Real Name : Eartha Mae Keith
Nick Name : Kitty Charles
Birth : 17 January 1927, North, South Carolina, USA
Death : 25 December 2008, Weston, Connecticut, USA (colon cancer)
Height : 5' 4"
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An out-of-wedlock child, Eartha Kitt was born in the cotton fields of South Carolina, a pregnancy resulting from the rape by a white plantation owner and a sharecropper mother of African-American and Cherokee Native American descent. Given away by her mother, she arrived in Harlem at age nine, and at 15 she quit high school to work in a Brooklyn factory. As a teenager, Kitt lived in friends' homes and in the subways. By the 1950s, however, she had sung and danced her way out of poverty and into the spotlight: performing with the 'Katherine Dunham' (qv) Dance Troupe on a European tour, soloing at a Paris night club and becoming the toast of the Continent. 'Orson Welles' (qv) called her "the most exciting girl in the world". She speaks out on hard issues and plays no favorites; at one point, she drew flak from blacks by working throughout South Africa and reveling in her treatment there as an honorary white.
Biography written by: Tom Weaver
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- 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (2009) (TV) (archive footage) [Herself - Memorial Tribute]
- 27th NAACP Image Awards (1996) (TV) [Herself]
- A Night on the Town (1983) (TV) <4>
- All About People (1967) [Narrator]
- All by Myself (1982) [Herself] <1>
- An Evening with Eartha Kitt (2009) (TV) [Herself]
- And Then Came Love (2007) [Mona] <4>
- Anna Lucasta (1959) [Anna Lucasta] <1>
- Behind the Director's Son's Cut (2007) (V) [Freya]
- Boomerang (1992) [Lady Eloise] <8>
- Carmen and Geoffrey (2005) (archive footage) [Herself]
- Casbah (1948) (uncredited) [Katherine Dunham Group Dancer]
- Desperately Seeking Roger (1991) (TV) [Herself]
- Dragonard (1987) [Naomi] <2>
- Drei Männer spinnen (1962) (TV)
- Emperor's New Groove (2001) (VG) (voice) [Yzma]
- Erik the Viking (1989) [Freya] <3>
- Ernest Scared Stupid (1991) [Old Lady Hackmore] <2>
- Fatal Instinct (1993) [First Trial Judge] <18>
- Feast of All Saints (2001) (TV) [Lola Dede] <10>
- Friday Foster (1975) [Madame Rena] <5>
- Harriet the Spy (1996) [Agatha K. Plummer] <7>
- Holes (2003) [Madame Zeroni] <33>
- I Woke Up Early the Day I Died (1998) [Cult Leader] <48>
- Ill Gotten Gains (1997) (voice) [The Wood] <4>
- Inside TV Land: African Americans in Television (2002) (TV) [Herself]
- Instant Karma (2005/I) {{SUSPENDED}}
- It's Black Entertainment (2002) (TV) (archive footage) [Herself]
- James Dean and Me (1995) (TV) (uncredited) [Herself]
- Lieutenant Schuster's Wife (1972) (TV) [Lady] <5>
- Living Doll (1990) [Mrs. Swartz] <6>
- Master of Dragonard Hill (1989) [Naomi] <2>
- Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration (2001) (TV) [Herself]
- Nat King Cole: Loved in Return (1998) (TV) [Herself]
- New Faces (1954) [Herself] <2>
- On the One (2005) [Ms. Nettie]
- Onkel Toms Hütte (1965) (uncredited) [Singer]
- Saint of Devil's Island (1961) [Annette]
- Santa, Baby! (2001) (TV) (voice) [Emerald] <4>
