I love parrots, and it pleases me when other people do as well. So often you hear about people and their dogs and cats... I like it when parrots are acknowledged to be the wonderful companions that they actually are.
I recently joined Pinterest (unfortunately for my free time that is being all the more whiled away on the internet), and it's so fun to see all of the different collections of random stuff on there! Sometimes finding something on Pinterest is even easier than finding something in an internet search.
So, to get to the point, I started collecting photos of celebrities with parrots! It's a lot more difficult than finding celebrities with dogs and cats, I will tell you that, but I think I've got some great ones here.
Lauren Bacall
Teddy Roosevelt and his bird, Eli Yale
The Beatles, John and Paul
Natalie Wood
Julianne Moore
Mary Pickford
Robert Blake and his bird in the TV show, Baretta
Walt Disney with the Tiki Room parrots (ok, so they are fake....they do talk though!)
Alexandra, Princess of Wales
Doris Day
Mickey Rourke
Joan Collins
Anne Francis
Brigitte Bardot
Charlie Chaplin
Elizabeth Taylor
Hillary Swank and Seuss
Ringo Starr
Lana Turner with what looks to be a suspiciously fake bird...
Winston Churchill
Vincent Price
Paul Rudd
Pablo Picasso
Ingrid Bergman and Humphrey Bogart
Natalie Wood, again
Tippi Hedren (not with a parrot, but a smart bird nonetheless)
Rita Hayworth
Michael Jackson
Opera singer, Luisa Terazzini
Frida Kahlo
Irene Pepperberg (Of course I had to include her. She is the ultimate bird woman!!)
Frank Zappa
Steven Tyler with Poi Boy
Cinderella is definitely a famous person in my book!
and Paris Hilton... Her bird lends her a certain amount of respectability.
Here is a list of other celebrity parrot owners, not pictured:
http://www.plannedparrothood.com/famousowners.html
Yes, there really is a website called Planned Parrothood. I was surprised too.
