Eartha kitt biography wikipedia

Eartha Kitt (born Eartha Mae Keith; January 17, – December 25, ) was an American singer, actress, dancer, voice actress, comedienne, activist author, and songwriter known for her highly distinctive singing style and her recordings of "C'est si bon" and the Christmas novelty song "Santa Baby", both of which reached the top 10 on the Billboard Hot Orson Welles once called her the "most exciting woman in the world".

Quotes

• "It's all about falling in love with yourself and sharing that love with someone who appreciates you, rather than looking for love to compensate for a self love deficit."

• "I fall in love myself, and I want someone to share it with me. I want someone to share me, with me."

• "You should go to America. That's where my son is. That's where your future is, not Myra Menke. Her head's as empty as a flowerpot."

• "If only, if only, the woodpecker sighs, / The bark on the tree was as soft as the skies. / The wolf waits below, hungry an

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  Eartha Kitt

  American singer and actress (–)

  Eartha Mae Kitt (née Keith; January 17, – December 25, ) was an American singer and actress. She was known for her highly distinctive singing style and her recordings of "C'est si bon" and the Christmasnovelty song "Santa Baby".

  Kitt began her career in and appeared in the original Broadway theatre production of the musical Carib Song. In the early s, Kitt had six US Top 30 entries, including "Uska Dara" () and "I Want to Be Evil" (). Her other recordings include the UK Top 10 song "Under the Bridges of Paris" (), "Just an Old Fashioned Girl" () and "Where Is My Man" (). Orson Welles once called her the "most exciting woman in the world".^[4] Kitt starred as Catwoman in the third and final season of the television series Batman in ^[5]

  In , Kitt's career in the U.S. deteriorated after she made anti-Vietnam War statements at a White House luncheon with Lady Bird Johnson, the wife of President Lyndon B. Johns

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Eartha Kitt

Eartha Kitt (January 17, – månad 25, ) was an Americanactress, singer and songwriter credited with many hit recordings, including the first version of the song "Santa Baby." She died of colorectal cancer in Weston, Connecticut.

Early life and career

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Kitt was born on a cotton plantation in the town of North, in South Carolina, where she spent the first 7 years of her life. At the age of 8, she moved with her family to Harlem in New York City, eventually attending the High School of Performing Arts in Manhattan and, in , joining the Katherine Dunham Dance Company. With the Dunham troupe, Kitt performed in Egypt, France, Greece, Turkey, New York, Las Vegas and Hollywood, and eventually secured her first movie acting role in the rulle, Casbah. For her many outstanding accomplishments, Kitt was honored in with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.^[1] She provided the voice of the character Yzma in the animated film, The Emper