Kitt bẹ̀rẹ̀ iṣẹ́ rẹ̀ ní ọdún 1942 ó sì kópa nínú eré tíátà tó únjẹ́ ''Carib Song''. Ní ìbẹ̀rẹ̀ àwọn ọdún 1950, ó gbé orin jáde tí nínú wọn jẹ́ "[[Uska Dara]]" àtid "[[I Want to Be Evil]]". Àwọn orin rẹ̀ míràn tún ni "[[Under the Bridges of Paris]]" (1954), "[[Just an Old Fashioned Girl]]" (1956) àti "[[Where Is My Man]]" (1983). Ní ọdún 1967 ó ṣeré bíi [[Catwoman]], nínú eré orí tẹlifísàn ''[[Batman (TV series)|Batman]]''.
InNí ọdún 1968, heriṣẹ́ careerrẹ̀ inní theAmẹ́ríkà U.S.rẹlẹ̀ deterioratedlẹ̀yìn afterìgbà she madetó [[Opposition to United States involvement in the Vietnam War|anti-Vietnamlòdì Warsí Ogun Vietnam]] statementsnínú atọ̀rọ̀ ató sọ ní ibi àjọyọ ní [[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>
