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Eartha Kitt (1927–2008)


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 age 15... See full bio »

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Filmography

Hide HideActress (68 titles)
2009 The Wonder Pets (TV series)
Cool Cat
Save the Cool Cat and the Hip Hippo/Tuck and Buck (2009) … Cool Cat (voice)
 
2006-2008 The Emperor's New School (TV series)
Yzma
Graduation Groove (2008) … Yzma
A Giftmas Story (2007) … Yzma (voice)
Emperor's New Musical (2007) … Yzma (voice)
Cool Summer/Prisoner of Kuzcoban (2007) … Yzma (voice)
 
2007 Behind the Director's Son's Cut (video short)
Freya
 
2007 American Dad! (TV series)
Fortune Teller
Dope and Faith (2007) … Fortune Teller (voice)
 
2005 Once Upon a Halloween (video)
The Evil Queen (voice)
 
2003-2005 My Life as a Teenage Robot (TV series)
Queen Vexas
Escape from Cluster Prime (2005) … Queen Vexas (voice)
Hostile Makeover/Grid Iron Glory (2003) … Queen Vexas (voice)
 
2005 Escape from Cluster Prime (TV movie)
Vexus (voice)
 
2001 Santa, Baby! (TV movie)
Emerald (voice)
 
2001 Feast of All Saints (TV movie)
Lola Dede
 
2001 Emperor's New Groove (Video Game)
Yzma (voice)
 
2000 The Emperor's New Groove
Yzma (voice)
 
2000 Welcome to New York (TV series)
June
The Car (2000) … June
Jim Gets an Apartment (2000) … June
 
2000 Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (TV series)
The Snow Queen
The Snow Queen (2000) … The Snow Queen (voice)
 
1999 The Famous Jett Jackson (TV series)
Albertine Whethers
Field of Dweebs (1999) … Albertine Whethers
 
1998 The Wild Thornberrys (TV series)
Lioness #1
Flood Warning (1998) … Lioness #1
 
1997 Ill Gotten Gains
The Wood (voice)
 
1995 Living Single (TV series)
Jacqueline Richards
He Works Hard for the Money (1995) … Jacqueline Richards
 
1995 New York Undercover (TV series)
Mrs. Stubbs
Student Affairs (1995) … Mrs. Stubbs
 
1995 The Magic School Bus (TV series)
Mrs. Franklin
Going Batty (1995) … Mrs. Franklin (voice)
 
1993 Matrix (TV series)
Sister Rowena
Moths to a Flame (1993) … Sister Rowena
 
1993 Jack's Place (TV series)
Isabel Lang
The Seventh Meal (1993) … Isabel Lang
 
1987 The Pink Chiquitas
Betty/The Meteor (voice)
 
1987 Dragonard
Naomi
 
1985 Miami Vice (TV series)
Priestess Chata
Whatever Works (1985) … Priestess Chata
 
1983 A Night on the Town (TV movie)
 
1978 To Kill a Cop (TV movie)
Paula
 
1978 Police Woman (TV series)
Amelia
Tigress (1978) … Amelia
 
1974 The Protectors (TV series)
Carrie Blaine
A Pocketful of Posies (1974) … Carrie Blaine
 
1972 Lieutenant Schuster's Wife (TV movie)
Lady
 
1967-1968 Batman (TV series)
Catwoman
The Ogg Couple (1967) … Catwoman (uncredited)
The Bloody Tower (1967) … Catwoman (uncredited)
 
1967 Mission: Impossible (TV series)
Tina Mara
The Traitor (1967) … Tina Mara
 
1967 All About People (short)
Narrator
 
1965 I Spy (TV series)
Angel
The Loser (1965) … Angel
 
1965 Ben Casey (TV series)
Danielle Taylor
A Horse Named Stravinsky (1965) … Danielle Taylor
 
1965 Uncle Tom's Cabin
Singer (uncredited)
 
1965 Burke's Law (TV series)
Honoria De Witt
Who Killed the Rest? (1965) … Honoria De Witt
 
1962 BBC Sunday-Night Play (TV series)
Sally Carrington
Member of the Family (1962) … Sally Carrington
 
1962 Drei Männer spinnen (TV movie)
 
1961 Play of the Week (TV series)
 
1958 Playhouse 90 (TV series)
Queen
Heart of Darkness (1958) … Queen
 
1956 BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (TV series)
Theodora 'Teddy' Hicks
Mrs. Patterson (1956) … Theodora 'Teddy' Hicks
 
