Eartha Kitt
Eartha Kitt | |
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Born | Eartha Mae Keith January 17, 1927 North, South Carolina, U.S. |
Died | December 25, 2008 (aged 81) Weston, Connecticut, U.S. |
Other names | Mother Eartha,[1] Kitty |
Occupations |
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Years active | 1942–2008 |
Spouse |
John W. McDonald
(m. 1960; div. 1964) |
Children | 1 |
Musical career | |
Genres |
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Website | earthakitt |
Eartha Mae Kitt (born 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".
Kitt began her career in 1942 and appeared in the 1945 original
In 1968, her career in the U.S. deteriorated after she made
Kitt found a new generation of fans through her roles in the Disney films
Early life
Eartha Mae Keith was born in the small town of North, South Carolina[4][5] on January 17, 1927.[4][6] Her mother, Annie Mae Keith (later Annie Mae Riley), was of Cherokee and African descent. Though she had little knowledge of her father, it was reported that he was the son of the owner of the plantation where she had been born, and that Kitt was conceived by rape.[6][7][8] In a 2013 biography, British journalist John Williams claimed that Kitt's father was a white man, a local doctor named Daniel Sturkie.[9] Kitt's daughter, Kitt McDonald Shapiro, has questioned the accuracy of the claim.[10]
Eartha's mother soon went to live with a black man who refused to accept Eartha because of her relatively pale complexion. Kitt was raised by a relative named Aunt Rosa, in whose household she was abused. After the death of Annie Mae, Eartha was sent to live with another close relative named Mamie Kitt (who may in fact have been her biological mother) in
Career
Kitt began her career as a member of the Katherine Dunham Company in 1943 and remained a member of the troupe until 1948. A talented singer with a distinctive voice, she recorded the hits "Let's Do It", "Champagne Taste", "C'est si bon" (which Stan Freberg famously burlesqued), "Just an Old Fashioned Girl", "Monotonous", "Je cherche un homme", "Love for Sale", "I'd Rather Be Burned as a Witch", "Kâtibim" (a Turkish melody), "Mink, Schmink", "Under the Bridges of Paris" and her most recognizable hit "Santa Baby", which was released in 1953. Kitt's unique style was enhanced as she became fluent in French during her years performing in Europe. She spoke four languages and sang in eleven, which she demonstrated in many of the live recordings of her cabaret performances.[12]
Career peaks
In 1950,
Throughout the rest of the 1950s and early 1960s, Kitt recorded; worked in film, television, and nightclubs; and returned to the Broadway stage, in Mrs. Patterson (during the 1954–1955 season), Shinbone Alley (in 1957), and the short-lived Jolly's Progress (in 1959).[15] In 1964, Kitt helped open the Circle Star Theater in San Carlos, California. In the late 1960s, Batman featured Kitt as Catwoman after Julie Newmar had left the show in 1967. She appeared in a 1967 Mission: Impossible episode "The Traitor", as Tina Mara, a contortionist.
In 1956, Kitt published an autobiography called Thursday's Child, which would later serve as inspiration for the name of the 1999 David Bowie song "Thursday's Child".[16][17]
The "White House Incident"
On 18 January 1968
The children of America are not rebelling for no reason. They are not hippies for no reason at all. We don't have what we have on Sunset Blvd. for no reason. They are rebelling against something. There are so many things burning the people of this country, particularly mothers. They feel they are going to raise sons – and I know what it's like, and you have children of your own, Mrs. Johnson – we raise children and send them to war.[22][23]
Kitt's remarks reportedly caused Mrs. Johnson to burst into tears.
