Orangey
Sign in to saveOrangey was a name used by multiple male, red domestic shorthair tabby cats which served as animal actors in motion pictures. While portrayed as a single cat in early studio publicity and news accounts, the cats' owner and trainer Frank Inn has stated that the original Orangey died prior to his first role and was actually multiple cats.
Key facts
- Animal.name
- Orangey
- Animal.image
- Orangey with Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffanys.jpg
- Animal.caption
- Orangey with Audrey Hepburn in ''Breakfast at Tiffany's'' (1961)
- Animal.species
- Felis catus
- Animal.birth_place
- United States
- Animal.occupation
- Actor
- Animal.years_active
- 1950s–1960s
- Animal.awards
- PATSY Award (1951, 1961)
- Animal.owner
- Frank Inn
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Wikidata facts
- Image
- Orangey with Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffanys.jpg
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- nickname
- Rhubarb
- Commons category
- Orangey
- name in native language
- Orangey
- date of birth
- 1950-00-00
- date of death
- 1967-00-00
- start of work period
- 1951-00-00
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- Filmography
- Awards
- See also
- References
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Orangey was a name used by multiple male, red domestic shorthair tabby cats which served as animal actors in motion pictures. While portrayed as a single cat in early studio publicity and news accounts, the cats' owner and trainer Frank Inn has stated that the original Orangey died prior to his first role and was actually multiple cats.
==Career== Orangey, publicized as a single cat with multiple stand-ins, had a career in film and television in the 1950s and early 1960s. He is the only cat to win two PATSY Awards, the first for the title role in Rhubarb (1951) and the second for his role in ''Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961). The cat was also credited as "Jimmy", "Jeremy", and "Rhubarb".