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Don’t hate the swine: Great movie pigs

Miss Piggy Kermie’s beloved girlfriend — the piggy diva who was voiced primarily by Frank Oz — first appeared on the 1974 ABC special “Herb Albert and the TJB,” singing “I Can’t Give You Anything But Love.” But Miss Piggy was destined to become a superstar. When “The Muppet Show” premiered in 1976, she didn’t have a name, but she certainly had the look — big blue eyes, big bosom and blond hair. Though in love with Kermit, she isn’t above giving him a karate chop — she even holds a pink belt in Pig Wan Do — any time she believes she has been insulted. She became a major player in Hollywood in the late 1970s and ’80s and even took a pen to her hoof writing a best-seller. Miss Piggy has appeared in several of the Muppet feature films, and even played all four witches in the 2002 TV movie, “The Muppets' 'Wizard of Oz.' ” She hasn’t changed much over the last three decades. But she’s been uncharacteristically mum if she’s had any cosmetic surgery.

Miss Piggy

Kermie’s beloved girlfriend — the piggy diva who was voiced primarily by Frank Oz — first appeared on the 1974 ABC special “Herb Albert and the TJB,” singing “I Can’t Give You Anything But Love.” But Miss Piggy was destined to become a superstar. When “The Muppet Show” premiered in 1976, she didn’t have a name, but she certainly had the look — big blue eyes, big bosom and blond hair. Though in love with Kermit, she isn’t above giving him a karate chop — she even holds a pink belt in Pig Wan Do — any time she believes she has been insulted. She became a major player in Hollywood in the late 1970s and ’80s and even took a pen to her hoof writing a best-seller. Miss Piggy has appeared in several of the Muppet feature films, and even played all four witches in the 2002 TV movie, “The Muppets’ ‘Wizard of Oz.’ ” She hasn’t changed much over the last three decades. But she’s been uncharacteristically mum if she’s had any cosmetic surgery.  (Kirk McKoy / Los Angeles Times)

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