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Eartha Kitt 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. Orson Welles once called her the "most exciting woman in the world".
Birth Name
Eartha Mae Keith
Born
Monday, 17 January 1927
Died
Thursday, 25 December 2008
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Orson Bean Show | (archive footage) | 8696 |
| See It Loud: The History of Black Television | Self | 2023 |
| FRO Thizzle Reviews | Self | 2022 |
| First Ladies | Self - Actress and Activist | 2020 |
| The Apollo | Herself / Self | 2019 |
| ReMastered: Tricky Dick and the Man in Black | Self | 2018 |
| Always at The Carlyle | Self | 2018 |
| Nat King Cole: Afraid of the Dark | Self | 2014 |
| Unsung Hollywood | Self | 2014 |
| I Am Divine | Self | 2013 |
Actress Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| The Orson Bean Show | (archive footage) | 8696 |
| See It Loud: The History of Black Television | Self | 2023 |
| FRO Thizzle Reviews | Self | 2022 |
| First Ladies | Self - Actress and Activist | 2020 |
| The Apollo | Herself / Self | 2019 |
| ReMastered: Tricky Dick and the Man in Black | Self | 2018 |
| Always at The Carlyle | Self | 2018 |
| Nat King Cole: Afraid of the Dark | Self | 2014 |
| Unsung Hollywood | Self | 2014 |
| I Am Divine | Self | 2013 |
| The Frollo Show | Yzma | 2011 |
| I Know a Woman Like That | Self | 2009 |
| TV's Funniest Music Moments | Self | 2008 |
| Cinemassacre's Monster Madness | Old Lady Hackmore | 2007 |
| And Then Came Love | Mona | 2007 |
| Preaching to the Choir | Ms. Nettie | 2006 |
| Wonder Pets! | Cool Cat | 2006 |
| The Emperor's New School | Yzma (voice) / Yzma | 2006 |
| Kronk's New Groove | Yzma (voice) / Yzma | 2005 |
| Once Upon a Halloween | Yzma | 2005 |
| American Dad! | Fortune Teller | 2005 |
| Carmen and Geoffrey | Self | 2005 |
| Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures | Herself | 2004 |
| Anything But Love | Self | 2003 |
| Holes | Madame Zeroni | 2003 |
| The Sweatbox | Herself / Self | 2002 |
| My Life as a Teenage Robot | Vexus | 2002 |
| The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family' | Self | 2002 |
| It's Black Entertainment | Self / Self (archive footage) | 2002 |
| Santa, Baby! | Emerald / Emerald (voice) | 2001 |
| Michael Jackson: 30th Anniversary Celebration | Self | 2001 |
| The Feast of All Saints | Lola Dede | 2001 |
| Speaking Freely | Self - Guest | 2001 |
| The Emperor's New Groove | Yzma / Yzma (voice) | 2000 |
| Welcome to New York | June | 2000 |
| The 54th Annual Tony Awards | Self - Nominee & Performer | 2000 |
| I Woke Up Early the Day I Died | Cult Leader / Self | 1999 |
| Loose Women | Herself | 1999 |
| VH-1 Where Are They Now? | Catwoman | 1999 |
| The Famous Jett Jackson | Albertine Whethers | 1998 |
| The Roseanne Show | Self | 1998 |
| The Wild Thornberrys | Lioness #1 | 1998 |
| The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story | Bagheera (voice) / Bagheera | 1998 |
| Ill Gotten Gains | The Wood / The Wood (voice) | 1997 |
| Oz | Self | 1997 |
| Viva Variety | Self - Musical Guest | 1997 |
| The Chris Rock Show | Self | 1997 |
| Harriet the Spy | Agatha K. Plummer | 1996 |
| Lauren Hutton and... | Self | 1995 |
| Unzipped | Self | 1995 |
| Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child | The Snow Queen | 1995 |
| James Dean and Me | Herself / Self | 1995 |
| The Magic School Bus | Mrs. Franklin | 1994 |
| New York Undercover | Mrs. Stubbs | 1994 |
| Space Ghost Coast to Coast | Self | 1994 |
| The Nanny | Eartha Kitt / Self | 1993 |
| Fatal Instinct | First Trial Judge / Trial Judge | 1993 |
| Late Night with Conan O'Brien | Herself | 1993 |
| Living Single | Jacqueline Richards | 1993 |
| Viva Cabaret | Self | 1993 |
| Matrix | Sister Rowena | 1993 |
| Later... With Jools Holland | Self | 1992 |
| The Whoopi Goldberg Show | Self - Guest | 1992 |
| Boomerang | Lady Eloise | 1992 |
| Jack's Place | Isabel Lang | 1992 |
| Ernest Scared Stupid | Old Lady Hackmore / Francis "Old Lady" Hackmore | 1991 |
