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Paulina Porizkova The supermodel in 1985, competing to see who can look more feline.
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Sade Another feline-face-on-cat competition, from the nineties singer.
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Kim Novak In 1959, the Hollywood actress gives her Siamese a hug at home.
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June Lockhart Here, in 1963, the actress was photographed blow-drying George, her cat.
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Jean Simmons The British actress hangs out on set with a Siamese in 1954.
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Der Einsame: Henry de Montherlant mit seiner Katze
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Gladys George In a photo from 1934, The Maltese Falcon actress hugs her tortoiseshell cat, whom she named Monkie.
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Lynn Merrick Lynn Merrick and hers hang out in a cornfield in the early forties.
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Valerie Bertinelli Glamour Shot: In 1993, the One Day at a Time actress did a whole shoot with a kitten.
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Lauren Bacall From the forties, the future Mrs. Bogart poses with two black cats.
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Helen Chandler The actress was photographed at home with her cat, whom she named Blue Bell, in June 1933.
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Antonella Bottazzi The Italian singer and songwriter posing in Milan. As we said: those Italians.
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Virna Lisi In a photo from 1961, the Italian actress pretended to kiss a kitten. Okay, we'll stop making the same joke.
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Marianne Faithfull In a portrait from a private photo shoot in 1966, the British singer couldn't look happier.
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Suzy Kendall The English actress holds a pair of kittens on the set of Up the Junction, directed by Peter Collinson, in 1968.
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Catherine Oxenberg In 1985, the Dynasty actress brought hers to a Los Angles event.
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Anita Ekberg Taken in 1966, the photo shows the Swedish actress-model looking a bit tentative.
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Vera Ellen In 1944, the actress and dancer laid out on the beach alongside a black cat. As one does.
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Gabriella Farinon Here, a lesson in picking up a cat with one hand from the seventies-era Italian television presenter and actress.
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Monica Vitti The Italian actress Monica Vitti also often carried a cat in her arms while shooting the film High Infidelity.
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Ombretta Colli Those Italians have a way with cats. Here, famed forties singer Ombretta Colli with her pet.
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Alexandra, Princess of Wales In a portrait from 1870, Alexandra, Princess of Wales, holds her pet cat close to her bosom. The princess was a beloved royal family member known not for her feline obsession, but her devotion to charity work.
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Joan Collins In 1957, British-born actress Joan Collins lounged on a boat that came with its own kitten.
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Princess Bibesco Taken around 1930, the photo shows Princess Elizabeth Bibesco, wife of Prince Antoine Bibesco (a Romanian diplomat), holding a (surprised) black cat.
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Jean Parker In 1935, actress Jean Parker posed for this studio portrait.
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Arielle Dombasle The Miami Vice actress, as photographed in Cuernavaca, Mexico, in 1996.
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Photo credit: Michel Faber (2015)
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