Eartha Kitt

Eartha Kitt

1927-01-17 North, South Carolina, USA 65 Credits

Biography

Eartha Mae Kitt (January 17, 1927 – December 25, 2008) was an American actress, singer and cabaret star. She was perhaps best known for her highly distinctive singing style and her 1953 hit Christmas song "Santa Baby". Orson Welles once called her the "most exciting woman in the world." She took over the role of Catwoman for the third season of the 1960s Batman television series, replacing Julie Newmar, who was unavailable for the final season. She also was famous for being the voice of Yzma in ...

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I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story

I Can't Give You Anything But Love: The Jimmy McHugh Story

2024

as Self (archive footage)

Acting

An aspiring singer is tasked with promoting the music catalogue of his great-grandfather, the famous songwriter Jimmy McHugh, recorded by everyone fro...

Catwoman vs. the White House

Catwoman vs. the White House

2022

as Self (archive footage)

Acting

Newly discovered audio and video tells the full story between Eartha Kitt's run in with the President and the First Lady in 1968.

Catwoman: The Feline Femme Fatale

Catwoman: The Feline Femme Fatale

2021

as Self (archive footage)

8.5
Acting

A documentary about the history of Catwoman from DC.

The Apollo

The Apollo

2019

as Self (archive footage)

6.5
Acting

The history of New York City's Apollo Theater in Harlem is given the full treatment.

Always at The Carlyle

Always at The Carlyle

2018

as Self (archive footage)

6.8
Acting

The iconic Carlyle hotel has been an international destination for a particular jet set as well as a favorite haunt of the most discernible New Yorker...

Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)

Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers)

2016

as Self / Catwoman (archive footage)

Acting

Do I Look Like a Lady? (Comedians and Singers) presents a dynamic checkerboard of moving image footage featuring African-American actors and singers f...

Året var 1960

Året var 1960

2010

as Self (archive footage)

Acting

A brand new decade begins. There is unrest in many places in Africa and Sweden is sending UN troops to the Congo. The Shah of Persia visits Stockholm ...

I Know a Woman Like That

I Know a Woman Like That

2009

as Self

7.0
Acting

Actress Virginia Madsen collaborates with her mother Elaine Madsen to produce this documentary, which profiles a collection of fascinating woman betw...

And Then Came Love

And Then Came Love

2007

as Mona

5.9
Acting

Successful New York journalist and single mom Julie Davidson's six-year old son Jake is acting up, so she finds his sperm-donor father Paul Cooper, wh...

Kronk's New Groove

Kronk's New Groove

2005

as Yzma (voice)

6.4
Acting

Kronk, now chef and Head Delivery Boy of Mudka's Meat Hut, is fretting over the upcoming visit of his father. Kronk's father always disapproved of you...

Preaching to the Choir

Preaching to the Choir

2005

as Sister Nettie

Acting

Estranged since the death of their parents years ago, twin brothers Teshawn and Wesley Tucker have taken radically different paths in life. Wes has be...

Tráiler para amantes de lo prohibido!

Tráiler para amantes de lo prohibido!

2005

Thanks

6.9

Abandoned by her husband, a woman takes to the streets in search of money to feed her children. (Promotional short for the film What Have I Done to De...

Once Upon a Halloween

Once Upon a Halloween

2005

as Yzma

6.2
Acting

On the night before Halloween, the Evil Queen from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs plans to conquer Halloween, and asks her cauldron to show you sever...

My Life as a Teenage Robot: Escape from Cluster Prime

My Life as a Teenage Robot: Escape from Cluster Prime

2005

as Vexus (voice)

7.1
Acting

A Nickelodeon television special. Jenny/XJ9 accidentally ruins everybody's day by causing massive collateral damage to the town. Shunned by everyone b...

James Dean: Sense Memories

James Dean: Sense Memories

2005

as Self

Acting

Documentary exploring the last 18 months of James Dean's acting career.

The Many Faces of Catwoman

The Many Faces of Catwoman

2005

as Narrator (voice)

8.0
Acting

History of the character Catwoman

Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures

Hollywood's Creepiest Creatures

2004

as Self

10.0
Acting

Elvira hosts this humorous look at movie monsters and facts about the real animals on which they're based. Included: clips from films; and interviews ...

The Legendary Nat King Cole

The Legendary Nat King Cole

2004

as Self

Acting

The life and career of one of America's leading cultural figures, told through video clips and rare photos.

The World of Nat King Cole

The World of Nat King Cole

2004

as Self

Acting

Combining rare original archive footage, home movies and authored by 40 intimate interviews with friends and celebrity fans this feature length film c...

Holes

Holes

2003

as Madame Zeroni

6.9
Acting

A wrongfully convicted boy is sent to a brutal desert detention camp where he must dig holes in order to build character. What he doesn't know is that...