- Sonny Liston: The Mysterious Life and Death of a Champion (1995) (TV) (archive footage) [Herself]
- St. Louis Blues (1958) [Gogo Germaine] <2>
- Standard Time (2002) [Herself] <9>
- Stormy Weather (1943) (uncredited) [Dancer/Nightclub Patron]
- Synanon (1965) [Betty Coleman] <6>
- The 1st Annual Black Achievement Awards (1978) (TV) [Herself]
- The 2nd Annual TV Land Awards (2004) (TV) [Herself]
- The 54th Annual Tony Awards (2000) (TV) [Herself - Performer & Nominee: Best Featured Actress in a Musical]
- The Emperor's New Groove (2000) (voice) [Yzma] <3>
- The Emperor's New Groove 2: Kronk's New Groove (2005) (V) (voice) [Yzma] <3>
- The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story (1998) (V) (voice) [Bagheera the Panther]
- The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family' (2002) [Herself]
- The Many Faces of Catwoman (2005) (V) [Host]
- The Mark of the Hawk (1957) [Renee] <1>
- The Other Americans (1969) (TV) [Herself]
- The Pink Chiquitas (1987) (voice) [Betty/The Meteor] <17>
- The Serpent Warriors (1985) [Snake Priestess] <2>
- The Sweatbox (2002) [Herself]
- To Kill a Cop (1978) (TV) [Paula] <12>
- TV's Funniest Music Moments (2008) (TV) (archive footage) [Herself]
- Unzipped (1995) (uncredited) [Herself]
- Up the Chastity Belt (1971) [Scheherazade] <7>
- VH-1 Where Are They Now: Superheros (2003) (TV) [Herself]
- Victor Borges Tivoli 150 år (1993) (TV) (archive footage) [Herself - Performer] <7>
- "American Dad!" (2005) {Dope and Faith (#4.3)} (voice) [Fortune Teller]
- "American Masters" (1983) {James Dean: Sense Memories} [Herself] <5>
- "American Masters" (1983) {The World of Nat King Cole (#19.2)} [Herself]
- "Batman" (1966) {Catwoman's Dressed to Kill (#3.14)} [Catwoman #2] <7>
- "Batman" (1966) {The Bloody Tower (#3.13)} (uncredited) [Catwoman]
- "Batman" (1966) {The Funny Feline Felonies (#3.16)} [Catwoman #2] <8>
- "Batman" (1966) {The Joke's on Catwoman (#3.17)} [Catwoman #2] <8>
- "Batman" (1966) {The Ogg Couple (#3.15)} (uncredited) [Catwoman]
- "BBC Sunday-Night Play" (1960) {Member of the Family (#3.38)} [Sally Carrington]
- "BBC Sunday-Night Theatre" (1950) {Mrs. Patterson (#7.25)} [Theodora 'Teddy' Hicks]
- "Ben Casey" (1961) {A Horse Named Stravinsky (#4.31)} [Danielle Taylor]
- "Biography" (1987) {Catwoman: Her Many Lives} [Herself]
- "Blackpool Night Out" (1964) {(1965-08-22)} [Herself]
- "Breakfast" (2000) {(2008-04-23)} [Herself]
- "Brown Sugar" (1986) [Herself]
- "Burke's Law" (1963) {Who Killed the Rest? (#2.25)} [Honoria De Witt] <7>
- "Della" (1969) {(1969-08-20)} [Herself]
- "Ebony/Jet Showcase" (1982) {(1987-02-13)} [Herself]
- "Entre amigos" (1985) {(1986-07-11)} [Herself]
- "Everyday" (1978) {(1978-02-23)} [Herself]
- "Forty Minutes" (1981) {Adventures in the Skin Trade} [Herself]
- "Frost on Sunday" (1968) {(#2.12)} [Herself]
- "Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child" (1995) {The Snow Queen (#6.10)} (voice) [The Snow Queen]
- "Hollywood Squares" (1998) {(2003-10-06)} [Guest Appearance]
- "Hollywood Squares" (1998) {(2003-10-07)} [Guest Appearance]
- "Hollywood Squares" (1998) {(2003-10-08)} [Guest Appearance]
- "Hollywood Squares" (1998) {(2003-10-09)} [Guest Appearance]
