Eartha Kitt ‘Santa Baby’ ‘Cat Woman’ dies 81 on Christmas Day

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Singer of "Santa Baby" Eartha Kitt dies on Christmas Day 2008

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Eartha Kitt

Eartha Mae Kitt (January 17, 1927 – December 25, 2008) was an American actress, singer, and cabaret star. She was perhaps best known for her role as Catwoman in the 1960s TV series Batman, and for her 1953 Christmas song "Santa Baby". Orson Welles once called her the "most exciting woman in the world".

Death of Eartha Kitt
Eartha Kitt died of colon cancer on Christmas Day, December 25, 2008. Ironically as she is mostly known for her Christmas hit Santa Baby.

Career
Kitt started her career as a member of the Katherine Dunham Company and made her film debut with them in Casbah (1948). A talented singer with a distinctive voice, her hits include "Let’s Do It", "Champagne Tatse", "C’est si bon", "Just an Old Fashioned Girl", "Monotonous", "Je cherche un homme", "Love for Sale", "I’d Rather Be Burned as a Witch", "Uska Dara", "Mink, Schmink", "Under the Bridges of Paris", and her most recognizable hit, "Santa Baby". Kitt’s unique style was enhanced as she became fluent in the French language during her years performing in Europe. She had some skill in other languages too, which she demonstrates with finesse in many of the live recordings of her cabaret performances

Eartha Kitt – Santa Baby

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Awards and nominations

Awards

  • 1960 Hollywood Walk of Fame – 6656 Hollywood Boulevard.
  • 2001 Annie Award for Best Voice Acting by a Female Performer in an Featured Film – The Emperor’s New Groove
  • 2007 Annie Award for Best Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production – The Emperor’s New School
  • 2007 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program – The Emperor’s New School
  • 2008 Annie Award for Best Voice Acting in an Animated Television Production – The Emperor’s New School
  • 2008 Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in an Animated Program – The Emperor’s New School

Nominations

  • 1966 Emmy Award for Outstanding Single Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Drama – I Spy
  • 1978 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical – Timbuktu!
  • 1996 Image Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Comedy Series – Living Single
  • 2000 Tony Award for Best Featured Actress in a Musical – The Wild Party
  • 2000 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Featured Actress in a Musical – The Wild Party

Filmography
Casbah (1948)
New Faces (1954)
The Mark of the Hawk (1958)
St. Louis Blues (1958)
Anna Lucasta (1959)
Saint of Devil’s Island (1961)
Uncle Tom’s Cabin (1965) (voice)
Synanon (1965)
All About People (1967) (short subject) (narrator)
Up the Chastity Belt (1971)
Friday Foster (1975)
All By Myself: The Eartha Kitt Story (1983)
The Serpent Warriors (1985)
The Pink Chiquitas (1987) (voice)
Dragonard (1987)
Master of Dragonard Hill (1989)
Erik the Viking (1989)
Living Doll (1990)
Ernest Scared Stupid (1991)
Boomerang (1992)
Fatal Instinct (1993)
Unzipped (1995)
Harriet the Spy (1996)
Ill Gotten Gains (1997)
I Woke Up Early the Day I Died (1998)
The Jungle Book: Mowgli’s Story (1998) (voice)
The Emperor’s New Groove (2000) (voice of Yzma)
The Making and Meaning of We Are Family (2002)
The Sweatbox (2002) (documentary)
Anything But Love (2002)
Holes (2003)
On the One (2005)
Preaching to the Choir (2005)
Kronk’s New Groove (2005) (voice of Yzma)
And Then Came Love (2007)

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