The Actress and the Cheetah

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 London, 1939 and actress Phyllis Gordon takes her four year old Cheetah shopping . She was also photographed with it in Paris, France/

Phyllis Gordon (October 17, 1889 – October 16, 1964) was an American actress. She appeared in 50 silent era and sound films between 1911 and 1941. She was born in Suffolk, Virginia, and died one day before her 75th birthday in Sonoma, California

As noted Gordon was once notably photographed walking a pet cheetah on a London shopping street.^[2] She also shocked people at a restaurant in Davenport, Iowa, when they realized that she had a marmoset in her handbag.

Gordon with her pet cheetah while having tea at a Bois de Boulogne cafe, Paris, France

in 1932 Photo credited to : Alfred Eisenstaedt