- "Hollywood Squares" (1998) {(2003-10-10)} [Guest Appearance]
- "I Spy" (1965) {The Loser (#1.6)} [Angel] <3>
- "It's Showtime at the Apollo" (1987) {(1992-04-25)} [Herself - Guest Host]
- "Jack's Place" (1992) {The Seventh Meal (#2.3)} [Isabel Lang]
- "Larry King Live" (1985) {(2005-11-24)} [Herself]
- "Larry King Live" (1985) {(2005-12-03)} [Herself]
- "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" (1993) {(1993-10-05)} [Herself]
- "Lauren Hutton and..." (1995) {Eartha Kitt (#1.148)} [Herself]
- "Living Single" (1993) {He Works Hard for the Money (#3.8)} [Jacqueline Richards]
- "Loose Women" (1999) {(#11.22)} [Herself]
- "Matrix" (1993) {Moths to a Flame (#1.5)} [Sister Rowena]
- "Miami Vice" (1984) {Whatever Works (#2.2)} [Priestess Chata] <8>
- "Mission: Impossible" (1966) {The Traitor (#1.27)} [Tina Mara] <6>
- "Musikladen" (1972) {(#1.83)}
- "My Life as a Teenage Robot" (2003) {Escape from Cluster Prime! (#3.1)} (voice) [Queen Vexas]
- "My Life as a Teenage Robot" (2003) {Hostile Makeover (#1.9)} (voice) [Queen Vexas]
- "New York Undercover" (1994) {Student Affairs (#2.7)} [Mrs. Stubbs] <5>
- "Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life" (1964) {(#1.38)} [Herself]
- "Omnibus" (1952) {Salome (#4.11)} [Salome]
- "Over Easy" (1977) {(1977-11-29)} [Herself]
- "Over Easy" (1977) {(1978-05-26)} [Herself]
- "Oz" (1997) {Medium Rare (#4.9)} (uncredited) [Herself]
- "Pantomime Quiz" (1947) {(1963-09-02)} [Herself - Guest Panelist]
- "Pantomime Quiz" (1947) {Eartha Kitt vs. Robert Clary} [Guest Panelist]
- "Parkinson" (1971) {(1978-05-29)} [Herself]
- "Person to Person" (1953) {(#2.2)} [Herself]
- "Play of the Week" (1959) {The Wingless Victory (#2.30)}
- "Playhouse 90" (1956) {Heart of Darkness (#3.7)} [Queen]
- "Police Woman" (1974) {Tigress (#4.11)} [Amelia]
- "Reading Rainbow" (1983) {Is This a House for Hermit Crab? (#10.3)} (voice) [Herself]
- "Romeo und Julia 70" (1969) [Herself]
- "Russell Harty Plus" (1972) {(1972-12-30)} [Herself - Guest]
- "Space Ghost Coast to Coast" (1994) {Batmantis (#1.8)} [Herself]
- "Stars on Sunday" (1969) {(1970-06-07)} [Herself]
- "Stars on Sunday" (1969) {(1970-06-28)} [Herself]
- "Stars on Sunday" (1969) {(1970-08-09)} [Herself]
- "Stars on Sunday" (1969) {(1970-08-30)} [Herself]
- "Stars on Sunday" (1969) {(1971-03-21)} [Guest]
- "That Regis Philbin Show" (1964) {(1964-11-18)} [Herself]
- "The American Experience" (1988) {Las Vegas: An Unconventional History: Part 1 (#18.3)} (archive footage) [Herself]
- "The Barbara McNair Show" (1969) {(1970-02-01)} [Herself]
- "The Celebrity Game" (1964) {(1964-04-19)} [Herself]
- "The Celebrity Game" (1964) {(1964-05-03)} [Celebrity Panelist]
- "The Celebrity Game" (1964) {(1964-08-22)} [Herself]
- "The Celebrity Game" (1964) {(1964-09-06)} [Herself]
- "The Celebrity Game" (1964) {(1965-08-12)} [Panelist]
- "The Celebrity Game" (1964) {(1965-08-24)} [Panelist]
- "The Celebrity Game" (1964) {(1965-08-30)} [Panelist]
- "The Chris Rock Show" (1997) {(#1.3)} [Herself]
- "The Colgate Comedy Hour" (1950) {(#4.14)} [Herself - Singer]
- "The David Frost Show" (1969) {(#2.13)} [Herself]
