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{{Infobox person
| name = Eartha Kitt
| image = Eartha Kitt 2007.jpg
| caption = Kitt performing in concert, 2007
| alias = Miss Kitt, Mother Eartha,<ref>[http://archives.citypaper.net/articles/011702/ae.eartha.shtml "Mother Eartha"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140101003720/http://archives.citypaper.net/articles/011702/ae.eartha.shtml |date=2014-01-01 }}. ''Philadelphia City Paper''. January 17–24, 2002. Retrieved October 9, 2013.</ref> Kitty
| birth_name = Eartha Mae Keith
| birth_date = {{birth date|1927|01|17}}
| birth_place = [[North, South Carolina|North]] or [[St. Matthews, South Carolina]], U.S.
| death_date = {{death date and age|2008|12|25|1927|01|17}}
| death_place = [[Weston, Connecticut]], U.S.
| parents =
| occupation = {{hlist|Singer|actress|dancer|activist|comedian|author|songwriter}}
| module = {{Infobox musical artist|embed=yes
| background = solo_singer <!-- mandatory field -->
| genre = {{hlist|[[Vocal jazz]]|[[cabaret]]|[[Dance music|dance]]|[[Torch song|torch]]}}
| label = {{hlist|[[RCA Victor]]|[[Kapp Records|Kapp]]|[[MGM Records|MGM]]|[[EMI Records|EMI]]|[[GNP Crescendo]]|[[Decca Records|Decca]]|[[Spark Records|Spark]]|Can't Stop|[[Ariola Records|Ariola]]|ITM|[[DRG Records|DRG]]|Strike Force}}
| associated_acts = {{hlist|[[Julie Newmar]]|[[Lena Horne]]|[[Della Reese]]|[[Miles Davis]]|[[Sammy Davis Jr.]]|[[Josephine Baker]]}}}}
| yearsactive = 1942–2008
| spouse = {{marriage|John W. McDonald<br>|1960|1965|reason=div.}}
| family =
| website = {{URL|earthakitt.com}}
| children = 1
}}
'''Eartha Kitt''' (born '''Eartha Mae Keith'''; January 17, 1927 – December 25, 2008) was an American singer, actress, dancer, comedian, activist, author, and songwriter known for her highly distinctive singing style and her 1953 recordings of "[[C'est si bon]]" and the Christmas [[novelty song]] "[[Santa Baby]]", both of which reached the top 10 on the [[Billboard Hot 100|''Billboard'' Hot 100]]. [[Orson Welles]] once called her the "most exciting woman in the world".<ref>{{cite news | author=Messer, Kate X. | title=Just An Old Fashioned Cat | url=http://www.austinchronicle.com/arts/2006-07-21/388422/ | work=The Austin Chronicle | date=July 21, 2006}}</ref>
Kitt began her career in 1942 and appeared in the 1945 original [[Broadway theatre]] production of the musical ''Carib Song''. In the early 1950s, she had six US Top 30 hits, including "[[Uska Dara]]" and "[[I Want to Be Evil]]". Her other notable recordings include the UK Top 10 hit "[[Under the Bridges of Paris]]" (1954), "[[Just an Old Fashioned Girl]]" (1956) and "[[Where Is My Man]]" (1983). She starred in 1967 as [[Catwoman]], in the third and final season of the television series ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]''.
In 1968, her career in the U.S. deteriorated after she made [[Opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War|anti-Vietnam War]] statements at a [[White House]] luncheon. Ten years later, she made a successful return to Broadway in the 1978 original production of the musical ''[[Timbuktu!]]'', for which she received the first of her two [[Tony Award]] nominations. Her second was for the 2000 original production of the musical ''[[The Wild Party (LaChiusa musical)|The Wild Party]]''. Kitt wrote three autobiographies.<ref>{{Cite book|last=Kitt|first=Eartha|title=I'm Still Here|year=1990|publisher=Pan|isbn=0-330-31439-4|location=London|oclc=24719847}}</ref>
{{Commonscat|Eartha Kitt}}
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