenstaedt/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images)]]> 50878040 Mon, 01 Jan 1951 03:00:00 EST

At home in London in 1980, the singer teases his bewildered calico with a stuffed dog. (Photo by Dave Hogan/Getty Images)]]> 51129832 Tue, 01 Jan 1980 03:00:00 EST

At home in London in 1980, the singer teases his bewildered calico with a stuffed dog. (Photo by Dave Hogan/Getty Images)]]> Dave Hogan 2009 gettyImages.com Vivien Leigh and Her Siamese Cat http://www.life.com/image/3380255

In the Chelsea home she shared with husband Laurence Olivier, "Gone With the Wind" star Vivien Leigh poses with her cat New, 1946. (Photo by Keystone Features/Getty Images)]]> 3380255 Tue, 01 Jan 1946 03:00:00 EST

In the Chelsea home she shared with husband Laurence Olivier, "Gone With the Wind" star Vivien Leigh poses with her cat New, 1946. (Photo by Keystone Features/Getty Images)]]> Keystone Features 2009 gettyImages.com Kitt's Cats http://www.life.com/image/3065915

In 1956, singer/actress Kitt, renowned for her seductively purring voice, relaxes at London's Mayfair hotel with kittens Mishak and Willow. (Photo by J. Wilds/Keystone/Getty Images)]]> 3065915 Wed, 30 May 1956 03:00:00 EDT

In 1952, the British prime minister takes care of some very important state business: petting an adorable cat at Liverpool Street Station. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)]]> 51121776 Sat, 24 May 1952 03:00:00 EDT

The sexy French film actress, coaxing a cat along a tightrope, once compared herself to the slinky animal: "I really am a cat transformed into a woman... I purr. I scratch. And sometimes I bite." (Photo by John Sadovy/BIPs/Getty Images)]]> 3354710 Sat, 01 Jan 1955 03:00:00 EST

The actor poses with his cat, Mini Me, for a 2001 Purina calendar featuring celebrities and their beloved pet felines. (Photo courtesy of Tony La Russa's Animal Rescue Foundation/Newsmakers)]]> 668105 Mon, 30 Oct 2000 03:00:00 EST

Beatle Paul McCartney sits on the doorstep of his St. John's Wood home with two kittens and an old English sheepdog, June 1967. (Photo by Leslie Lee/Express/Getty Images)]]> 56170102 Tue, 20 Jun 1967 03:00:00 EDT

Beatle Paul McCartney sits on the doorstep of his St. John's Wood home with two kittens and an old English sheepdog, June 1967. (Photo by Leslie Lee/Express/Getty Images)]]> Les Lee 2009 gettyImages.com