1955 Omnibus (TV series)
Salome
Salome (1955) … Salome
 
1954 Your Show of Shows (TV series)
 
1953 All Star Revue (TV series)
Guest Vocalist
Episode #4.3 (1953) … Guest Vocalist
 
1953 You Are There (TV series)
Donna Marina
The Conquest of Mexico (1519) (1953) … Donna Marina
 
1948 Casbah
Katherine Dunham Group Dancer (uncredited)
 
Show ShowSoundtrack (34 titles)
2011 The Borrowers (TV movie) (performer: "Santa Baby")
 
2011 So You Think You Can Dance (TV series)
Top 14 Perform (2011) (performer: "My Discarded Men")
 
2011 I Heart You Pare (TV series)
Si Tonya ay si Tonette Star (2011) ("Waray-Waray")
 
2009 Qwerty (TV series)
Episode #3.34 (2009) (performer: "Je cherche un homme")
 
2009 An Evening with Eartha Kitt (TV documentary) (performer: "Ain't Misbehavin'", "La vie en rose", "Here's to Life")
 
2007 Da Lintsi -koodi (TV movie) (lyrics: "Uska Dara")
 
2007 The Emperor's New School (TV series)
Emperor's New Musical (2007) (performer: "Our Academy")
 
2007 P2 (performer: "Santa Baby")
 
2005 The Emperor's New Groove 2: Kronk's New Groove (video) (performer: "Feel Like A Million")
 
2004 Huips (TV movie) (performer: "Champagne Taste")
 
2003 Miss Match (TV series)
Santa, Baby (2003) ("Santa Baby")
 
2003 Something's Gotta Give (performer: "Je Cherche un Homme", "C'Est Si Bon")
 
2003 The O.C. (TV series)
The Best Chrismukkah Ever (2003) (performer: "Santa Baby")
 
2003 Elf (performer: "Santa Baby" 1953)
 
2002 Friday After Next (performer: "Santa Baby")
 
2002 Wie die Karnickel (performer: "I Love Men")
 
2002 Laurel Canyon (performer: "C'Est Si Bon" 1947)
 
2001 My Brother the Vampire (performer: "I Want To Be Evil")
 
2001 The Sopranos (TV series)
To Save Us All from Satan's Power (2001) (performer: "Santa Baby")
 
2000 The 54th Annual Tony Awards (TV special) (performer: "Queenie Was a Blonde/Wild Party/Welcome to My Party/When It Ends/Wild")
 
2000 Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child (TV series)
The Snow Queen (2000) (performer: "Cool to Be Cold")
 
1997 Thank God He Met Lizzie (performer: "Santa Baby")
 
1996 Harriet the Spy (performer: "Uska Dara")
 
1996 Rites of Winter (performer: "Santa Baby")
 
1995 To Wong Foo Thanks for Everything, Julie Newmar (performer: "Je Cherche Un Homme I Wan't A Man")
 
1994 Mixed Nuts (performer: "Santa Baby")
 
1994 A Man of No Importance (performer: "Let's Do It Let's Fall In Love")
 
1989 Driving Miss Daisy (performer: "SANTA BABY" 1953)
 
1971 The Chastity Belt (performer: "A Knight For My Nights")
 
1965 I Spy (TV series)
The Loser (1965) (performer: "You'd Be So Easy To Love" - uncredited, "Black Coffee" - uncredited)
 
1962 The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers (TV movie) (performer: "My Heart Belongs to Daddy")
 
1958 St. Louis Blues (performer: "Yellow Dog Blues", "Careless Love", "Friendless Blues", "Chantez Les Bas", "Saint Louis Blues")
 
1957 The Mark of the Hawk (performer: "This Man Is Mine")
 
1954 New Faces (performer: "C'est Si Bon", "Love Is a Simple Thing", "Santa Baby", "Uska Dara", "Bal Petit Bal", "Monotonous")
 
Show ShowThanks (4 titles)
2001 Oz (TV series) (special thanks - 1 episode)
Medium Rare (2001) (special thanks)
 
