* Animals have been stealing scenes since movies began.
* Lassie, Cheetah and Rin Tin Tin may have been among the biggest stars of their day - but not one of them ever gripped the famous gold statuette in their jaws.
* The nearest a "non-human" performer has come to Oscar-night glory was in 1998, when Bart the Bear, a 1,480-pound Kodiak and star of films such as The Edge and Legends of the Fall, presented the Oscar for Best Achievement in Sound Effects Editing.
* Terry, a Cairn terrier, earned $125 a week as Toto in The Wizard of Oz (1939) - more than many human actors. She almost died when a Winkie guard stepped on her. Judy Garland wanted desperately to adopt her.
Rin Tin Tin preparing for his close-up in 1935's Jaws Of Steel
* The Academy appears to have had a downer on dogs since the first Oscar night in 1929 when, legend has it, German Shepherd Rin Tin Tin was voted best actor, only for the statue to be mysteriously handed to a human actor, Emil Jannings, instead.
* Lassie, Cheetah and Rin Tin Tin may have been among the biggest stars of their day - but not one of them ever gripped the famous gold statuette in their jaws.
* The nearest a "non-human" performer has come to Oscar-night glory was in 1998, when Bart the Bear, a 1,480-pound Kodiak and star of films such as The Edge and Legends of the Fall, presented the Oscar for Best Achievement in Sound Effects Editing.
* Terry, a Cairn terrier, earned $125 a week as Toto in The Wizard of Oz (1939) - more than many human actors. She almost died when a Winkie guard stepped on her. Judy Garland wanted desperately to adopt her.
Rin Tin Tin preparing for his close-up in 1935's Jaws Of Steel
* The Academy appears to have had a downer on dogs since the first Oscar night in 1929 when, legend has it, German Shepherd Rin Tin Tin was voted best actor, only for the statue to be mysteriously handed to a human actor, Emil Jannings, instead.
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