| The 33rd Annual Grammy Awards | Self | 1991 |
| Living Doll | Mrs. Swartz | 1990 |
| The Simpsons | Eartha Kitt | 1989 |
| Erik the Viking | Freya | 1989 |
| American Experience | Self | 1988 |
| P.O.V. | Self | 1988 |
| Master of Dragonard Hill | Naomi | 1987 |
| Dragonard | Naomi | 1987 |
| The Pink Chiquitas | Betty / Meteor / The Meteor (voice) | 1987 |
| American Masters | Self | 1986 |
| Fame, Fortune and Romance | Self | 1986 |
| The Serpent Warriors | Snake Priestess | 1985 |
| Miami Vice | Priestess Chata | 1984 |
| Reading Rainbow | Self | 1983 |
| Tom Cottle: Up Close | Self | 1982 |
| All by Myself: The Eartha Kitt Story | Self | 1982 |
| The Russell Harty Show | Self | 1980 |
| Butterflies in Heat | Lola | 1979 |
| The Paul Daniels Magic Show | Self | 1979 |
| Give Us a Clue | Self | 1979 |
| The 32nd Annual Tony Awards | Self - Nominee | 1978 |
| The Paul Ryan Show | Self | 1977 |
| Friday Foster | Madame Rena | 1975 |
| Police Woman | Black Amelia | 1974 |
| Bicentennial Minutes | Self - Narrator | 1974 |
| Lieutenant Schuster's Wife | Lady | 1972 |
| The Protectors | Carrie Blaine | 1972 |
| Joanne Carson's VIPs | Self | 1972 |
| The Chastity Belt | Scheherazade | 1972 |
| Parkinson | Self | 1971 |
| The Game Game | Self | 1969 |
| Letters to Laugh-in | Self | 1969 |
| The Barbara McNair Show | Self | 1969 |
| The David Frost Show | Self | 1969 |
| Della | Self | 1969 |
| Frost on Sunday | Self | 1968 |
| The Rosey Grier Show | Self | 1968 |
| The Golden Shot | Self | 1967 |
| The Pat Boone Show | Self | 1966 |
| Mission: Impossible | Tina Mara | 1966 |
| Batman | The Catwoman | 1966 |
| I Spy | Angel | 1965 |
| Synanon | Betty Coleman | 1965 |
| The Hollywood Squares (Daytime) | Self - Panelist | 1965 |
| Gypsy | Self - actress / singer / Self / Self - singer / actress | 1965 |
| Uncle Tom's Cabin | Singer | 1965 |
| Oh My Word | Self | 1965 |
| Not So Much a Programme, More a Way of Life | Herself | 1964 |
| ABC's Nightlife | Self | 1964 |
| That Regis Philbin Show | Self - Guest Co-Host / Self / Self - Co-Host | 1964 |
| Vergißmeinnicht | Self - Singer | 1964 |
| Jeopardy! | Herself - Celebrity Contestant | 1964 |
| The Object Is | Self - Panelist | 1963 |
| Burke's Law | Honoria De Witt | 1963 |
| Missing Links | Self | 1963 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Herself - Guest / Herself | 1962 |
| The Tonight Show | Self - Vocalist | 1962 |
| The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers | Self - Singer / Self | 1962 |
| The Mike Douglas Show | Herself / Herself - Vocalist / Self - Vocalist | 1961 |
| Ben Casey | Danielle Taylor | 1961 |
| Here's Hollywood | Self | 1960 |
| Play of the Week | Oparre | 1959 |
| Anna Lucasta | Anna Lucasta | 1958 |
| The Ben Hecht Show | Self - Singer / Actress | 1958 |
| St. Louis Blues | Gogo Germaine | 1958 |
| The Mark of the Hawk | Renee | 1957 |
| The Big Record | Self | 1957 |
| The Tonight Show Starring Jack Paar | Herself | 1957 |
| The Mike Wallace Interview | Self - Actress / Vocalist | 1957 |
| The Nat King Cole Show | Self - Singer | 1956 |
| Playhouse 90 | The Queen | 1956 |
| New Faces | Self / Eartha Kitt | 1954 |
| Person to Person | Self | 1953 |
| The Good Old Days | Self - Performer / Self - Guest Artist | 1953 |
| You Are There | Donna Marina | 1953 |
| Omnibus | Salome (segment "Salome") / Self - Singer (segment "Eartha Kitt") | 1952 |
| Paris Is Always Paris | Cabaret Singer / Self - Cabaret Singer | 1951 |
| Festival di Sanremo | Self | 1951 |
| All Star Revue | Self | 1950 |
| Life with Linkletter | Self | 1950 |
| The Colgate Comedy Hour | Self - Singer | 1950 |
| The Arthur Murray Party | Self | 1950 |
| Your Show of Shows | Self - Guest Perfomrer | 1950 |
| What's My Line? | Herself - Mystery Guest | 1950 |
| The Voice of Firestone | Herself | 1949 |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | Self / Self - Singer | 1948 |
| Casbah | Katherine Dunham Group Dancer | 1948 |
| Year | Type | Category | Won |
|---|
| 1966 | Emmy | Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Drama | Nominated |