2000 Hamlet (special thanks)
 
1995 Unzipped (documentary) (very special thanks)
 
1985 Tráiler para amantes de lo prohibido (TV short) (thanks)
 
Show ShowSelf (96 titles)
2010 The Simpsons (TV series)
Herself
Once Upon a Time in Springfield (2010) … Herself (voice)
 
2009 An Evening with Eartha Kitt (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2008 Breakfast (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 23 April 2008 (2008) … Herself
 
2007 Loose Women (TV series)
Herself
Episode #11.22 (2007) … Herself
 
2005-2006 American Masters (TV series documentary)
Herself
The World of Nat King Cole (2006) … Herself
James Dean: Sense Memories (2005) … Herself
 
2005 Larry King Live (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 3 December 2005 (2005) … Herself
Episode dated 24 November 2005 (2005) … Herself
 
2005 74th Annual Hollywood Christmas Parade (TV special)
Herself
 
2005 The Many Faces of Catwoman (video documentary short)
Herself - Host and Narrator
 
1998-2004 Biography (TV series documentary)
Herself
Bram Stoker (2004) … Herself
Catwoman: Her Many Lives (2004) … Herself
Nat King Cole: Loved in Return (1998) … Herself
 
2004 The 2nd Annual TV Land Awards (TV special)
Herself
 
2003 Hollywood Squares (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 10 October 2003 (2003) … Herself
Episode dated 9 October 2003 (2003) … Herself
Episode dated 8 October 2003 (2003) … Herself
Episode dated 7 October 2003 (2003) … Herself
Episode dated 6 October 2003 (2003) … Herself
 
2002 Anything But Love
Herself
 
2002 The Sweatbox (documentary)
Herself
 
2002 Inside TV Land: African Americans in Television (TV documentary)
Herself
 
2002 The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family' (documentary)
Herself
 
2001 Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration (TV special documentary)
Herself
 
2001 Oz (TV series)
Herself
Medium Rare (2001) … Herself (uncredited)
 
1997-2000 The Rosie O'Donnell Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 12 December 2000 (2000) … Herself
Episode dated 10 October 1997 (1997) … Herself
 
2000 The 54th Annual Tony Awards (TV special)
Herself - Performer & Nominee: Best Featured Actress in a Musical
 
2000 Charlie Rose (TV series)
Herself - Guest
Episode dated 1 May 2000 (2000) … Herself - Guest
 
1999 VH-1 Where Are They Now? (TV series documentary)
Catwoman
Superheroes (1999) … Catwoman
 
1998 The Roseanne Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode #1.34 (1998) … Herself
 
1998 Ageless Heroes (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1997 Viva Variety (TV series)
Herself - Musical Guest
Episode #1.5 (1997) … Herself - Musical Guest
 
1997 The Chris Rock Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode #1.3 (1997) … Herself
 
1996 Jeopardy! (TV series)
Herself - Celebrity Contestant
1996 Celebrity Jeopardy! Game 4 (1996) … Herself - Celebrity Contestant
 
1996 The Nanny (TV series)
Herself
The Tart with Heart (1996) … Herself (uncredited) (voice)
A Pup in Paris (1996) … Herself
 
1996 Lauren Hutton and... (TV series)
Herself
Eartha Kitt (1996) … Herself
 
1996 27th NAACP Image Awards (TV special)
Herself
 
1995 James Dean and Me (TV documentary)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1995 Unzipped (documentary)
Herself (uncredited)
 
1994 Space Ghost Coast to Coast (TV series)
Herself
Batmantis (1994) … Herself
 
1993 RuPaul's Christmas Ball (TV special)
Herself
 
1993 Reading Rainbow (TV series)
Herself
Is This a House for Hermit Crab? (1993) … Herself (voice)
 
1993 Late Night with Conan O'Brien (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 5 October 1993 (1993) … Herself
 
1992 Showtime at the Apollo (TV series)
Herself - Guest Host
Episode dated 25 April 1992 (1992) … Herself - Guest Host
 
1991 Desperately Seeking Roger (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1990 A Tribute to Terry Thomas (TV movie)
Herself
 
