Eartha Kitt

Eartha Kitt

music artist, actress, soundtrack

Eartha Kitt was born on Jan 17, 1927 in USA. Eartha Kitt's big-screen debut came with Casbah directed by John Berry in 1948. Eartha Kitt is known for Molly's Game directed by Aaron Sorkin, Jessica Chastain stars as Molly Bloom and Idris Elba as Charlie Jaffey. Eartha Kitt has got 7 awards and 4 nominations so far. The most recent award Eartha Kitt achieved is Daytime Emmy Awards. The upcoming new movie Eartha Kitt plays is The Apollo which will be released on Nov 22, 2020.

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. As a teenager, Kitt lived in friends' homes and in the subways. However, by the 1950s, she had sung and danced her way out of poverty and into the spotlight: performing with the Katherine Dunham Dance Troupe on a European tour, soloing at a Paris nightclub and becoming the toast of the Continent. Orson Welles called her "the most exciting girl in the world". She also spoke out on hard issues. She took over the role of Catwoman for the third and final season of the television series Batman (1966), replacing Julie Newmar. Eartha Kitt died of colon cancer in her home in Weston, Connecticut, on Christmas Day 2008.

  • Birthday

    Jan 17, 1927
  • Place of Birth

    North, South Carolina, USA

Known For

Awards

7 wins & 4 nominations

Daytime Emmy Awards
2010
Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program
Winner - Daytime Emmy
2008
Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program
Winner - Daytime Emmy
2007
Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program
Winner - Daytime Emmy
Annie Awards
2008
Best Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production
Winner - Annie
2007
Best Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production
Winner - Annie
2001
Outstanding Individual Achievement for Voice Acting by a Female Performer in an Animated Feature Production
Winner - Annie
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