- "The Emperor's New School" (2006) {A Fair to Remember/Working Girl (#2.7)} [Yzma] <3>
- "The Emperor's New School" (2006) {A Giftmas Story (#2.12)} (voice) [Yzma]
- "The Emperor's New School" (2006) {Cart Wash/Battle of the Bots (#1.5)} (voice) [Yzma]
- "The Emperor's New School" (2006) {Emperor's New Musical (#2.11)} (voice) [Yzma]
- "The Emperor's New School" (2006) {Empress Malina/The Adventures of Red-Eyed Tree Frog Man (#1.3)} (voice) [Yzma]
- "The Emperor's New School" (2006) {Girls Behaving Oddly (#1.6)} (voice) [Yzma]
- "The Emperor's New School" (2006) {Kronk Moves In (#1.16)} (voice) [Yzma]
- "The Emperor's New School" (2006) {Kuzclone (#1.8)} (voice) [Yzma]
- "The Emperor's New School" (2006) {Kuzcogarten/Evil and Eviler (#1.17)} (voice) [Yzma]
- "The Emperor's New School" (2006) {Oops, All Doodles/Chipmunky Business (#1.13)} (voice) [Yzma]
- "The Emperor's New School" (2006) {Peasant for a Day (#1.10)} (voice) [Yzma]
- "The Emperor's New School" (2006) {Rabbit Face (#1.1)} (voice) [Yzma]
- "The Emperor's New School" (2006) {Squeakend at Bucky's/Kuzco Fever (#1.2)} (voice) [Yzma]
- "The Emperor's New School" (2006) {The Bride of Kuzco (#1.18)} (voice) [Yzma]
- "The Emperor's New School" (2006) {The Emperor's New Tuber/Room for Improvement (#2.1)} (voice) [Yzma]
- "The Emperor's New School" (2006) {The Lost Kids/The Big Fight (#1.7)} (voice) [Yzma]
- "The Emperor's New School" (2006) {The New Kid/Officer Kronk (#1.15)} (voice) [Yzma]
- "The Emperor's New School" (2006) {The Yzma That Stole Kuzcoween/Monster Masquerade (#1.20)} (voice) [Yzma]
- "The Emperor's New School" (2006) {U.F.kuzcO./Attack Sub (#1.19)} (voice) [Yzma]
- "The Emperor's New School" (2006) {Unfit to Print/The Emperor's New Pet (#1.9)} (voice) [Yzma]
- "The Famous Jett Jackson" (1998) {Field of Dweebs (#2.1)} [Albertine Whethers]
- "The Good Old Days" (1953) {(1972-04-16)} [Herself - Performer]
- "The Good Old Days" (1953) {(1973-04-13)} [Herself - Performer]
- "The Good Old Days" (1953) {(1976-02-05)} [Herself - Performer]
- "The Hollywood Squares" (1965) {(#1.10)} [Guest Appearance] <4>
- "The Hollywood Squares" (1965) {(#1.119)} [Guest Appearance]
- "The Hollywood Squares" (1965) {(#1.120)} [Guest Appearance]
- "The Hollywood Squares" (1965) {(#1.121)} [Guest Appearance]
- "The Hollywood Squares" (1965) {(#1.122)} [Guest Appearance]
- "The Hollywood Squares" (1965) {(#1.123)} [Guest Appearance]
- "The Hollywood Squares" (1965) {(#1.138)} [Cameo]
- "The Hollywood Squares" (1965) {(#1.139)} [Guest Appearance]
- "The Hollywood Squares" (1965) {(#1.140)} [Guest Appearance]
- "The Hollywood Squares" (1965) {(#1.141)} [Herself]
- "The Hollywood Squares" (1965) {(#1.142)} [Guest Appearance]
- "The Hollywood Squares" (1965) {(#1.59)} [Guest Appearance] <4>
- "The Hollywood Squares" (1965) {(#1.6)} [Guest Appearance] <4>
- "The Hollywood Squares" (1965) {(#1.60)} [Guest Appearance] <4>
- "The Hollywood Squares" (1965) {(#1.61)} [Guest Appearance] <4>
- "The Hollywood Squares" (1965) {(#1.62)} [Guest Appearance] <4>
- "The Hollywood Squares" (1965) {(#1.63)} [Guest Appearance] <4>
- "The Hollywood Squares" (1965) {(#1.7)} [Guest Appearance] <4>
- "The Hollywood Squares" (1965) {(#1.8)} [Guest Appearance] <4>
