Less a cameo than a small part: Asta in The Thin Man series.  Also kind of a
big part would be George the dog in Bringing Up Baby.
 
Best example: the kitten that Eleanor Parker finds in the exercise yard in
Caged.  All the inmates take care of it and watch it drink milk from a tin.
 It finally gets killed in the cellblock riot (also see the exact same plot
element in Wendy O. Williams' Reform School Girls).
 
INTERESTING SUB-CATEGORY:
Homophobic stereotypes accomplished via animal cameos.
 
Emery's french poodle in the opening sequence of The Boys in the Band.
 
Gay man with a pink poodle who comes across a naked policeman chained to a
tree (Tim McIntyre) in The Choirboys (see p90 of the Celluloid Closet for a
photo).
 
All the best,
 
Jenni Olson
Producer, PopcornQ
 
The Ultimate Online Home for the Queer Moving Image is available now at
http://www.popcornq.com
 
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