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name: "Eartha Kitt"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "17 January 1927"
died: "25 December 2008"
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updated: "2026-09-17T06:29:28.650913+00:00"
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# Eartha Kitt

Actor. Born 17 January 1927 in North, South Carolina, USA. Died 25 December 2008.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 17 January 1927, North, South Carolina, USA
- **Died:** 25 December 2008
- **Also known as:** Miss Kitt, ارتا کیت
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q222818, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0457755/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/70243

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Emperor's New Groove*](https://film.one/film/the-emperors-new-groove.md) (80)

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## Biography

Eartha Kitt was an American singer and actress. She began her career in the 1940s as a dancer with the Katherine Dunham troupe before establishing herself as a nightclub performer in Paris. Orson Welles cast her in his stage production of *Faust* in 1950.

Kitt achieved success with recordings including the 1953 hit "Santa Baby". She appeared in films such as *Anna Lucasta* (1959) and played Catwoman in the third season of the television series *Batman* (1966). Later roles included Madame Zeroni in *Holes* (2003). She voiced Yzma in the animated film *The Emperor's New Groove* (2000) and the related television series *The Emperor's New School* (2006–2008).

Kitt was born on 17 January 1927 in North, South Carolina, and died on 25 December 2008 in Weston, Connecticut.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, biography.com, britannica.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Emperor's New Groove* (2000), Fi1m 80, as Yzma (voice) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-emperors-new-groove.md)

## Also known for

- *American Dad!* (2005), Fortune Teller (voice)
- *Holes* (2003), Madame Zeroni
- *Kronk's New Groove* (2005), Yzma (voice)
- *The Nanny* (1993), Eartha Kitt
- *Boomerang* (1992), Lady Eloise
- *Batman* (1966), The Catwoman
- *The Wild Thornberrys* (1998), Lioness #1 (voice)
- *Erik the Viking* (1989), Freya

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