EARTHA KITT
At the beginning of her show business career, young Eartha Mae Keitt modified her surname to "Kitt." No four letters could have possibly been more appropriate; the public wasn't yet aware, but Eartha knew its catlike connotation cleverly represented her as a feline femme fatale, an image she relished with purrs and sex-kittenish growls she would use throughout a very long career. As she rose through the ranks, from dancer, to stage performer, to a popular singer with an intentionally international musical repertoire, to an actress inclined towards both comedic and serious turns, achieving as she went no less than two (if not more) career peaks that have confirmed her permanent place as a pop culture icon, Eartha Kitt was always delectably listenable and ... MORE ››