In February 2022, Catwoman vs. the White House,
Broadway
In the 1970s, Kitt appeared on television several times on
Voice-over
In 1978, Kitt did the voice-over in a television commercial for the album
Later years
1980s
In 1984, Kitt returned to the music charts with a disco song titled "
1990s
Kitt appeared with Jimmy James and
2000s
In 2000, Kitt won an
Personal life
She married John William McDonald, an associate of a real estate investment company, on June 9, 1960.[39] They had one child, a daughter named Kitt McDonald, born on November 26, 1961, and baptized Catholic at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church.[40] Kitt and McDonald separated on July 1, 1963, and divorced on March 26, 1964.[41]
A longtime
Activism
Kitt was active in numerous social causes in the 1950s and 1960s. In 1966, she established the Kittsville Youth Foundation, a chartered and non-profit organization for underprivileged youths in the
Kitt later became a vocal advocate for
We're all rejected people, we know what it is to be refused, we know what it is to be oppressed, depressed, and then, accused, and I am very much cognizant of that feeling. Nothing in the world is more painful than rejection. I am a rejected, oppressed person, and so I understand them, as best as I can, even though I am a heterosexual.[48]
Death
Kitt died of
Her daughter, Kitt McDonald, described her last days with her mother:I was with her when she died. She left this world literally screaming at the top of her lungs. I was with her constantly, she lived not even 3 miles from my house, we were together practically every day. She was home for the last few weeks when the doctor told us there was nothing they could do any more. Up until the last two days, she was still moving around. The doctor told us she will leave very quickly and her body will just start to shut down. But when she left, she left the world with a bang, she left it how she lived it. She screamed her way out of here, literally. I truly believe her survival instincts were so part of her DNA that she was not going to go quietly or willingly. It was just the two of us hanging out [during the last days] she was very funny. We didn't have to [talk] because I always knew how she felt about me. I was the love of her life, so the last part of her life we didn't have to have these heart to heart talks. She started to see people that weren't there. She thought I could see them too, but, of course, I couldn't. I would make fun of her like, "I'm going to go in the other room and you stay here and talk to your friends."[51]
Discography
Filmography
Film
Year | Film | Role | Notes |
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1948 | Casbah | Uncredited | |
1951 | Parigi è sempre Parigi | Herself | |
1954 | New Faces | ||
1957 | The Mark of the Hawk | Renee | |
1958 | St. Louis Blues | Gogo Germaine | |
1958 | Anna Lucasta | Anna Lucasta | |
1961 | Saint of Devil's Island | Annette | |
1965 | Uncle Tom's Cabin | Singer | Uncredited role |
Synanon | Betty | ||
1971 | Up the Chastity Belt | Scheherazade | |
1975 | Friday Foster | Madame Rena | |
1979 | Butterflies in Heat | Lola | |
1985 | The Serpent Warriors | Snake Priestess | |
1987 | Master of Dragonard Hill | Naomi | |
Dragonard | Naomi | ||
The Pink Chiquitas | Betty / The Meteor (voice) | ||
1989 | Erik the Viking | Freya | |
1990 | Living Doll | Mrs. Swartz | |
1991 | Ernest Scared Stupid | Old Lady Hackmore | |
1992 | Boomerang | Lady Eloise | |
1993 | Fatal Instinct | First Trial Judge | |
1996 | Harriet the Spy | Agatha K. Plummer | |
1997 | Ill Gotten Gains | The Wood (Voice) | |
1998 | I Woke Up Early the Day I Died | Cult Leader | |
The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story | Bagheera (voice) | ||
2000 | The Emperor's New Groove | Yzma (voice) | |
2002 | Anything But Love | Herself | |
2003 | Holes | Madame Zeroni | |
2005 | Preaching to the Choir | Ms. Nettie | |
Kronk's New Groove | Yzma (voice) | Direct-to-video | |
2007 | And Then Came Love | Mona |
Television
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1952–1963 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Herself | 15 episodes |
1963–1978 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Herself | 8 episodes |
1964–1979 | The Mike Douglas Show | Herself | 16 episodes |
1965 | I Spy | Angel | Episode: "The Loser" Nominated–Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Drama |
