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First canine film star of self-titled films

First canine film star of self-titled films
Who
Jean the Vitagraph Dog
What
First
Where
United States (New York City)
When
1906
The first canine film star whose name appeared in the titles of the films that she starred in was Jean the Vitagraph Dog. A female border collie owned by Larry Trimble of New York City, USA, she starred in several early one-reeler and two-reeler silent films produced by Vitagraph Studios in New York from 1906 to 1910, and mostly directed by Trimble himself. Jean originally featured alongside another of the studio's stars, Florence Turner the Vitagraph Girl. Jean's films included Jean Goes Fishing, Jean and the Calico Doll and Jean and the Waif. She died in 1916. The first canine star of all was Blair, a collie who was owned by Cecil M. Hepworth, a British film producer-director, but did not appear in any self-titled films. Blair's most famous role was as Rover in Rescued By Rover, released in 1905 and the first film to feature a canine star.