- "The Hollywood Squares" (1965) {(#1.9)} [Guest Appearance] <4>
- "The Hollywood Squares" (1965) {(#2.101)} [Guest Appearance]
- "The Hollywood Squares" (1965) {(#2.102)} [Guest Appearance]
- "The Hollywood Squares" (1965) {(#2.103)} [Guest Appearance]
- "The Hollywood Squares" (1965) {(#2.104)} [Guest Appearance]
- "The Hollywood Squares" (1965) {(#2.105)} [Guest Appearance]
- "The Hollywood Squares" (1965) {(#2.221)} [Guest Appearance]
- "The Hollywood Squares" (1965) {(#2.222)} [Guest Appearance]
- "The Hollywood Squares" (1965) {(#2.223)} [Guest Appearance]
- "The Hollywood Squares" (1965) {(#2.224)} [Guest Appearance]
- "The Hollywood Squares" (1965) {(#2.225)} [Guest Appearance]
- "The Hollywood Squares" (1965) {(#2.51)} [Guest Appearance]
- "The Hollywood Squares" (1965) {(#2.52)} [Guest Appearance]
- "The Hollywood Squares" (1965) {(#2.53)} [Guest Appearance]
- "The Hollywood Squares" (1965) {(#2.54)} [Guest Appearance]
- "The Hollywood Squares" (1965) {(#2.55)} [Guest Appearance]
- "The Hollywood Squares" (1965) {(#2.81)} [Guest Appearance]
- "The Hollywood Squares" (1965) {(#2.82)} [Guest Appearance]
- "The Hollywood Squares" (1965) {(#2.83)} [Guest Appearance]
- "The Hollywood Squares" (1965) {(#2.84)} [Guest Appearance]
- "The Hollywood Squares" (1965) {(#2.85)} [Guest Appearance]
- "The Last Resort with Jonathan Ross" (1987) {(#2.2)} [Herself]
- "The Magic School Bus" (1994) {Going Batty (#2.4)} (voice) [Mrs. Franklin] <6>
- "The Merv Griffin Show" (1962) {(1973-09-12)} [Herself]
- "The Merv Griffin Show" (1962) {(1977-11-07)} [Herself]
- "The Mike Wallace Interview" (1957) {(1960-01-12)} [Herself]
- "The Morning Show" (1954) {(1954-06-08)} [Herself]
- "The Nanny" (1993) {A Pup in Paris (#3.27)} [Herself] <12>
- "The Nanny" (1993) {The Tart with Heart (#4.1)} (uncredited) (voice) [Herself]
- "The Nat King Cole Show" (1956) {(#3.4)} [Herself - Singer]
- "The Pat Boone Show" (1967) {(1968-01-31)} [Herself]
- "The Protectors" (1972) {A Pocketful of Posies (#2.23)} [Carrie Blaine] <3>
- "The Real Las Vegas" (1996) (archive footage) [Herself]
- "The Red Buttons Show" (1952) {(1953-06-12)} [Herself]
- "The Roseanne Show" (1998) {(#1.34)} [Herself]
- "The Rosie O'Donnell Show" (1996) {(1997-10-10)} [Herself]
- "The Rosie O'Donnell Show" (1996) {(2000-12-12)} [Herself]
- "The Simpsons" (1989) {Once Upon a Time in Springfield (#21.10)} (voice) [Herself] <8>
- "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" (1962) {(1972-08-22)} [Herself]
- "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" (1962) {(1973-04-24)} [Herself]
- "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" (1962) {(1973-08-28)} [Herself]
- "The Wild Thornberrys" (1998) {Flood Warning (#1.1)} [Lioness #1]
- "Toast of the Town" (1948) {(#10.3)} [Herself]
- "Toast of the Town" (1948) {(#12.20)} [Singer]
- "Toast of the Town" (1948) {(#12.45)} [Singer]
- "Toast of the Town" (1948) {(#13.24)} [Singer]
- "Toast of the Town" (1948) {(#13.3)} [Singer]
- "Toast of the Town" (1948) {(#13.49)} [Singer]
- "Toast of the Town" (1948) {(#16.37)} [Singer]
- "Toast of the Town" (1948) {(#16.8)} (archive footage) [Herself]
