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Eartha Kitt on Film, Stage, and
Screen
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Eartha on TV |
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Series |
Filmed |
Role |
Episode |
Ep # |
Aired |
Available |
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Your Show of Shows (Ed Sullivan) |
1950 |
self |
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5/29/1954 |
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17 different appearances |
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Omnibus |
1952 |
Salome |
Salome |
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12/18/1955 |
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Ben Casey |
1961 |
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Horse Named Stravinsky |
4.31 |
5/17/1965 |
16 MM |
Plays a doctors wife with a drug problem |
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Burke's Law |
1963 |
Witch Doctor |
Who Killed the Rest? |
2.25 |
3/17/1965 |
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Celebrity Game, The |
1964 |
self |
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"Guest Panelist" |
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I Spy |
1965 |
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Loser, The |
1.6 |
10/20/1965 |
DVD |
Emmy Nomination "Outstanding single performance by an
actress in a drama role." |
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Mission:Impossible |
1966 |
Tina Mara |
Traitor, The |
1.26 |
4/15/1967 |
DVD |
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Batman |
1966 |
Catwoman |
Catwoman's Dressed to Kill |
3.14 |
12/14/1967 |
Bootleg |
Go to Eartha's Catwoman Page. |
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Batman |
1966 |
Catwoman |
Funny Feline Felonies |
3.16 |
12/28/1967 |
Bootleg |
Go to Eartha's Catwoman Page. |
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Batman |
1966 |
Catwoman |
Joke's on Catwoman, The |
3.17 |
1/4/1968 |
Bootleg |
Go to Eartha's Catwoman Page. |
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Protectors, The |
1972 |
Carrie Blaine |
A Pocket Full of Posies |
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VHS (PAL) |
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Miami Vice |
1984 |
Sister Rowena |
Whatever Works |
2.2 |
10/04/1985 |
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Voodoo expert |
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Forty Minutes: Adventures in the Skin Trade |
1990 |
self |
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UK TV |
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Matrix |
1993 |
Sister Rowena |
Moths to a Flame |
1.5 |
3/29/1993 |
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Eartha as a motorcycle riding nun. |
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Magic School Bus, The |
1994 |
voice of Mrs Franklin - Keesha's Grandmother |
Going Batty |
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Space Ghost Coast-to-Coast |
1994 |
self |
Batmantis |
8 |
9/30/1994 |
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New York Undercover |
1994 |
Mrs Stubbs |
Student Affairs |
2.7 |
10/12/1995 |
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Living Single |
1993 |
Jacqueline Richards |
He Works Hard for the Money |
3.8 |
10/19/1995 |
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* Eartha was nominated for an Image award for this role as
"Outstanding single performance by an actress in a comedy series."
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Nanny, The |
1993 |
self |
A Pup in Paris |
3.27 |
5/20/1996 |
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Nanny, The |
1993 |
self |
Tart with Heart, The |
4.1 |
9/18/1996 |
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uncredited |
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RuPaul Show, The |
1996 |
self |
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Coocking Woman |
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Wild Thornberrys, The |
1998 |
voice of Lioness #1 |
Flood Warning |
1.1 |
9/1/1998 |
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Voice |
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Rosanne Show, The |
1998 |
self |
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10/30/1998 |
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Halloween show like only Rosanne can do. Eartha and Rosanne
fly in dressed as the Wicked Witches from stage show "Wizard
of Oz". |
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Famous Jett Jackson |
1998 |
Albertine Whethers |
Field of Dweebs |
2.1 |
8/22/1999 |
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Welcome to New York |
2000 |
June |
Jim Get's an Apartment |
1.3 |
10/25/2000 |
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recurring role as a neighbor |
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Welcome to New York |
2000 |
June |
The Car |
1.5 |
11/08/2000 |
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recurring role as a neighbor |
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Oz |
1997 |
self |
Medium Rare |
4.9 |
1/7/2001 |
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VH1: 100 Greatest Women of Rock & Roll |
1999 |
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VH-1 asked many of today's top music artists to name their
choices for the greatest women in Rock 'n Roll and they named Eartha Kitt
#89 |
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It's Black Entertainment |
2000 |
self |
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VHS/DVD |
archive footage |
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Feast of All Saint's (Anne Rice's) |
2001 |
Lola Dede |
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2001 Mini-Series |
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Santa, Baby! |
2001 |
voice |
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CD/DVD |
Cartoon about a song writer down on his luck.
