Eartha Kitt - Wikipedia
Eartha Mae Kitt (born Eartha Mae Keith; January 17, 1927 – December 25, 2008) was an American singer and actress known for her highly distinctive singing style and her 1953 recordings of "C'est si bon" and the Christmas novelty song "Santa Baby".
Eartha Kitt | Biography, Songs, Catwoman, & Facts | Britannica
2024年10月24日 · Eartha Kitt (born January 17, 1927, North, South Carolina, U.S.—died December 25, 2008, Weston, Connecticut) was an American singer and dancer noted for her sultry vocal style and slinky beauty who also achieved success as a dramatic stage and film actress. Kitt was the daughter of a Cherokee and Black mother and …
Eartha Kitt - Biography - IMDb
An out-of-wedlock child, Eartha Kitt was born in the cotton fields of South Carolina. Kitt's mother was a sharecropper of African-American and Cherokee Native American descent. Her father's identity is unknown. Given away by her mother, she arrived in Harlem at age nine. At 15, she quit high school to work in a Brooklyn factory.
Eartha Kitt - Catwoman, Santa Baby & Songs - Biography
2014年4月2日 · Born in North, South Carolina, famed singer and actress Eartha Kitt had a difficult childhood. Her mother abandoned her, and she was left in the care of relatives who mistreated her. Kitt...
Eartha Kitt's Biography - The HistoryMakers
2008年9月20日 · Eartha Mae Kitt was born on January 17, 1927. She was ostracized at an early age because of her mixed-race heritage. At eight years old, Kitt was given away by her mother and sent from the South Carolina cotton fields to live with an aunt in Harlem.
Kitt, Eartha - South Carolina Encyclopedia
2016年6月8日 · Kitt was born on January 17, 1927, in St. Matthews, the daughter of John and Anna Mae Kitt. Her black mother was just fourteen years old, and Kitt claimed never to know the identity of her white father nor her own birthday (a group of Benedict College students uncovered her birth certificate in 1997).
Eartha Kitt Biography - Facts, Childhood, Family Life
Eartha Kitt was born Eartha Mae Keith, on January 17, 1927, in North, or St. Matthews, South Carolina. Her mother, Annie Mae Keith, was of Cherokee and African descent and worked in a cotton plantation.
Eartha Mae Kitt (1928-2008) - Blackpast
2007年12月18日 · Eartha Mae Kitt was born on January 26, 1928, in the city of North in South Carolina. Her sharecropper parents abandoned Kitt and her half-sister as young children, forcing them to live with a foster family until they moved to New …
Kitt, Eartha (1928—) - Encyclopedia.com
Born Eartha Mae Kitt on January 26, 1928, in North Carolina (no records of her birth date exist; the January 26, 1928 date was an estimate given by her in the 1950s when she was required to do so); daughter of William Kitt (a sharecropper) and Anna Mae (Riley) Kitt; educated at New York School for the Performing Arts; married William McDonald ...
South Carolina Superheroes: Eartha Kitt
Eartha Mae Kitt (1927-2008) was born in North, South Carolina, on Jan. 17, 1927. Kitt overcame tremendous obstacles in her early life. Her mother, Anna Mae Kitt, was just 14 years-old when she gave birth and Kitt never knew the identity of her white father. At eight, Kitt left the cotton fields of S.C. and moved to Harlem to live with an aunt.