The Sweatbox

The Sweatbox

2002

as Self

6.9
Acting

Trudie Styler, a documentarian, had been allowed to film the production of 'Kingdom of the Sun'/'The Emperor's New Groove' as part of the deal that or...

It's Black Entertainment

It's Black Entertainment

2002

as Self (archive footage)

8.0
Acting

A star-studded tribute (from the creators of That's Entertainment) to the contributions of Afro-Americans in film over the last century. Vanessa Willi...

The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family'

The Making and Meaning of 'We Are Family'

2002

as Self

10.0
Acting

Featuring inverviews from: Afrika Bambaataa, Ashford & Simpson, Jackson Browne, Kim Burell, Taylor Dayne, Carmen Electra, Faith Evans, Roberta Flack, ...

Santa, Baby!

Santa, Baby!

2001

as Emerald (voice)

3.8
Acting

Songwriter Noel is struggling to write a hit song, and so he takes his frustrations out on his family. His daughter Dakota is granted one wih for doin...

Feast of All Saints

Feast of All Saints

2001

as Lola Dede

4.7
Acting

Set in nineteenth-century New Orleans, the story depicts the gens de couleur libre, or the Free People of Colour, a dazzling yet damned class caught b...

The Emperor's New Groove

The Emperor's New Groove

2000

as Yzma (voice)

7.6
Acting

When self-centered Emperor Kuzco is turned into a llama by his scheming advisor, he is forced to rely on good-hearted peasant Pacha to get back home.

The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story

The Jungle Book: Mowgli's Story

1998

as Bagheera (voice)

5.8
Acting

Told from Mowgli's point of view, it's the story of how a boy became a mancub and a mancub became a man.

I Woke Up Early the Day I Died

I Woke Up Early the Day I Died

1998

as Cult Leader

5.1
Acting

A mental patient escapes from the looney bin in drag, robs a bank, and goes on the lam!

Ill Gotten Gains

Ill Gotten Gains

1997

as The Wood (voice)

2.0
Acting

WEST AFRICA 1869 - Slave trade is illegal. There is a revolt on a slave ship - twenty four men fight for their lives. Out-gunned, the revolt fails but...

Harriet the Spy

Harriet the Spy

1996

as Agatha K. Plummer

6.1
Acting

When the secret notebook of a young girl who fancies herself a spy is found by her friends, her speculations make her very unpopular! Can she win her ...

Unzipped

Unzipped

1995

as Self

5.5
Acting

Isaac Mizrahi, one of the most successful designers in high fashion, plans his fall 1994 collection.

James Dean and Me

James Dean and Me

1995

as Self (uncredited)

8.7
Acting

A documentary about James Dean. People who knew him or had worked with him reminisce.

RuPaul's Christmas Ball

RuPaul's Christmas Ball

1993

as Self

10.0
Acting

Variety special featuring guests from the downtown New York club scene to stellar artists including Nirvana and Elton John.

Fatal Instinct

Fatal Instinct

1993

as Trial Judge

5.4
Acting

Ned Ravine is a police officer and lawyer who occasionally defends the delinquents he arrests. He crosses paths with seductive Lola Cain during an ass...

Rhythm Divine - History of Disco Music

Rhythm Divine - History of Disco Music

1992

as Self (archive footage)

Acting

The evolution of disco music through interviews and clips - Acid House, House, Disco, Funk, Italo-Disco, Italodance. Interviewed – Baby Ford, Deee-Lit...

Boomerang

Boomerang

1992

as Lady Eloise

5.7
Acting

Marcus is a successful advertising executive who woos and beds women almost at will. After a company merger he finds that his new boss, the ravishing ...

Ernest Scared Stupid

Ernest Scared Stupid

1991

as Old Lady Hackmore

5.2
Acting

Well-intentioned, eternally bumbling Ernest P. Worrell accidentally releases an evil demon from its sacred tomb. As the demon flexes its power and goe...

Desperately Seeking Roger

Desperately Seeking Roger

1991

Acting

Julian Clary goes on a journey around New York to find Roger Whittaker.

Adventures in the Skin Trade

Adventures in the Skin Trade

1990

as Self

Acting

John Pitman meets a selection of women to ascertain their views on the wearing of coats made of fur.

Living Doll

Living Doll

1990

as Mrs. Swartz

5.1
Acting

Howard, a shy morgue worker, falls in love with a girl who ends up in the morgue, but he doesn't let that stop him. Howard has a secret - he is in lov...

Erik the Viking

Erik the Viking

1989

as Freya

5.9
Acting

Erik the Viking gathers warriors from his village and sets out on a dangerous journey to Valhalla, to ask the gods to end the Age of Ragnorok and allo...

The Unforgettable Nat King Cole

The Unforgettable Nat King Cole

1989

as Self

Acting

Enjoy the smooth voice and cool rhythms of legendary American recording artist Nat "King" Cole with this music set, which includes popular hits like "...