1990 The Marsha Warfield Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 3 August 1990 (1990) … Herself
 
1990 The Geraldo Rivera Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 17 May 1990 (1990) … Herself
 
1990 Forty Minutes (TV series documentary)
Herself
Adventures in the Skin Trade (1990) … Herself
 
1989 Wogan (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 11 September 1989 (1989) … Herself
 
1989 Live with Kelly and Michael (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 26 May 1989 (1989) … Herself
 
1989 The Unforgettable Nat 'King' Cole (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1987 The Last Resort with Jonathan Ross (TV series)
Herself
Episode #2.2 (1987) … Herself
 
1987 Ebony/Jet Showcase (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 13 February 1987 (1987) … Herself
 
1987 Royal Variety Performance 1987 (TV movie)
Herself
 
1986 Entre amigos (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 11 July 1986 (1986) … Herself
 
1986 C'est encore mieux l'après-midi (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 16 May 1986 (1986) … Herself
 
1986 Brown Sugar (TV mini-series documentary)
Herself
 
1984 Ladybirds (TV series)
Herself
Eartha Kitt (1984) … Herself
 
1983 Musikladen (TV series)
Episode #1.83 (1983)
 
1983 La nuit des Césars (TV series documentary)
Herself
8ème nuit des Césars (1983) … Herself
 
1982 All by Myself: The Eartha Kitt Story (documentary)
Herself
 
1980 WWF Club (TV series)
Herself (Guest)
 
1979 Everyday (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 23 February 1979 (1979) … Herself
 
1978 The 1st Annual Black Achievement Awards (TV special)
Herself
 
1973-1978 The Merv Griffin Show (TV series)
Herself / Herself - Singer
Episode dated 7 October 1978 (1978) … Herself - Singer
Episode dated 7 November 1977 (1977) … Herself
Episode dated 12 September 1973 (1973) … Herself
 
1978 Parkinson (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 29 May 1978 (1978) … Herself
 
1977-1978 Over Easy (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 26 May 1978 (1978) … Herself
Episode dated 29 November 1977 (1977) … Herself
 
1977 Good Morning America (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 13 December 1977 (1977) … Herself
 
1972-1976 The Good Old Days (TV series)
Herself - Performer
Episode dated 5 February 1976 (1976) … Herself - Performer
Episode dated 13 April 1973 (1973) … Herself - Performer
Episode dated 16 April 1972 (1972) … Herself - Performer
 
1970-1975 Stars on Sunday (TV series)
Herself / Herself - Guest
Episode dated 21 March 1971 (1971) … Herself - Guest
Episode dated 30 August 1970 (1970) … Herself
Episode dated 9 August 1970 (1970) … Herself
Episode dated 28 June 1970 (1970) … Herself
 
1972-1973 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 28 August 1973 (1973) … Herself
Episode dated 24 April 1973 (1973) … Herself
Episode dated 22 August 1972 (1972) … Herself
 
1972 Russell Harty Plus (TV series)
Herself - Guest
Episode dated 30 December 1972 (1972) … Herself - Guest
 
1969-1971 The David Frost Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode #4.41 (1971) … Herself
Episode #2.13 (1969) … Herself
 
1970 Glamour... (TV series)
Herself
Episode #8.13 (1970) … Herself
 
1970 Eartha Kitt Sings (TV series)
Herself - Host
 
1968-1970 Frost on Sunday (TV series)
Herself
Episode #2.12 (1970) … Herself
Episode #1.11 (1968) … Herself
 
1970 The Barbara McNair Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 1 February 1970 (1970) … Herself
 
1969 Della (TV series)
Herself
Episode #1.53 (1969) … Herself
Episode #1.37 (1969) … Herself
 
1969 Romeo und Julia 70 (TV mini-series)
Herself
 
1969 The Other Americans (TV documentary)
Herself
 
1968 International Cabaret (TV series)
Herself
Episode #4.7 (1968) … Herself
 
1966-1968 The Hollywood Squares (TV series)
Herself
Episode #2.225 (1968) … Herself
Episode #2.224 (1968) … Herself
Episode #2.223 (1968) … Herself
Episode #2.222 (1968) … Herself
Episode #2.221 (1968) … Herself
 
