
RIP Eartha Kitt
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I don’t know what’s going on this Christmas day, but the incredibly smart and witty performer who proved that sex kittens can have brains, courage, and sharp claws when needed, has passed on at age 81. Though a lot of us young geeks first knew Eartha Kitt as the Catwoman on the third season of the Adam West Batman television show — where the sudden dropping of the Bat on Cat flirtation that had flourished both with Julie Newmar on TV and Lee Meriweather in the sixties Bat-movie gave a lot of us an early education in media racial/sexual politics — she was first and foremost a live performer and an ...
Video clips: Eartha Kitt's finest moments on YouTube
Film | guardian.co.uk —
Eartha Kitt, legendary screen star and the voice behind the 1953 hit Santa Baby, died yesterday aged 81. Here are a selection of clips from some of her most memorable performances. It has been covered by Kylie Minogue, Madonna and the inimitable Miss Piggy. But the definitive version of Santa Baby belongs to Kitt, who made the song a hit with her ...