- "Toast of the Town" (1948) {(#5.39)} [Herself]
- "Toast of the Town" (1948) {(#7.29)} [Herself]
- "Toast of the Town" (1948) {(#7.49)} [Herself]
- "Toast of the Town" (1948) {(#8.13)} [Herself]
- "Toast of the Town" (1948) {(#8.25)} [Herself]
- "Toast of the Town" (1948) {(#8.34)} [Herself]
- "Toast of the Town" (1948) {(#8.44)} [Herself]
- "Toast of the Town" (1948) {(#8.51)} [Herself]
- "Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium" (1955) {(#6.11)} [Herself - Top Of The Bill]
- "Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium" (1955) {(#7.26)} [Herself - Top Of The Bill]
- "VH-1 Where Are They Now?" (1999) {Superheroes (#1.7)} [Catwoman]
- "Viva Variety" (1997) {(#1.5)} [Herself - Musical guest]
- "Welcome to New York" (2000) {Jim Gets an Apartment (#1.3)} [June]
- "Welcome to New York" (2000) {The Car (#1.5)} [June]
- "What's My Line?" (1950) {(1954-05-30)} [Herself]
- "What's My Line?" (1950) {(1959-07-12)} [Herself - Mystery Guest]
- "What's My Line?" (1950) {(1961-07-23)} [Mystery Guest]
- "Wogan" (1982) {(1989-09-11)} [Herself] <2>
- "Your Show of Shows" (1950) {(1954-05-29)}
- "¡Qué noche la de aquel año!" (1987) {(1987-11-24)} (archive footage) [Herself]
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- 'William O. McDonald' (6 June 1960 - 26 March 1964) (divorced); 1 child
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- _Tricia's Wedding (1971)_ (qv)
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- "Daily Telegraph" (UK), 17 April 2008, Iss. 47547, pg. 29, by: Tim Geary, "Caught in Eartha's orbit"
- "People Weekly" (USA), 25 October 1999, pg. 131+132+135+136, by: Karen S. Schneider, "Eye of the Tigress"
- "Diário de Notícias" (Portugal), 23 December 1997, pg. 34, by: Cristina Margato
- "Diário de Notícias" (Portugal), 23rd December 1997, Iss. 723, by: Cristina Margato, "Quebrei todas as regras"
- "Movieline" (USA), June 1996, Vol. VII, Iss. 9, pg. 26, by: Hollywood Kids, "Eartha Kitt: Q&A"
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- "The Independent" (UK), 27 December 2008, Iss. 6928, pg. 46 - 47, by: Tom Vallance, "Obituary: Eartha Kitt: Singer and actress with a difficult reputation who was described as 'the most exciting woman on earth'"
- "Chicago Tribune" (USA), 27 December 2008, by: Reed Johnson, "Eartha Kitt, an Appreciation"
- "The Los Angeles Times" (USA), 27 December 2008, by: Reed Johnson, "Eartha Kitt, an Appreciation"
- "The Scotsman" (UK), 27 December 2008, by: Angus Howarth, "Sex kitten' Eartha Kitt dies at 81"
- "St. Paul Pioneer Press" (USA), 27 December 2008, by: Polly Anderson, "Eartha Kitt, Sultry 'Santa Baby' Singer Who Played 'Catwoman,' Dies"
- "The Guardian" (UK), 27 December 2008, by: Ed Pilkington, "From cotton fields to cabaret - Eartha Kitt bows out at 81"
- "The Orlando Sentinel" (USA), 26 December 2008, by: Associated Press, "Eartha Kitt Dies at 81; TV's Catwoman, Sultry Singer of 'Santa Baby'"
- "San Jose Mercury News" (USA), 26 December 2008, by: Polly Anderson, "Eartha Kitt, Sultry 'Santa Baby' Singer, Dies"
- "The Los Angeles Times" (USA), 26 December 2008, by: Associated Press, "Eartha Kitt Dies at 81; TV's Catwoman, Sultry Singer of 'Santa Baby'"
