Erta May Kitt ( Eng. Eartha Mae Kitt ; January 17, 1927 , North , South Carolina , USA - December 25, 2008 , New York , USA) - American singer and actress ; the cabaret star, famous for its “purring” vocals and the corresponding image (for which she received the nickname “sex kitten”) [4] [5] . Kitt made her Broadway debut in the production of "New Faces Of 1952", after which she gained worldwide fame with the Christmas hit "Santa Baby" (1953). Kitt was popular; in the circle of influential people, many called her a pop and rock singer. Director Orson Welles called Kitt “the most exciting woman in the world” [6] .
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| Full name | Erta May Kit |
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| Professions | singer , actress |
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| Genres | jazz , disco , post-disco euro dance |
| Labels | RCA Records |
| Awards | Annie ( 2000 ) |
Content
- 1 Discography
- 2 Selected Filmography
- 3 Works on television
- 4 Stage productions
- 5 notes
- 6 References
Discography
- 1955 - Down to Eartha
- 1956 - Thursday's Child
- 1958 - St. Louis blues
- 1959 - The Fabulous Eartha Kitt
- 1960 - Eartha Kitt Revisited
- 1962 - Bad But Beautiful
- 1965 - Eartha Kitt In Person at the Plaza
- 1990 - Live in London
- 1991 - Thinking Jazz
- 1992 - Eartha Kitt / Doc Cheatham / Bill Coleman with George Duvivier & Co.
- 1994 - I Don't Care
- 1994 - Back in Business
- 1995 - Eartha in New York
- 1995 - Standards: Live
- 1995 - Sentimental Eartha '
- 1996 - My Way: Musical Tribute to Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr.
- 1996 - That Seductive Eartha
- 2004 - In Person at the Plaza [live]
- 2004 - Shinbone Alley Broadway Cast
- 2006 - She's So Good Living
- 2006 - Live from the Cafe Carlyle
Selected Filmography
- Kasbah / Casbah (1948)
- New Faces (1954)
- The Mark of the Hawk (1958)
- St. Louis Blues (1958)
- Anna Lucasta (1959)
- Saint of Devil's Island (1961)
- Synanon (1965)
- Uncle Tom's Cabin (1965)
- All About People / All About People (1967)
- Up the Chastity Belt (1971)
- Friday Foster (1975)
- All By Myself: The Eartha Kitt Story (1983)
- The Serpent Warriors (1985)
- The Pink Chiquitas (1987)
- Dragonard (1987)
- Master of Dragonard Hill (1989)
- Erik the Viking (1989)
- Living Doll (1990)
- Ernest Scared Stupid (1991)
- Boomerang / Boomerang (1992)
- Fatal Instinct (1993)
- Unzipped (1995)
- Harriet the Spy (1996)
- Ill Gotten Gains (1997)
- I Woke Up Early the Day I Died (1998)
- The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story (1998) (voice)
- The Emperor's New Groove (2000)
- The Making and Meaning of We Are Family (2002)
- The Sweatbox (2002) (documentary)
- Anything But Love (2002)
- Treasure / Holes (2003)
- On the One (2005)
- Preaching to the Choir (2005)
- Emperor 2 Adventures: The Adventures of Kronk's New Groove (2005)
- And Then Love Came (2007)
Television work
- “What's My Line?” (May 30, 1954 as Mystery Guest)
- "The Nat King Cole Show"
- "I Spy"
- "Batman" (since 1968 as Catwoman)
- "Mission: Impossible"
- Lieutenant Schuster's Wife (1972)
- "To Kill a Cop" (1978)
- Miami Police: Moral Department (1985) ( Whatever Works series)
- "Desperately Seeking Roger2 (1991)
- Living Single (1995)
- "The Nanny" (guest star in 1996)
- The Wild Thornberrys (1998)
- Feast of All Saints (2001)
- “Santa Baby!” (2001)
- "My Life as a Teenage Robot" (2003) (Vexus voice)
- The New School of the Emperor (2006-2008) - Isma
Stage productions
- Carib Song (1945)
- Bal Negre2 (1946)
- "New Faces of 195" (1952)
- "Mrs. Patterson2 "(1954)
- Shinbone Alley (1957)
- Jolly's Progress (1959)
- "Timbuktu!" (1978)
- Follies (London, 1988)
- The Wild Party (2000)
- Cinderella (~ 2001)
- "Nine" (2003)
- “The Junfan Project” (2005)
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Find a Grave - 1995. - ed. size: 165000000
- ↑ 1 2 Internet Broadway Database - 2000.
- ↑ 1 2 SNAC - 2010.
- ↑ Steve Huey. Eartha Kitt biography . www.allmusic.com. Date of treatment June 1, 2010. Archived March 23, 2012.
- ↑ US singer Eartha Kitt dies at 81 . news.bbc.co.uk. Date of treatment June 1, 2010. Archived March 23, 2012.
- ↑ Just an Old-fashioned Cat . www.austinchronicle.com. Date of treatment June 1, 2010. Archived March 23, 2012.
Links
- Kitt, Ertha, on the Internet Movie Database