“It's all about falling in love with yourself and sharing that love with someone who appreciates you.”
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Eartha Kitt
Eartha Mae Kitt was an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She was known for her highly distinctive singing style and her 1953 recordings of "C'est si bon" and the Christmas novelty song "Santa Baby".
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entertainment · American singer and actress (1927–2008) · actor · singer · dancer · voice actor · comedian · recording artist · musician · also Eartha Kitt, Eartha Mae Kitt, Kitt
Born 17 January 1927 · Died 25 December 2008 · Q222818
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2026· 7 entries
“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.”
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“I fall in love myself, and I want someone to share it with me. I want someone to share me, with me.”
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“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.”
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“If only, if only, the woodpecker sighs, / The bark on the tree was as soft as the skies. / The wolf waits below, hungry and lonely, / And cries to the moon, / If only if only.”
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“If you forget to come back for Madame Zeroni, you and your family will be cursed for always and eternity.”
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Billboard: The Deals: Eartha Kitt Estate Partners With Primary Wave, UMG Expands Footprint in India & Thailand
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2022· 2 entries
Yahoo: Eartha Kitt’s Daughter Details the Performer’s Life and Legacy: ‘It Was Truly a Blessing’
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The day was enshrined into state law in SC Code § 53-3-75 (2022)
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2021· 2 entries
PBS: Woman Thought Leader: Eartha & Kitt
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Yahoo: So much more than Catwoman: Eartha Kitt’s favorite role was mother
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2020· 3 entries
Published video “Eartha Kitt - Santa Baby (Official Music Video)”.
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Released album “Santa Baby”.
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Released ep “Santa Baby”.
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2019· 1 entry
PolitiFact rated the claim “Says the late Lady Bird Johnson sicced the CIA on actress and singer Eartha Kitt after Kitt spoke out against the Vietnam War during a White House luncheon in January 1968.” Mostly False.
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2018· 1 entry
Essence: 'Girlfriends' Actress Keesha Sharp To Star In And Produce Eartha Kitt Biopic
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2017· 3 entries
Published video “EarthaKittVEVO Live Stream”.
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Released album “I Want to Be Evil: The Wicked Eartha Kitt”.
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Released album “Everybody Needs Somebody Sometimes”.
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2016· 3 entries
Released album “BD Music Presents Eartha Kitt”.
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Released album “6 Original Albums”.
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January 17 was announced as Eartha Kitt Day in Kitt's home state of South Carolina
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2015· 1 entry
Released album “The Real... Eartha Kitt”.
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2014· 1 entry
Released album “Eartha Kitt The Essential Recordings”.
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2013· 2 entries
Published video “Eartha Kitt - Santa Baby (Official Audio)”.
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Released album “Seven Classic Albums”.
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2011· 1 entry
Released album “The Essential Eartha Kitt”.
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2010· 1 entry
For her guest performance on Wonder Pets
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2009· 1 entry
Released album “Four Classic Albums”.
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2008· 2 entries
Died 2008-12-25.
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Released album “Live at the Cheltenham Jazz Festival”.
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2007· 1 entry
Released album “The Very Best of Eartha Kitt”.
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2006· 1 entry
Released album “Live From the Cafe Carlyle”.
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2005· 1 entry
Released album “C'est Si Bon”.
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2004· 1 entry
Released album “I Want to Be Evil”.
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2003· 2 entries
Released album “Purrfect: The Ultimate Collection”.
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With the charming role of Madame Zeroni in the film Holes based on the book by the same name, by author Louis Sachar
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2002· 5 entries
Released album “That Bad Eartha / Down to Eartha”.
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Released album “Heavenly Eartha”.
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To the southern Fairfield County, Connecticut town of Weston, in order to be near her daughter Kitt and family
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Released album “The Collection”.
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She later moved to Pound Ridge, New York, but returned in 2002 to the southern Fairfield County, Connecticut town of Weston, in order to be near her daughter Kitt and family.
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2001· 3 entries
Released album “Legendary Eartha Kitt”.
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Released album “Excellent and Decadent”.
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“It was a working situation and nothing else.”
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2000· 7 entries
Awarded Annie Award for The Emperor's New Groove (2000).
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Released album “I Love Men”.
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Again returned to Broadway in the short-lived run of Michael John LaChiusa's The Wild Party
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Released album “Singin' The Blues”.
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Released album “Purrfect: The Eartha Kitt Collection”.
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Kitt won an Annie Award for her starring voice role as Yzma in the Disney feature film The Emperor's New Groove, later reprising the role in 2005 in Disney's Kronk's New Groove
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Released album “Greatest Hits”.
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1999· 1 entry
Released album “Purr-fect: Greatest Hits”.
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1998· 2 entries
Released album “My Heart Belongs to Daddy”.
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Voiced Bagheera in the live-action direct-to-video Disney film The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story
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1997· 2 entries
Released album “Where Is My Man: The Best of Eartha Kitt”.
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Released album “The Masters”.
