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 An out-of-wedlock child, Eartha Kitt was born in the cotton fields of South Carolina. Kitt's mother was a sharecropper of African-American and Cherokee Native American descent. Her father's identity is unknown. Given away by her mother, she arrived in Harlem at age nine. At 15, she quit high school to work in a Brooklyn factory. As a teenager, Kitt lived in friends' homes and in the subways. However, by the 1950s, she had sung and danced her way out of poverty and into the spotlight: performing with the Katherine Dunham Dance Troupe on a European tour, soloing at a Paris nightclub and becoming the toast of the Continent. Orson Welles called her "the most exciting girl in the world". She also spoke out on hard issues. She took over the role of Catwoman for the third and final season of the television series Batman (1966), replacing Julie Newmar. Eartha Kitt died of colon cancer in her home in Weston, Connecticut, on Christmas Day 2008.
Bio:
An out-of-wedlock child, Eartha Kitt was born in the cotton fields of South Carolina. Kitt's mother was a sharecropper of African-American and Cherokee Native American descent. Her father's identity is unknown. Given away by her mother, she arrived in Harlem at age nine. At 15, she quit high school to work in a Brooklyn factory. As a teenager, Kitt lived in friends' homes and in the subways. However, by the 1950s, she had sung and danced her way out of poverty and into the spotlight: performing with the Katherine Dunham Dance Troupe on a European tour, soloing at a Paris nightclub and becoming the toast of the Continent. Orson Welles called her "the most exciting girl in the world". She also spoke out on hard issues. She took over the role of Catwoman for the third and final season of the television series Batman (1966), replacing Julie Newmar. Eartha Kitt died of colon cancer in her home in Weston, Connecticut, on Christmas Day 2008.
Tivia:
Kitt's age was a mystery until 1998, when a group of students from her hometown in South Carolina discovered her birth certificate. The document revealed that her true birthday is January 17, 1927.Was virtually exiled from the United States after making anti-war statements during a White House luncheon with Lady Bird Johnson in 1968. However, she was welcomed back to the White House in 1978 by Jimmy Carter, after a successful return to Broadway in the original production of the musical Timbuktu!.Well-known for her recordings of "Santa Baby" in the 1950s and 1960s. She died on Christmas Day 2008 at her home in Weston, Connecticut.In 1968, she suffered a substantial professional setback after she made anti-war statements during a White House luncheon. It was reported that she made Lady Bird Johnson, the First Lady at the time, cry when she bluntly told her, "You send the best of this country off to be shot and maimed. They rebel in the street. They don't want to go to school because they're going to be snatched off from their mothers to be shot in Vietnam." However, the public reaction to Kitt's statements was even more extreme both for and against her statements. Professionally exiled from the United States, she devoted her energies to overseas performances for nearly a decade.Became fluent in French during her long years performing in Europe.Among her liaisons with wealthy men included Charles Revson, the Revlon cosmetics founder, and actor Orson Welles, who spotted her in a Paris nightclub and cast her in his Paris stage production of "Faust".She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6656 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on February 8, 1960.Was nominated in 1996 for a Grammy Award in traditional pop vocal performance for her album "Back in Business".Was inspired to go into show business after witnessing the wild applause that the audience gave Jos�� Ferrer after one of his stage performances as Cyrano de Bergerac in 1946.Ranked #89 on VH1's 100 Greatest Women of Rock N RollAn aunt brought her to New York City where she attended the High School of Performing Arts, before dropping out to take on various menial jobs, including one in a factory.Her husband, William O. McDonald, was a real estate developer. They were married from 1960 to 1964. They had one daughter: Kitt McDonald.Was nominated twice for Broadway's Tony Award: in 1978, as Best Actress (Musical) for "Timbuktu!"; and in 2000, as Best Actress (Featured Role - Musical) for "The Wild Party".In 1953, she recorded her two greatest hits in New York with Henri Rene and his Orchestra : "C'est si bon" (written in 1947 by Henri Betti (music) and Andr�� Hornez (lyrics)) on March 13 and "Santa Baby" (written in 1953 by Philip Springer (music) and Joan Javits (lyrics)) on October 5.Replaced Chita Rivera for a time in the Broadway revival of the musical "Nine".Her name can be seen on a marquee in the infamously terrible Edward D. Wood Jr. cult film Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957).She was awarded the 1996 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actress in a Principal Role in a Musical for "Lady Day at the Emerson's Bar & Grill" at the Broadway Productions and New Athenaeum Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.Started as a dancer with Katherine Dunham Group touring America, Mexico, and Europe. While in Paris in solo performance seen by Orson Welles who cast her as Helen of Troy.Holds two Daytime Emmy Award records. She is both the only performer to win the Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program award three times, as well as the only winner to win three consecutive awards.She was a year older than Adam West, making her the first actress to play Selina Kyle/Catwoman who is older than the actor opposite her playing Bruce Wayne/Batman. The only other actress to achieve this is Camren Bicondova who was two years older than David Masouz on Gotham (2014-2019).Was in a relationship with Arthur M. Loew Jr. (1954-1955). Loew wanted to marry Eartha, but his mother disapproved of her son marrying a nonwhite.Is the first African American actress to portray Catwoman in live-action, followed by Halle Berry and Zoe Kravitz.Friends with Freda Payne, and Dick Gregory.She died on the same date as actress Ann Savage. |
| Name: |
Eartha Kitt |
Type: |
Music Artist,Actress,Soundtrack (IMDB) |
| Area: |
All World |
Platform: |
IMDB |