Master of Dragonard Hill

Master of Dragonard Hill

1987

as Naomi

3.7
Acting

In the 18th-century British Caribbean colony of St. Joseph's, decadent and hedonistic aristocrats rule with an iron fist and terrorize slaves and susp...

Dragonard

Dragonard

1987

as Naomi

3.8
Acting

In 1747, a handsome but rebellious Scotsman named Richard Abdee is auctioned off as a slave on a Caribbean island controlled by French and British sug...

The Pink Chiquitas

The Pink Chiquitas

1987

as Betty, the Meteor (voice)

3.8
Acting

A pink meteor controlled by aliens lands near a small town and turns the local women into nymphos. A deputy sheriff and a local private eye investigat...

The Serpent Warriors

The Serpent Warriors

1985

as Snake Priestess

3.0
Acting

A zoologist is called to a construction site that has been plagued by snakes. He finds out that the place once was the ancient headquarters of a snake...

A Night on the Town

A Night on the Town

1983

Acting

A 1980s photographer and advertising designer trying on clothes in a vintage clothing store find themselves transported to the 1930s.

All By Myself: The Eartha Kitt Story

All By Myself: The Eartha Kitt Story

1982

as Self

Acting

Documentary profile of singer-actress Eartha Kitt.

Tropic of Desire

Tropic of Desire

1979

as Lola

6.4
Acting

A male hustler drifts into Key West, where he becomes involved in a series of steamy interludes with disreputable locals intertwined in various politi...

To Kill a Cop

To Kill a Cop

1978

as Paula

Acting

Earl Eischied is a man with his hands full. As the Chief of Detectives in New York City he is trying to break up a group of black militants that are o...

Scott Joplin: King of Ragtime Composers

Scott Joplin: King of Ragtime Composers

1977

as Narrator

Acting

A short 1977 documentary about the originator of the ragtime rhythm.

Friday Foster

Friday Foster

1975

as Madame Rena

6.0
Acting

Friday Foster, a magazine photographer, goes to Los Angeles International airport to photograph the arrival of Blake Tarr, the richest black man in Am...

Lieutenant Schuster's Wife

Lieutenant Schuster's Wife

1972

as Lady

Acting

After a policeman is murdered in an ambush, rumors surface that he was on the take. His widow sets out to catch the killers and clear her husband's na...

Up the Chastity Belt

Up the Chastity Belt

1972

as Scheherazade

4.0
Acting

A funny thing happened to Lurkalot, serf to Sir Coward de Custard, on the way to Custard Castle. Lurkalot sells lusty love potions and rusty chastity ...

Synanon

Synanon

1965

as Betty Coleman

6.0
Acting

A dramatization of the goings on at a drug rehabilitation home. Filmed at the original Synanon House in Santa Monica, California.

Uncle Tom's Cabin

Uncle Tom's Cabin

1965

as Singer (uncredited)

5.7
Acting

In the pre-Civil War South, a sadistic plantation owner brutalizes his slaves to the point of rebellion. Always obedient, peaceful and honest old slav...

The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers

The New March of Dimes Presents: The Scene Stealers

1962

as Self

7.0
Acting

A TV movie with intertwining music numbers and sketches.

Heart of Darkness

Heart of Darkness

1958

as The Queen

Acting

A trading company manager travels up an African river to find a missing outpost head and discovers the depth of evil in humanity's soul.

Anna Lucasta

Anna Lucasta

1958

as Anna Lucasta

6.2
Acting

The estranged family of a reformed prostitute calls her back home to get her married to an affluent acquaintance out of greed.

St. Louis Blues

St. Louis Blues

1958

as Gogo Germaine

7.8
Acting

Will Handy grows up in Memphis with his preacher father and his Aunt Hagar. His father intends for him to use his musical gifts only in church, but he...

The Mark of the Hawk

The Mark of the Hawk

1957

as Renee

3.0
Acting

The man called Obam struggles with the increasingly hostile forces facing each other in a colonial African country. The African natives want their lan...

Mrs Patterson

Mrs Patterson

1956

as Theodora "Teddy" Hicks

Acting

It's 1920 in a small town in Kentucky, and Teddy, a teenage girl, dreams of escaping from her boredom at home to the excitement of Chicago.

New Faces

New Faces

1954

as Eartha Kitt

5.7
Acting

New Faces was a musical revue with songs and comedy skits tied together by a quirky plot. It ran on Broadway for nearly a year in 1952 and was then ma...

Paris Is Always Paris

Paris Is Always Paris

1951

as Cabaret Singer (uncredited)

5.1
Acting

A group of Italian soccer fans arrive in Paris for a match, but most of them go their separate ways to explore the sights, have a bit of an adventure,...

Casbah

Casbah

1948

as Katherine Dunham Group Dancer

5.8
Acting

Pepe Le Moko leads a gang of jewel thieves in the Casbah of Algiers, where he has exiled himself to escape imprisonment in his native France.