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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".
Oct 24, 2024 · 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.
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- Eartha Kitt was an American singer and dancer noted for her sultry vocal style. She also achieved success as a stage and film actress.
- Eartha Kitt’s early 1950s recordings such as “C’est Si Bon,” “Santa Baby,” and “I Want to Be Evil,” helped make her a star. Later songs that charte...
- Eartha Kitt was born in the town of North, South Carolina, on January 17, 1927.
- Eartha Kitt grew up in North, South Carolina, where she was born in 1927, until age eight, when she moved to Harlem in New York City to live with r...
- After success performing in nightclubs, Eartha Kitt made her acting debut in Orson Welles’s Time Runs in 1950. Her appearance in the Broadway revue...
- Eartha Kitt was blacklisted after she publicly criticized the Vietnam War at a 1968 White House luncheon in the presence of the first lady, Lady Bi...
Dec 27, 2008 · She had a great success in London when she succeeded Dolores Gray in Follies (1987), giving a highly stylised, electrifying account of Sondheim's oft-sung anthem to survival, I'm Still Here, and ...
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May 12, 2017 · With a music and acting career lasting 60 years, Eartha Kitt was a global star – but she was also a keen activist who blazed a trail for other black women.
Jan 22, 2021 · Eartha Kitt was many things: a nightclub chanteuse who could sing in seven languages; a movie star; an activist, dancer, singer, comedian…and Catwoman. She created iconic cultural moments,...
Donning the sexy leather catsuit, Eartha Kitt stepped into the traditionally white part and revolutionized Black female representation in Hollywood. Instead of playing a stereotypical role of a mammy or a Jezebel, Kitt's Catwoman was fierce, clever, and confident.
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Apr 2, 2014 · With her voice, charm and sex appeal, Kitt knew how to win over a crowd. Kitt learned that she had colon cancer in 2006, a disease that ended up taking her life on December 25, 2008.