A few different versions of "Santa Baby" including a Techno version,
and version with Patti LaBelle and Vanessa Williams. |
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Inside TV Land: African Americans in TV |
2002 |
self |
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VHS |
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VH-1 Where Are They Now: Superheros |
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self |
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Eartha as catwoman |
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TV Land Awards |
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self |
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Biography on A&E |
2004 |
self |
Catwoman |
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7/20/2004 |
VHS |
Stars Julie Newmar, Lee Meriwether, Eartha Kitt, Michelle
Pfeifer, and Halle Berry |
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Eartha in Movies and or
on DVD |
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Film |
Filmed |
Role |
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Available |
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Casbah |
1948 |
self/dancer |
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VHS |
Dancer with the Katherine Dunham dance troup. |
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White Party USA Presents: Divas of Dance |
2005 |
self |
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7/25/05 |
DVD |
Video of "Where is My Man" |
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New Faces |
1954 |
self |
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VHS |
Film version of Broadway show "New Faces of 52" |
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Mark of the Hawk, The
Accused
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1957 |
Renee |
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VHS/DVD |
Sidney Poitier's wife. |
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St Louis Blues |
1958 |
Gogo Germaine |
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VHS |
night club singer |
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Anna Lucasta |
1958 |
Anna Lucasta |
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6/05 |
DVD |
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Saint of Devil's Island, The
Seventy Times Seven
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1961 |
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Synanon
Get Off My Back
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1965 |
Betty Coleman |
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bootleg |
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Onkel Toms Hutte
Uncle Tom's Cabin
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1965 |
singer |
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VHS/CD |
uncredited roll,cut from shorter versions of film. Runtime
varies from 118min. US version, 125min. French version, 170 min. German
version. |
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All About People |
1967 |
Narrator |
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Up the Chastity Belt
The Chastity Belt
Naughty Knights
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1971 |
Scherazade |
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VHS* |
*UK/Germany only. In only one scene, but Oh, what a scene. |
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Lieutenant Schuster's Wife |
1972 |
lady |
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TV Movie |
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Friday Foster |
1975 |
Madame Rena |
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VHS/DVD |
Blackspoitation Pam Greer film |
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To Kill a Cop |
1978 |
Paula |
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TV Movie |
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All By Myself |
1982 |
self |
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"The Eartha Kitt Story" bio/documentary |
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Night on the Town, A |
1983 |
singer |
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DVD |
Region 2 DVD available at Dress
Circle website. Eartha performs "Alexander's Ragtime Band*"
and "Love for Sale"
*Not available on any other recording!
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Serpent Warriors, The |
1985 |
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Dragonard |
1987 |
Naomi |
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VHS |
Madame of a house of ill repuit. |
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Pink Chiquitas, The |
1987 |
Voice of Betty, "The Meteor" |
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VHS |
Betty makes occasional purring sounds as she hearls toward
Earth(a). |
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Erik the Viking |
1989 |
Freya |
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DVD*/VHS* |
*available UKand Germany |
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Master of Dragonard Hill |
1989 |
Naomi |
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VHS |
Madame of a house of ill repuit. Sequal to "Dragonard" |
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Living Doll |
1990 |
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VHS (PAL) |
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Ernest Scared Stupid |
1991 |
Old Lady Hackmore |
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DVD |
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Boomerang |
1992 |
Lady Eloise |
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VHS/DVD/Laser |
"Mar-r-r-r-cus, I'm not wear-r-r-r-ing any panties" |
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Fatal Instinct |
1993 |
First Trial Judge |
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VHS/DVD |
One scene. |
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Unzipped |
1995 |
self |
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VHS/Laserdisc |
Uncredited. Issac Mizrhi also does a brief Eartha imitation. |
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Harriet the Spy |
1996 |
Agatha K. Plummer |
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VHS |
Eccentric neighbor with pink hair |
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Ill Gotten Gains |
1997 |
voice of "The Wood" |
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VHS/DVD |
Voice of "The Wood" |
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I Woke Up Early the Day I Died |
1998 |
self |
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VHS (PAL)*
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*German release |
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Emperor's New Groove, The |
2000 |
voice of "Yzma/Yzma Kitty" |
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VHS/DVD/CD
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Flim originally called "Kingdom of the Sun". Eartha
received an "Annie" award as "Outstanding individual achievement
for Voice Acting by female performer in an animated feature production." |
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Holes |
2002 |
Madame Zeroni |
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DVD
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Official
Holes website includes Eartha in preview trailer |
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The Making and Meaning of "We Are Family" |
2002 |
self |
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DVD
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Sweatbox, The |
2002 |
self |
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Documentary (by Sting's wife) on the problems associated with
the Disney movie "Emperor's New Groove" |
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Anything But Love
(Standard Time) |
2003 |
self |
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DVD |
musical romance. Eartha performs "Walk That
Says Yes" |
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On the One |
2004 |
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in post production
Two twins, both raised in Harlem, N.Y., take divergent paths when they grow
up. One becomes a minister - while the other becomes a gangster rapper.
