 Tippy
Tippy was a black-and-white dog given to Norma Jeane by her foster father,
Albert Wayne Bolender. Every day, Tippy accompanied Norma Jeane to school. He even used
to wait, or her to play with him at recess. About 1932, Tippy was shot dead by a
neighbour who claimed that Tippy had been rolling around in his garden.
A Spaniel
When Norma Jeane lived with the Goddard family, she and her 'sister'
Beebe shared a pet spaniel, circa 1940.
Mugsy
Jim Dougherty bought his wife a pet collie named Muggsy. However,
after she began her modeling career, Norma Jeane had less time for her dog.
Subsequently, Muggsie died of a 'broken heart."
Josefa
At the time she was signed by Columbia Pictures in 1948,
Marilyn Monroe owned a pet Chihuahua, given to her by Joseph Schenck. The dog died within a year.
Mitsou
Mitsou was a white Persian cat that Marilyn Monroe owned when she lived in
New York in 1955.
Hugo
A basset hound who lived with MM and Arthur Miller at their East 57th
Street apartment in New York. Once, Norman Rosten and Marilyn spoon-fed straight
scotch to Hugo to cheer him up. When Marilyn and Arthur split up, Arthur retained
possession of Hugo.
Ebony
A riding horse that the Millers purchased from Frank and Nan Taylor
for their Connecticut farm in 1958. Marilyn rode Ebony only a few times.
Serafina
A Siamese cat that joined the Miller household in 1959.
Butch
Butch was a parakeet owned by the Millers. Butch also resided at the East
57th Street apartment.
 Maf
Maf was a little white French poodle who was given to MM in New York by
Frank Sinatra, early 1961. Sinatra had purchased the dog from Natalie Wood's mother. As has been
widely reported, Marilyn named the dog "Maf" because of Frank Sinatra's alleged
mafia connections. lnterestingly, to spite Arthur Miller, Marilyn used
to let Maf sleep on an expensive white beaver coat that Miller had presented her.
When Marilyn returned to live in Hollywood, she had Maf flown back to be with her.
Following her death, Maf was inherited by Frank Sinatra's secretary, Gloria Lovell.
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