President Lyndon B. Johnson speaks to Eartha Kitt at a White House luncheon on Jan. 18, 1968 – Screenshot – “Catwoman vs. the White House” *The temporary blackballing of stage and screen ...

Salvation came when Eartha moved from Southern California Harlem to live with another relative, Mamie Kitt, and enrolled in the Metropolitan Vocational High School (later renamed High School of ...

Eartha Kitt was famous for her sexual energy and caustic remarks, but she was also a strong proponent of racial equality in South Africa, having faced abuse from blacks as a youngster for looking ...

Eartha Kitt says she was blacklisted, and for years got by working abroad. Rejection, and the fear of it, says Kitt, has been a bitter source of drive.

Eartha Kitt may not have had nine lives, but she came close. First, she was a dirt-poor girl from North, S.C. Then she became a nightclub sensation, a muse to Orson Welles, a slinky recording artis… ...

Eartha Kitt’s voice practically purred audiences into submission in her music and films. Kitt was an internationally known dancer, singer and stage and film actress. While petite in stature, she ...

Eartha Kitt performs at 8 p.m. Nov. 22 at the Kravis Center’s Dreyfoos Hall, 701 Okeechobee Blvd., West Palm Beach. Tickets $15-$90. Call 561-832-7469, 800-572-8471.

Ms. EARTHA KITT (Singer, Actress): I don't even know if she was my mother or not, but at any rate because she was having problems getting some place for us to stay - she had another little girl, I ...

Eartha Kitt, a sultry singer, dancer and actress who rose from South Carolina cotton fields to become an international symbol of elegance and sensuality, has died, a family spokesman said. She was 81.

Eartha Kitt, star of TV, film, music and stage, died Christmas Day 2008 of colon cancer at the age of 81. Now, her daughter, Kitt Shapiro, is introducing a new lifestyle brand called Simply Eartha.

Kitt, the sultry singer of hits such as “Santa Baby” who died at 81 on Christmas, was, in 1968, an internationally acclaimed music star who had begun making major stage and screen appearances.

It’s been nearly 10 years since Hollywood star Eartha Kitt died on Christmas day in 2008 at age 81 from colon cancer. Now her daughter is speaking out about the loving relationship she shared ...