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The Emperor's New School (TV Series) |
2005 |
voice of Yzma |
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filming now
TV spin-off of film. |
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The Emperor's New Groove II |
2005 |
voice of Yzma |
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filming now
likely a straight to video release |
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Instant Karma |
2005 |
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in pre-production
A visual effects-laden comedy about a safecracker who dies and is reincarnated
as a series of animals. |
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Cherrys |
2005 |
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in pre-production
Coming out as a lesbian, a teenage girl (Smollett) learns a wealth of family
secrets. |
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Eartha Kitt Live at The Cheltenham Jazz Festival |
2008 |
Self |
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DVD - Region 0 |
Available Now. |
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Eartha on Stage |
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Show |
Year |
Role |
Theater |
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Country |
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A Caribbean Rhapsody |
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Dancer |
Prince of Wales |
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UK |
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With the Katherine Dunham Dance Troup |
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New Faces |
1952 |
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Royale Theatre |
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US |
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Broadway show made into a film. |
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Mrs. Patterson |
1955 |
Theodora (Teddy) Hicks |
National Theatre |
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Broadway Show |
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Shinbone Alley |
1957 |
Mehitabel (a house cat) |
Broadway Theatre |
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US |
CD |
Broadway Show. Standby for Ms Kitt was Chita Rivera. |
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Jolly's Progress |
1959 |
Jolly Rivers |
Longacre Theatre |
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US |
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Broadway Play. Standby for Ms Kitt was Cicely Tyson. |
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The Eartha Kitt Show |
1962 ? |
self |
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Australia |
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The Owl and the Pussycat |
1965 |
Doris W. |
Shubert Theatre |
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Peg |
1968 |
Peg Morrison |
Pennsylvania |
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Musical staging and coreography by Katherine Dunham |
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Live at Tivoli |
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self |
Tilvoli |
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LP/CD |
Performance of her show recorded as "Live at Tivoli" |
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The High Bid |
1970 |
Mrs. Gracedew |
Criterion Theatre |
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UK |
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Bunny |
1972 |
Bunny Novak |
Criterion Theatre |
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Timbuktu ! |
1978 |
Sahleem-La-Lume |
Mark Hellinger Theatre |
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US |
some songs on LP "Timbuktu" also bootleg video |
Tony Nomination - Actress in a Musical |
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Follies |
1987 |
Carlotta Campion |
Shaftesbury Theatre |
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Eartha sang "I'm Still Here" |
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Eartha Kitt in Concert |
1989 |
self |
Shaftesbury Theatre |
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UK |
LP/CD |
13 performances. Recorded as the hard to find 2 CD set "Live
in London" |
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Aladdin |
1989 |
The Genie |
Palace Theatre |
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An Evening with Eartha Kitt |
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self |
Carnegie Hall |
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US |
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Lady Day at Emerson's Bar & Grill |
1996 |
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Anthenaeum Theatre |
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The Wizard of Oz |
1998 |
Wicked Witch |
Madison Square Garden |
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CD
bootleg video |
"The Jitterbug", a musical number cut from the movie
was added back in for Ms Kitt. |
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Wild Party |
2000 |
Dolores Montoya |
Virginia Theater |
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CD |
Tony Nomination - Featured Actress in a Musical |
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Cinderella |
2002 |
The Fairy Godmother |
The Kennedy Center |
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bootleg video |
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Nine |
2003 |
Liliane
La Fleur |
Eugene O'Neill Theatre |
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US |
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Eartha returns to Broadway |
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Books by Eartha |
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Title |
Year |
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Thursday's Child |
1956 |
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Hard Cover Paperback |
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Alone with Me |
1976 |
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Hardback |
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I'm Still Here - Confessions of a Sex Kitten |
1991 |
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Hardback Paperback |
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Rejuvinate! It's Never Too Late |
2001 |
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Hardcover/CD (Audio Books) |
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