Eartha Kitt - Tumblr Posts

I rather like this one...

Besides, it is Eartha Kitt, and I have been informed by my coworkers that she is 'foxy'. If that is what you like... I do think she has an excellent singing voice for this kind of song.

Eartha Kitt by Gordon Parks, New York 1952

Nat King Cole, Eartha Kitt, and Cab Calloway (1958)

Eartha Kitt, c. 1973.

*“Where is my man?” plays in the background*

I drew this way before looking up Eartha’s songs so similarities are coincidental haha. Catwoman just has a rich, elegant, fancy vibe and I put that statue there because I associate it with all the aforementioned traits

Eartha Kitt by Gordon Parks (1952)

Eartha Kitt drinks honey straight from the bottle in order to soothe her throat prior to a nightclub performance. Photo by Isaac Sutton, 1959.

Eartha Kitt as Catwoman in Batman (1966-1968) 

Eartha Kitt by Gordon Parks (1952)

In 1968, during the administration of US President Lyndon B. Johnson, Eartha Kitt encountered a substantial professional setback after she made anti-war statements during a White House luncheon. Kitt was invited to the White House luncheon and was asked by Lady Bird Johnson about the Vietnam War. She replied: “You send the best of this country off to be shot and maimed. No wonder the kids rebel and take pot.”

During a question and answer session, Kitt stated:

The children of America are not rebelling for no reason. They are not hippies for no reason at all. We don’t have what we have on Sunset Blvd. for no reason. They are rebelling against something. There are so many things burning the people of this country, particularly mothers. They feel they are going to raise sons — and I know what it’s like, and you have children of your own, Mrs. Johnson — we raise children and send them to war.

Her remarks reportedly caused Mrs. Johnson to burst into tears and led to a derailment in Kitt’s career

“The river is constantly turning and bending and you never know where it’s going to go and where you’ll wind up. Following the bend in the river and staying on your own path means that you are on the right track. Don’t let anyone deter you from that.” Happy 90th Birthday Eartha Mae Kitt (January 17, 1927 - December 25, 2008)

Eartha Kitt

If a man came into your life, wouldn’t you want to compromise? [Laughter] Stupid. A man comes into my life and I have to compromise? You must think about that one again.

Eartha Kitt in her dressing room with her cat Jinx - 1953

Nat King Cole and Eartha Kitt, St. Louis Blues [1958]

EARTHA KITT in ANNA LUCASTA (1958)      — dir. Arnold Laven

Chuck Stewart / / Eartha Kitt / / 1955

Eartha Kitt photographed by Philippe Halsman, 1954.

Eartha Kitt during her performance at the Persian Room, Plaza Hotel, New York, 1961.