Eartha Kitt
Eartha Kitt
Eartha Mae Kittwas an American actress, singer, cabaret star, dancer, stand-up comedian, activist and voice artist, known for her highly distinctive singing style and her 1953 recordings of "C'est Si Bon" and the enduring Christmas novelty smash "Santa Baby", which were both US Top 10 hits. She starred in 1967 as Catwoman, in the third and final season of the television series Batman. Orson Welles once called her the "most exciting woman in the world"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth17 January 1927
CityNorth, SC
CountryUnited States of America
I used to teach dance lessons.
When I played Lady Day, I took Aba onstage with me as a joke. He started singing-in tune!-and the audience loved it.
You send the best of this country off to be shot and maimed. No wonder the kids rebel and take pot.
This is where you see the truth of entertainment, because it is not edited. You see it on stage as it is happening. Even if we fall down or forget our words, it's a part of live entertainment.
We're not thought of in terms of color because we are entertainers. We are there to entertain you not because we are black, white, pink, or green or gay or straight or because we are Catholic or Protestant.
I am the original Material Girl.
I am a mother and I know the feeling of having a baby come out of my gut.
Generally the whole entertainment business now is bland.
Even as a child, I found a way to survive.
Dr. Einstein was not successful in school, but he found something in the air from his own imagination and his own brain power, and look what he did.
I am the last of the Mohicans, the creme de la creme of cabaret.
You don't move just because you want to go from this point to that point - the body has to be using the words as well as you vocally use the words.
I don't think I ever really got interested in theater.
I love to tease men with my legs.