Eartha Kitt, who purred and pounced her way across Broadway stages, recording studios and movie and television screens in a career that lasted more than 60 years, died Thursday. She was 81 and lived ...

Eartha Kitt was the personification of the word "fierce," with a six-decades-long career worthy of being lusted over. Or, rather, purred over. Throughout the ensuing decades, which would include her ...

“They call me a sex kitten. Well, I can purr pretty good, when I want to.” A laugh erupted from somewhere in the depths of Kitt’s arched throat and her eyes burned with that molten lava look that ...

She’s 81 years old, dressed in a curve-hugging black velvet dress with a slit all the way from waist to foot, exposing the dress’ red satin interior and the entire length of her shapely leg, which she ...

The thing you wait for, when you hear the perfectly modulated voice of Eartha Kitt over the phone, is the growl. For those unaware of her long, multifaceted career, most recently revived on the ...

But the seductive singer and actress died aged 81 as she had lived – fighting. “She screamed, then suddenly silence. She was gone.” The star’s death from cancer on Christmas Day, 2008 – during the ...

NEW YORK — Eartha Kitt, a sultry singer, dancer and actress who rose from South Carolina cotton fields to become an international symbol of elegance and sensuality, has died, a family spokesman said.

Though it’ll be a while before we can get our paws on a feature-length Eartha Kitt biopic, Drunk History is bringing the inimitable multi-hyphenate to the small screen tonight. The season-six episode, ...

The first Black actress to play Batwoman cites the first Black Catwoman as a great inspiration. "But I admire Eartha Kitt even outside of acting," Leslie added. "I love her for her activism and the ...