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Eartha Mae Kitt (born Eartha Mae Keith; January 17, 1927 – December 25, 2008) was an American singer and actress known for her highly distinctive singing style and her 1953 recordings of "C'est si bon" and the Christmas novelty song "Santa Baby".
Eartha Kitt's daughter, Kitt Shapiro, sat down with Craig Melvin on TODAY Monday to share her mother's legacy and lessons she learned at a young age about race.
Eartha Mae Kitt endured much trauma as a child. Taunted as a “yellow girl” because of her light skin (some believe her real father was the son of the plantation owner), she was rejected by her...
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Eartha Kitt believed that Mamie Kitt was her biological mother. Her new family often beat her and she frequently ran away from home. By her teens, she was living on her own. Ms. Kitt...
The child of a mother of Cherokee and African descent and a white father she never knew, Eartha Mae Keith was sent away at a young age and raised in a relative’s home, where she was...
Eartha Kitt (born January 17, 1927, North, South Carolina, U.S.—died December 25, 2008, Weston, Connecticut) was an American singer and dancer noted for her sultry vocal style and slinky beauty who also achieved success as a dramatic stage and film actress.
