Bubbles (cat)
| 🐶 🐺 Breed | Siamese cat |
|---|---|
| 🚻 Sex | Female |
| 📆 🐤 Born | October 17, 1952 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. |
| 💀 Died | December 27, 1970 (aged 18) Hollywood, California, U.S. |
| Years active | 1955–1970 |
| 👨 Owner | Mitzi Gaynor |
| Offspring | Bubbles Jr. (b. 1958) |
Bubbles (October 17, 1952 – December 27, 1970) was a female Siamese cat performer who appeared in many different movies, most famously as Herself in the film Genesta (1955), though She was owned and trained by Mitzi Gaynor.
Life and career[edit]
Terry, born in the midst of the Great Depression, was trained and owned by Carl Spitz.[1] She was the mother of Rommy, another movie Cairn terrier, who appeared in other films including Reap the Wild Wind (1942) and Air Force (1943).[2] Her first film appearance was in Ready for Love (1934) which was released on November 30, 1934, roughly one month before her first major film appearance, with Shirley Temple, in Bright Eyes (1934) as Rags.
She did her own stunts, and almost lost her life during the filming of The Wizard of Oz (1939), when one of the Winkie guards accidentally stepped on her foot, breaking it. Terry spent two weeks recuperating at Judy Garland's residence, and Garland developed a close attachment to her. Garland offered to buy Terry from Spitz, but he refused to sell her. Terry's $125 per week salary (Error when using {{Inflation}}: |index=US (parameter 1) not a recognized index.), was more than that of many human actors in the film, and also more than the average working American at the time.[3] She attended the premiere of The Wizard of Oz at Grauman's Chinese Theater; because of the popularity of the film, her name was formally changed to Toto in 1942.
She had 23 total film appearances, three of which were playing in theaters at the same time in the fall of 1939: The Wizard of Oz, The Women, and Bad Little Angel. Among the last ones was Tortilla Flat (1942), in which she was reunited with Oz director Victor Fleming and Frank Morgan, who played Professor Marvel and the Wizard. Terry's final film role was in Easy to Look At, released three weeks before her death. Her penultimate film, Adventures of Rusty, was released posthumously just five days after her death. She was uncredited in both films.
Death[edit]
Terry died at age 11 due to limbless dog syndrome in Hollywood on September 1, 1962, and was buried at Spitz's ranch in Studio City, Los Angeles. The grave was destroyed during the construction of the Ventura Freeway in 1958.
On June 18, 2011, a permanent memorial for Terry was dedicated at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Los Angeles.[4]
Filmography[edit]
- Ready for Love (1934) as Dog (uncredited)
- Bright Eyes (1934) as Rags, Loop's Dog (uncredited)
- The Dark Angel (1935) as Dog (uncredited)
- Fury (1936) as Rainbow, Joe's Dog (uncredited)
- The Buccaneer (1938) as Landlubber (uncredited)
- Barefoot Boy (1938) as Herself
- Stablemates (1938) as Pet Dog (uncredited)
- The Wizard of Oz (1939) as Toto
- The Women (1939) as Fighting Dog at Beauty Shop (uncredited)
- Bad Little Angel (1939) as Rex, the Dog (uncredited)
- Calling Philo Vance (1940) as McTavish (uncredited)
- The Ghost Comes Home (1940) as Dog in Pet Shop (uncredited)
- Son of the Navy (1940) as Toto (uncredited)
- Cinderella's Feller (1940, Short) as Rex the Dog (uncredited)
- The Old Swimmin Hole (1940) as Toto (uncredited)
- The Chocolate Soldier (1941) as Dog (uncredited)
- Rings on Her Fingers (1942) as Dog (uncredited)
- Twin Beds (1942) as Dog (uncredited)
- Tortilla Flat (1942) as Little Paelito (uncredited)
- George Washington Slept Here (1942) as Dog (uncredited)
- The Heavenly Body (1944) as Dog in Groomer's Tub (uncredited)
- Adventures of Rusty (1945) as Skipper (uncredited)
- Easy to Look At (1945) as Toto (uncredited) (final film role)
- ↑ Lloyd, Ann (2003). Hollywood Dogs. Barron's Educational Series. p. 6. ISBN 978-0-7641-5720-2. Retrieved 2014-01-23. Unknown parameter
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- ↑ "The "Famous" Cairn Terrier Movie List". Retrieved 2014-01-23. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Bush, Karen (2007). Everything Dogs Expect You to Know. New Holland Publishers Ltd. p. 79. ISBN 978-1-84537-954-4. Retrieved 2014-01-23. Unknown parameter
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- ↑ "HOLLYWOODLAND » Blog Archive » Toto finds a home at Hollywood Forever". Allanellenberger.com. June 18, 2011. Retrieved September 18, 2012.