- "Contra Costa Times" (USA), 26 December 2008, by: Polly Anderson, "Eartha Kitt, Sultry 'Santa Baby' Singer, Dies"
- "The Washington Post" (USA), 26 December 2008, Vol. 132, Iss. 21, pg. C1-C2, by: Wil Haygood, "The Purrrfect Diva: Eartha Kitt Had a Taste For the Best Things in Life"
- "Courier Post" (USA), 26 December 2008, by: Elysa Gardner and Jim Cheng, "Santa Baby: Eartha Kitt dies of cancer at 81"
- "The Washington Post" (USA), 26 December 2008, Vol. 132, Iss. 21, pg. B5, by: Martin Weil, "Bewitching Entertainer Eartha Kitt, 81[, Dies]"
- "The New York Times" (USA), 20 September 2007, by: Stephen Holden, "Hey, Big Spender, This Purr's for You (Especially if You're 82)"
- "The New York Times" (USA), 2 December 2006, by: Felicia R. Lee, "Still in the Limelight, on Her Own Terms"
- "Vimagazino" (Greece), 7 March 2004, Iss. 178, pg. 115-124, by: Kostas Loukopoulos, "Idaniki Gineka"
- "Starlog Yearbook" (USA), 1993, pg. 74, by: Tom Weaver "The Other Catwoman"
- "Life" (USA), 2 June 1972, Vol. 72, Iss. 21, pg. 85, by: n/a, "Eartha Kit as an 'honorary white'"
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- "Der Spiegel" (Germany), 2009, pg. 146
- "The Washington Post" (USA), 8 September 2006, pg. C7, by: Lisa Rose -- Associated Press, "Actors David McCallum ad Eartha Kitt lend their voices to the Disney Channel's "The Replacements"
- "Celebrity Sleuth" (USA), October 2004, Iss. 34, pg. 56-59, by: staff, "Catgirl"
- "Celebrity Sleuth" (USA), 1993, Vol. 6, Iss. 3, pg. 4-5, by: staff, "Opening Nights: Eartha Kitt"
- "Playboy" (USA), September 1991, Vol. 38, Iss. 9, pg. 182, by: Bettina Cirone, "Grapevine: Uptown Girls"
- "Celebrity Sleuth" (USA), 1990, Vol. 4, Iss. 2, pg. 30-31, by: staff, "Comic Strips: Catwoman Eartha Kitt"
- "Celebrity Sleuth" (USA), 1986, Vol. 1, Iss. 3, pg. 64-65, by: staff, "Eartha Kitt"
- "Celebrity Skin" (USA), 1979, Vol. 1, Iss. 1, pg. 87, by: staff, "Rebel With A Cause"
- "Sheer" (USA), 1959, Vol. 1, Iss. 1
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- "Der Spiegel" (West Germany), February 1955, Iss. 5
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- Eartha Kitt. _I'm Still Here._ London: Sidgwick & Jackson Limited, 1989. ISBN 0283997729
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- TV Commercial (Voice) for Floor Buster (2000)
- Author of forthcoming book "Down to Eartha" with her daughter.
- 6-week stand singing at NY's Cafe Carlyle (1999-2000)
- Opens in winter 2000 in Broadway musical "The Wild Party" with 'Mandy Patinkin' (qv).
- (May 2001) Appeared as the Fairy Godmother in 'Richard Rodgers (I)' (qv) and 'Oscar Hammmerstein II's "Cinderella" at The Theater at Madison Square Garden.
- Appeared as The Wicked Witch of the West in a Toronto, Canada stage production of "The Wizard of Oz".
- Late 1990s: played the Wicked Witch in a major tour of "The Wizard of Oz" with 'Mickey Rooney (I)' (qv).
- CD: "Miss Kitt, To You" (RCA)
- CD: "Purrr-fect Greatest Hits" (SUPK)
- CD: "Heavenly Eartha" (RCA)
- CD: "Platinum & Gold Collection" (RCA)
- (October-December 2006) Stars in Off-Broadway musical "Mimi le Duck" at New World Stages - New York, NY.