1965 | The Eartha Kitt Show | Herself | |
1967 | Mission: Impossible | Tina Maria | Episode: "The Traitor" |
1967–1968 | Batman | Selina Kyle / Catwoman | 3 episodes |
1969 | The Dick Cavett Show | Herself | 1 episode |
1972 | Lieutenant Schuster's Wife | Lady | TV movie |
1973–1978 | The Merv Griffin Show | Herself | 3 episodes |
1974 | The Protectors | Carrie Blaine | Episode: "A Pocketful of Posies" |
1978 | Police Woman | Amelia | Episode: "Tigress" |
To Kill a Cop | Paula | TV movie | |
1983 | A Night on the Town | Unknown role | TV movie |
1985 | Miami Vice | Santería Priestess Chata | Episode: "Whatever Works" |
1989 | After Dark
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Herself | Episode: "Rock Bottom?" Extended appearance on British discussion programme, together with Simon Napier-Bell and Pat Kane among others |
1993 | Jack's Place | Isabel Lang | Episode: "The Seventh Meal" |
Matrix | Sister Rowena | Episode: "Moths to a Flame" | |
1994 | Space Ghost Coast to Coast | Herself | Episode: "Batmantis" |
1995 | The Magic School Bus | Mrs. Franklin (voice) | Episode: "Going Batty" |
New York Undercover | Mrs. Stubbs | Episode: "Student Affairs" | |
Living Single | Jacqueline Richards | Episode: "He Works Hard for the Money" Nominated–NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series | |
1996 | The Nanny | Herself | Episode: "A Pup in Paris" |
1997 | The Chris Rock Show | Herself | 1 episode |
1997–2000 | The Rosie O'Donnell Show | Herself | 2 episodes |
1998 | The Wild Thornberrys | Lioness #1 (voice) | Episode: "Flood Warning" |
1999 | The Famous Jett Jackson | Albertine Whethers | Episode: "Field of Dweebs" |
2000 | Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child | The Snow Queen (voice) | Episode: "The Snow Queen" |
Welcome to New York | June | 2 episodes | |
2001 | The Feast of All Saints | Lola Dede | TV movie |
Santa, Baby! | Emerald (voice) | TV movie | |
2002–2006 | My Life as a Teenage Robot | Queen Vexus (voice) | 7 episodes |
2003 | Hollywood Squares | Herself | 5 episodes |
2005 | Larry King Live | Herself | 2 episodes |
2006–2008 | The Emperor's New School | Yzma (voice) | Annie Award for Best Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production (2007–2008) Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program (2007–2008) |
2007 | American Dad! | Fortune Teller (voice) | Episode: "Dope and Faith" |
2008 | An Evening with Eartha Kitt | Herself | Hosted by Gwen Ifill for PBS |
2009 | Wonder Pets! | Cool Cat (voice) | Episode: "Save the Cool Cat and the Hip Hippo/Tuck and Buck" Aired posthumously Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program |
2010 | The Simpsons | Herself (voice) | "Once Upon a Time in Springfield" Aired posthumously |
Documentary
Year | Film | Role |
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1982 | All by Myself: The Eartha Kitt Story | Herself |
1995 | Unzipped | |
2002 | The Making and Meaning of We Are Family | |
The Sweatbox (unreleased) |
Stage work
Year | Title | Location | Role | Notes |
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1945 | Blue Holiday | Broadway | Performer | as a member of the Katherine Dunham Troupe; a short-lived production at the Belasco Theatre[52] |
Carib Song | Broadway | Company | as a member of the Katherine Dunham Troupe; performed at the Adelphi Theatre as an Original Broadway production[52] | |
1946 | Bal Nègre | Broadway, and Europe | Performer | as a member of the Katherine Dunham Troupe; widely acclaimed Concert at the Belasco Theatre[52] |
unknown | Mexico | Performer | performed successfully as a member of the Katherine Dunham Troupe which was under contract with Teatro Americano for more than two months at the request of Doris Duke[52] | |
1948 | Caribbean Rhapsody | West End, and Paris | Chorus girl
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as a member of the Katherine Dunham Troupe; performed at the Prince of Wales Theatre (West End) and Théâtre des Champs-Élysées (Paris)[53][52] |
1949–1950 | unknown | Paris | Herself, Performer |
first solo show / leading performance; performed at Carroll's Niterie; is where Orson Welles discovered her[53][54][55] |
1950 | Time Runs | Paris[6] | Helen of Troy | In segment based on Faust; performed "Hungry Little Trouble" written by Duke Ellington; cast by Orson Welles[53]
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An Evening With Orson Welles | Frankfurt[56] | |||