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Business scope: |
Music Artist,Actress,Soundtrack |
| Products for sale: |
Music Artist,Actress,Soundtrack |
| Model rank: |
222 |
| Last update: |
2024-07-01 04:20:40 |
| Height: |
5' 2' (1.57 m) |
| Biography: |
An out-of-wedlock child, Eartha Kitt was born in the cotton fields of South Carolina. Kitt\'s mother was a sharecropper of African-American and Cherokee Native American descent. Her father\'s identity is unknown. Given away by her mother, she arrived |
| Trivia: |
Kitt's age was a mystery until 1998, when a group of students from her hometown in South Carolina discovered her birth certificate. The document revealed that her true birthday is January 17, 1927.Was virtually exiled from the United States after making anti-war statements during a White House luncheon with Lady Bird Johnson in 1968. However, she was welcomed back to the White House in 1978 by Jimmy Carter, after a successful return to Broadway in the original production of the musical Timbuktu!.Well-known for her recordings of "Santa Baby" in the 1950s and 1960s. She died on Christmas Day 2008 at her home in Weston, Connecticut.In 1968, she suffered a substantial professional setback after she made anti-war statements during a White House luncheon. It was reported that she made Lady Bird Johnson, the First Lady at the time, cry when she bluntly told her, "You send the best of this country off to be shot and maimed. They rebel in the street. They don't want to go to school because they're going to be snatched off from their mothers to be shot in Vietnam." However, the public reaction to Kitt's statements was even more extreme both for and against her statements. Professionally exiled from the United States, she devoted her energies to overseas performances for nearly a decade.Became fluent in French during her long years performing in Europe.Among her liaisons with wealthy men included Charles Revson, the Revlon cosmetics founder, and actor Orson Welles, who spotted her in a Paris nightclub and cast her in his Paris stage production of "Faust".She was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for Recording at 6656 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California on February 8, 1960.Was nominated in 1996 for a Grammy Award in traditional pop vocal performance for her album "Back in Business".Was inspired to go into show business after witnessing the wild applause that the audience gave Jos�� Ferrer after one of his stage performances as Cyrano de Bergerac in 1946.Ranked #89 on VH1's 100 Greatest Women of Rock N RollAn aunt brought her to New York City where she attended the High School of Performing Arts, before dropping out to take on various menial jobs, including one in a factory.Her husband, William O. McDonald, was a real estate developer. They were married from 1960 to 1964. They had one daughter: Kitt McDonald.Was nominated twice for Broadway's Tony Award: in 1978, as Best Actress (Musical) for "Timbuktu!"; and in 2000, as Best Actress (Featured Role - Musical) for "The Wild Party".In 1953, she recorded her two greatest hits in New York with Henri Rene and his Orchestra : "C'est si bon" (written in 1947 by Henri Betti (music) and Andr�� Hornez (lyrics)) on March 13 and "Santa Baby" (written in 1953 by Philip Springer (music) and Joan Javits (lyrics)) on October 5.Replaced Chita Rivera for a time in the Broadway revival of the musical "Nine".Her name can be seen on a marquee in the infamously terrible Edward D. Wood Jr. cult film Plan 9 from Outer Space (1957).She was awarded the 1996 Joseph Jefferson Award for Actress in a Principal Role in a Musical for "Lady Day at the Emerson's Bar & Grill" at the Broadway Productions and New Athenaeum Theatre in Chicago, Illinois.Started as a dancer with Katherine Dunham Group touring America, Mexico, and Europe. While in Paris in solo performance seen by Orson Welles who cast her as Helen of Troy.Holds two Daytime Emmy Award records. She is both the only performer to win the Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program award three times, as well as the only winner to win three consecutive awards.She was a year older than Adam West, making her the first actress to play Selina Kyle/Catwoman who is older than the actor opposite her playing Bruce Wayne/Batman. The only other actress to achieve this is Camren Bicondova who was two years older than David Masouz on Gotham (2014-2019).Was in a relationship with Arthur M. Loew Jr. (1954-1955). Loew wanted to marry Eartha, but his mother disapproved of her son marrying a nonwhite.Is the first African American actress to portray Catwoman in live-action, followed by Halle Berry and Zoe Kravitz.Friends with Freda Payne, and Dick Gregory.She died on the same date as actress Ann Savage. |
| Trademarks: |
Distinctive voice |
| Quotes: |
I am the original Material Girl.
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I have a great need for affection from an audience. I don't know whether this is because I had such a tough life when I was a child.
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[at the White House in 1968] I am a mother and I know the feeling of having a baby come out of my gut. I have a baby and then you send him off to war. No wonder the kids rebel and take pot.
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[on her friendship with James Dean] Jamie and I were like brother and sister. He told me, in fact, he thought of me as a sister. Our relationship was strictly platonic and spiritual.
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I don't carry myself as a black person but as a woman that belongs to everybody. After all, it's the general public that made me - not any one particular group. So I don't think of myself as belonging to any particular group and never have. |
| Job title: |
Music Artist,Actress,Soundtrack |
| Others works: |
(2000) TV commercial (voice-over): FLoor Buster.
Author of forthcoming book "Down to Eartha" with her daughter.
(1999 - 2000) Six-week singing engagement at New York City's Cafe Carlyle.
(2000) Stg: Appeared in "The Wild Party" |
| Spouse: |
William O. McDonald (June 9, 1960 - March 26, 1964) (divorced, 1 child) |
| Children: |
Kitt McDonald |
| Parents: |
Annie Mae Keith
Mamie Kitt |
| Relatives: |
Jason Shapiro (Grandchild)
Nora Mae (Grandchild) |
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