Secrets & Lies (1996)

Starring: Texas

Directed by: Mike Leigh

Synopsis: A successful woman named Hortense (Marianne Jean-Baptiste) searches for her birth mother which leads to some surprising revelations.

Kitty Cameo: One of the lead characters is a professional photographer named Maurice (Timothy Spall). Examples of his work are shown in a montage of various clients, including a woman (Liz Smith) with her pet gray and white cat.

Secrets & Lies - gray and white cat in chair with woman Liz Smith being photographed
Secrets & Lies - gray and white cat in chair with woman Liz Smith being photographed
Secrets & Lies - gray and white cat in chair with woman Liz Smith being photographed animated gif

An assistant comes in to adjust the bow tied to the chair the cat is sitting upon. The cat actor who played this brief role was named Texas.

Secrets & Lies - assistant adjusting boy on chair with gray and white cat and woman Liz Smith being photographed

Final Mewsings: Cat portraits require patience from both the photographer and the cat.

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