1968 The Pat Boone Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 31 January 1968 (1968) … Herself
 
1967 P.D.Q. (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 23 January 1967 (1967) … Herself
 
1964-1965 The Celebrity Game (TV series)
Herself / Herself - Panelist / Herself - Celebrity Panelist
Episode dated 30 August 1965 (1965) … Herself - Panelist
Episode dated 24 August 1965 (1965) … Herself - Panelist
Episode dated 12 August 1965 (1965) … Herself - Panelist
Episode dated 6 September 1964 (1964) … Herself
Episode dated 22 August 1964 (1964) … Herself
 
1965 Blackpool Night Out (TV series)
Herself
Episode #2.10 (1965) … Herself
 
1965 The Eartha Kitt Show (TV movie)
Herself - Host
 
1965 Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life (TV series)
Herself
Episode #1.38 (1965) … Herself
 
1964 That Regis Philbin Show (TV series)
Herself - Guest Co-Host / Herself - Co-host / Herself
Episode #1.20 (1964) … Herself - Co-host
Episode #1.19 (1964) … Herself - Co-host
Episode #1.18 (1964) … Herself
Episode #1.17 (1964) … Herself - Guest Co-Host
Episode #1.16 (1964) … Herself - Guest Co-Host
 
1963 Stump the Stars (TV series)
Herself - Guest Panelist
Episode dated 2 September 1963 (1963) … Herself - Guest Panelist
Eartha Kitt vs. Robert Clary (1963) … Herself - Guest Panelist
 
1952-1963 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Herself / Herself - Singer / Singer
Episode #16.37 (1963) … Singer
Episode #13.49 (1960) … Herself - Singer
Episode #13.24 (1960) … Herself - Singer
Episode #13.3 (1959) … Herself - Singer
Episode #12.45 (1959) … Herself - Singer
 
1962 The 14th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards (TV special)
Herself - Presenter
 
1957-1962 Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium (TV series)
Herself / Herself - Top Of The Bill
Episode #7.26 (1962) … Herself - Top Of The Bill
Episode #6.11 (1960) … Herself - Top Of The Bill
Episode #2.20 (1957) … Herself
Episode #2.18 (1957) … Herself
 
1962 The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers (TV movie)
Herself - Singer
 
1954-1961 What's My Line? (TV series)
Herself - Mystery Guest / Herself
Episode dated 23 July 1961 (1961) … Herself - Mystery Guest
Episode dated 12 July 1959 (1959) … Herself - Mystery Guest
Episode dated 30 May 1954 (1954) … Herself
 
1960 The Mike Wallace Interview (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 12 January 1960 (1960) … Herself
 
1958 The Big Record (TV series)
Herself
Episode #1.16 (1958) … Herself
 
1956 The Nat King Cole Show (TV series)
Herself - Singer
Episode #3.4 (1956) … Herself - Singer
 
1954 Person to Person (TV series documentary)
Herself
Episode #2.2 (1954) … Herself
 
1954 The Morning Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 8 June 1954 (1954) … Herself
 
1954 New Faces
Herself
 
1954 The Colgate Comedy Hour (TV series)
Herself - Singer
Episode #4.14 (1954) … Herself - Singer
 
1953 The Red Buttons Show (TV series)
Herself
Episode dated 12 June 1953 (1953) … Herself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (11 titles)
2009 15th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards (TV movie)
Herself - Memorial Tribute
 
2008 TV's Funniest Music Moments (TV movie)
Herself
 
2005 The American Experience (TV series documentary)
 
2005 Carmen and Geoffrey (documentary)
Herself
 
2002 It's Black Entertainment (TV special documentary)
Herself
 
1996 The Real Las Vegas (TV series documentary)
Herself
 
1995 Heroes of Comedy (TV series documentary)
 
1993 Victor Borges Tivoli 150 år (TV documentary)
Herself - Performer
 
1987 ¡Qué noche la de aquel año! (TV series)
 
1962 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

6-week stand singing at NY's Cafe Carlyle (1999-2000) See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Print Biography  | 5 Interviews  | 24 Articles  | 1 Magazine Cover Photo  | See more »

Official Sites:

News, Biography... | See more »

Height:

5' 4" (1.63 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[in an Essence magazine interview regarding her anti-war statements to 'Lady Bird Johnson' and her subsequent loss of work because of them] 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. See more »

Trivia:

An 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. See more »

Trademark:

High pitched voice See more »

Nickname:

Kitty Charles See more »

Star Sign:

Capricorn