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1996· 2 entries
Released album “That Seductive Eartha”.
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Released album “The Ultimate Collection”.
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1995· 1 entry
Kitt appeared as herself in an episode of The Nanny, where she performed a song in French and flirted with Maxwell Sheffield (Charles Shaughnessy)
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1994· 3 entries
Released album “Back in Business”.
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Released album “Eartha-Quake”.
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Released album “Standards/live...”.
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1992· 4 entries
Had a supporting role as Lady Eloise in Boomerang
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Released album “'Miss Kitt,' to You”.
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Released album “My Greatest Songs”.
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Scott Sherman, an agent at Atlantic Entertainment Group, stated: "Eartha Kitt is fantastic... appears at so many LGBT events in support of civil rights." In a 1992 interview with Dr.
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1991· 3 entries
Released album “C’est si bon: Live in Tivoli”.
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Released album “Thinking Jazz”.
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Kitt returned to the screen in Ernest Scared Stupid as Old Lady Hackmore
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1990· 3 entries
Released album “Songs”.
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Released album “Live in London”.
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Produced by Scott Sherman, an agent from the Atlantic Entertainment Group
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1989· 2 entries
Released album “I'm Still Here”.
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Released album “Eartha Kitt”.
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1988· 4 entries
Kitt replaced Dolores Gray in the West End production of Stephen Sondheim's Follies as Carlotta, receiving standing ovations every night for her rendition of "I'm Still Here" at the beginning of act 2
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Released album “Platinum & Gold Collection”.
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Voiced Vietnam After The Fire, a British documentary which looked at the legacy left to the Vietnamese people after the devastation of the war and showed the effects of bombings and defoliants on farmland and forests
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Released album “CD Diamond Series: 16 Top Tracks”.
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1987· 2 entries
Her daughter, Kitt, married Charles Lawrence Shapiro in 1987.
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Took over from fellow American Dolores Gray in the London West End production of Stephen Sondheim's Follies and returned at the end of that run to star in a one-woman show at the same Shaftesbury Theatre, both to tremend
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1984· 1 entry
Kitt returned to the music charts with a disco song titled "Where Is My Man", the first certified gold record of her career
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1982· 1 entry
Released album “The Best of Eartha Kitt”.
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1978· 1 entry
Kitt did the voice-over in a television commercial for the album Aja by the rock group Steely Dan
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1975· 2 entries
Released album “Eartha Kitt in New York”.
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Granted the paper permission to print portions of the report, stating: "I have nothing to be afraid of and I have nothing to hide
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1970· 1 entry
Released album “Sentimental Eartha”.
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1968· 1 entry
Can be seen as part of a larger commitment to peace activism
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1966· 1 entry
Established the Kittsville Youth Foundation, a chartered and non-profit organization for underprivileged youths in the Watts area of Los Angeles
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1965· 3 entries
Released album “Sings In Spanish (Canta En Español)”.
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Released album “Eartha Kitt in Person at the Plaza”.
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Released album “Love For Sale”.
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1964· 1 entry
Kitt helped open the Circle Star Theater in San Carlos, California
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1963· 2 entries
Eartha Kitt and McDonald separated on July 1, 1963, and divorced on March 26, 1964.
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Kitt traveled to the Philippines for a concert at the Araneta Coliseum, where she learned the song phonetically entitled "Waray-Waray," which she included in her repertoire and later appeared in her live album
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1962· 2 entries
Released album “Bad but Beautiful”.
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Released album “The Romantic Eartha”.
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1961· 2 entries
And was baptized Catholic at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church
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Their daughter, Kitt McDonald, was born on November 26, 1961, and was baptized Catholic at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church.
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1960· 2 entries
The Hollywood Walk of Fame honored her with a star, which can be found on 6656 Hollywood Boulevard
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Released album “Revisited”.
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1959· 1 entry
Released album “The Fabulous Eartha Kitt”.
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1958· 2 entries
Released album “St. Louis Blues”.
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Released ep “St. Louis Blues”.
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1957· 1 entry
Released album “That Bad Eartha”.
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1956· 3 entries
Like many politically active public figures of her time, Kitt was under surveillance by the CIA, beginning in 1956.
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Released album “Thursday's Child”.
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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"
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1955· 1 entry
Released album “Down to Eartha”.
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1954· 2 entries
20th Century-Fox distributed an independently filmed version of the revue entitled New Faces, in which Kitt performed "Monotonous", "Uska Dara", "C'est si bon", and "Santa Baby"
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Released ep “Eartha Kitt”.
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1953· 1 entry
Released album “RCA Victor Presents Eartha Kitt”.
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1950· 1 entry
Orson Welles gave Kitt her first starring role as Helen of Troy in his staging of Dr
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1943· 1 entry
And remained a member of the troupe until 1948
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1942· 1 entry
And appeared in the 1945 original Broadway theatre production of the musical Carib Song
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1927· 1 entry
Born 1927-01-17.
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