1951 | Dr. Faustus
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Paris | with Orson Welles | |
1952 | New Faces of 1952 | Broadway | Polynesian girl, Featured dancer, Featured singer |
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1954 | Mrs. Patterson | Broadway | Theodora (Teddy) Hicks | Original Broadway production |
1957 | Shinbone Alley | Broadway | Mehitabel | Original Broadway production |
1959 | Jolly's Progress | Broadway | Jolly Rivers | |
1965 | The Owl and the Pussycat | U.S. National tour | Performer | |
1967 | Peg | Regional (US) | ||
1970 | The High Bid | London | Performer | |
1972 | Bunny | London | Performer | |
1974 | Bread and Beans and Things | Aquarius Theater[57]
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Performer | |
1976 | A Musical Jubilee | U.S. National tour | Performer | |
1978 | Timbuktu! | Broadway | Shaleem-La-Lume | Nominated–Tony Award for Best Leading Actress in a Musical |
1980 | Cowboy and the Legend | Regional (US) | Performer | |
1982 | New Faces of 1952 (Revival) | Off-off-Broadway | Polynesian girl Featured dancer Featured singer |
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1985 | Blues in the Night | U.S. National tour | Performer | |
1987 | Follies (London Revival) | London | Carlotta Campion | Replacement for Dolores Gray |
1989 | Aladdin | Palace Theatre, Manchester | Slave of the Ring | |
1989 | Eartha Kitt in Concert | London | Performer | |
1994 | Yes | Edinburgh | Performer | |
1995 | Sam's Song | Unitarian Church of All Souls | Performer | Benefit concert |
1996 | Lady Day at Emerson's Bar and Grill | Chicago | Billie Holiday | |
1998 | The Wizard of Oz (return engagement) | Madison Square Garden, and U.S. National tour | Miss Gulch/The Wicked Witch | |
2000 | The Wild Party | Broadway | Delores | Original Broadway production Nominated–Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical Nominated–Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical |
Cinderella | Madison Square Garden, and U.S. National tour | Fairy Godmother | ||
2003 | Nine | Broadway | Liliane La Fleur | Replacement for Chita Rivera |
2004 | Cinderella (New York City Opera revival) | David H. Koch Theater | Fairy Godmother | |
2006 | Mimi le Duck | Off-off-Broadway | Madame Vallet | |
2007 | All About Us | Westport Country Playhouse | Performer |
Video games
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2000 | The Emperor's New Groove | Yzma | voice role |
Awards and nominations
- In 1960, the Hollywood Walk of Fame honored her with a star, which can be found on 6656 Hollywood Boulevard.[70][71]
- In 2016, January 17 was announced as Eartha Kitt Day in Kitt's home state of South Carolina. In 2022 the day was enshrined into state law in SC Code § 53-3-75 (2022).[72] South Carolinian Sheldon Rice is credited for beginning the push for legislation declaring her birthday as a state holiday since the time of her death in 2008. State Rep. Gilda Cobb-Hunter first introduced the legislation to create the State holiday in 2011.[72]
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Eartha Kitt also played "Catwoman" in "Batman" (1966-1968)--met LBJ and later told Lady Bird Johnson at this January 1968 White House lunch, "I have a baby and then you send him off to war. No wonder the kids rebel and take pot"—generating a backlash against her career:
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interview with Eartha Kitt
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Further reading
- Gent, Helen (May 4, 2009). "Eartha Kitt: The Feline Femme Fatale". Marie Claire (Australia).
- Kitt, Eartha (1976). Alone with Me : A New Autobiography. Chicago: H. Regnery. OCLC 1945260.
- Walsh, David (December 27, 2008). "Harold Pinter and Eartha Kitt, artists and opponents of imperialist war". World Socialist Web Site.
External links
- Official website
- Eartha Kitt at IMDb
- Eartha Kitt at the Internet Broadway Database
- Eartha Kitt at the Internet Off-Broadway Database
- Eartha Kitt at The Interviews: An Oral History of Television
- Eartha Kitt at TV Guide
- Image of Eartha Kitt with her fiance Bill McDonald recovering stolen items at a pawnshop in Los Angeles, California, 1960. Los Angeles Times Photographic Archive (Collection 1429). UCLA Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library, University of California, Los Angeles.