- Shinbone Alley (1957). Musical. Music by George Kleinsinger. Lyrics by Joe Darion. Book by Joe Darion and 'Mel Brooks (I)' (qv). Based on the "Archie and Mehitabel" stories by 'Don Marquis (I)' (qv) [Posthumous]. Music and Choral Direction by Maurice Levine. Music orchestrated by George Kleinsinger. Additional orchestrations by Irwin Kostal. Additional Musical Routines by John Morris. Choreographed by Joe Alexander and Rod Alexander. Broadway Theatre: 13 Apr 1957- 25 May 1957 (49 performances). Cast: 'Eddie Bracken' (qv)(as "Archy"), 'Eartha Kitt' (qv) (as "Mehitabel"), Jacques d'Amboise, Gwen Harmon, George S. Irving, Allegra Kent, 'Ross Martin (I)' (qv) (as "Broadway"), Erik Rhodes (as "Tyrone T. Tattersal"), Dorothy Aull, Julian Barry, Cathryn Damon, Jack Eddleman, Don Farnworth, Gene Gavin, Carolyn George, Harold E. Gordon, Reri Grist, Carmen Gutierrez, Buzz Halliday, Lillian Hayman, Moses LaMarr, Bruce MacKay, James Marley, Larry Montaigne, Albert Popwell, Jack Rains, Nora Reho, Howard Roberts, Dorothy Scott, James Tarbutton, Elizabeth Taylor, Claude Thompson, Elmarie Wendel, Myrna White, David Winters. Alternates: Standbys: Larry Montaigne, 'Tom Poston' (qv) (as "Archy"), 'Chita Rivera' (qv) (As Mehitabel). Produced by Peter Lawrence.
- (1996) She acted in Lainie Robertson's musical, "Lady Day at the Emerson's Bar & Grill," at the Broadway Productions and New Athenaeum Theatre in Chicago, Illinois. Donn Trenner was musical director.
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- I am the original Material Girl
- 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.
- The White House, 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."
- "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."-On her friendship with 'James Dean (I)' (qv).
- The thing that hurts, that became anger, was when I realized that if you tell the truth - in a country that says you're entitled to tell the truth - you get your face slapped and you get put out of work.
- 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.
- I'm an orphan. But the public has adopted me and that has been my only family. The biggest family in the world is my fans.
- The thing that hurts, that became anger, was when I realized that if you tell the truth -- in a country that say you're entitled to tell the truth -- you get your face slapped and you get put out of work. EK - in an Essence magazine interview regarding her anti-war statements to Lady Bird Johnson and her subsequent loss of work
- A man has always wanted to lay me down but he never wanted to pick me up
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- Daughter, 'Kitt McDonald' (qv). Grandchildren, Justin, 8, and Rachel, 4.
- Kitt's age was always a mystery, until 1998, when a group of students from her hometown in South Carolina unearthed her birth certificate. The document revealed that her true birthday is January 17, 1927.
- Measurements: 35-23-35 (as Catwoman), (Source: Celebrity Sleuth magazine)
- Ranked #89 on VH1's 100 Greatest Women of Rock N Roll
- Was virtually exiled from the United States after making anti-war statements during a White House luncheon with 'Lady Bird Johnson' (qv) in 1968. However, she was welcomed back to the White House by 'Jimmy Carter (I)' (qv) who took office in January of 1977.
- 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."
- Was inspired to go into show business after witnessing the wild applause that the audience gave 'José Ferrer (I)' (qv) after one of his stage performances as Cyrano de Bergerac in 1946.
- Her name can be seen on a marquee in the infamously bad 'Edward D. Wood Jr.' (qv) cult film _Plan 9 from Outer Space (1959)_ (qv).
- Her husband, William O. McDonald, was a real estate developer. They were married from 1960 - 1965. They had a daughter, 'Kitt McDonald' (qv) Shapiro.
- She was awarded the Hollywood Star on the Walk of Fame at 6656 Hollywood Boulevard for her contributions to the Recording Industry in 1960.
- Replaced 'Chita Rivera' (qv) for a time in the Broadway revival of the musical "Nine".
- 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." The public reaction to Kitt's statements was even more extreme, however, both for and against her statements. Professionally exiled from the U.S., she devoted her energies to overseas performances for nearly a decade.
- Became fluent in French during her long years performing in Europe.
- An aunt brought her to New York where she attended the High School of Performing Arts, before dropping out to take on various menial jobs, including one in a factory.
- Among her liaisons with wealthy men included Charles Revson, the Revlon cosmetics founder, and actor 'Orson Welles' (qv), who spotted her in a Paris nightclub and cast her in his Paris stage production of "Faust".
- Was nominated in 1996 for a Grammy in traditional pop vocal performance for her album "Back in Business".
- 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.
- Well-known for her recordings of "Santa Baby" in the 50s and 60s. She died on Christmas Day.
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