Eartha Kitt

The 1966 Batman Villains - Eartha Kitt (http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Hills/7537/cat2.htm). She lived her final years in seclusion and died in Kensington, London from cirrhosis of the liver. Kitt lent her distinctive voice to the role of Yzma in The Emperor's New Groove and is currently doing other voice over work such as the voice of Queen Vexus on My Life as a Teenage Robot. Her acceptance of this award marked her last public appearance. One of her more unusual roles was as Kaa the python in a 1994 BBC Radio adaptation of The Jungle Book. She continued to act until the late 1970s, and was created Dame of the British Empire in 1980. In the Batman television series of the 1960s, she played "Catwoman" in succession to Julie Newmar. Her greatest success was in the title role in The Wicked Lady (1945), a film which was controversial in its day and brought Lockwood considerable publicity.

Eartha Kitt made her film debut in 1958, and was once described by Orson Welles as "the most exciting girl in the world". In the early 1940s she changed her on-screen image to play villainesses in both contemporary and period films, becoming the most successful actress in British films during that period. Her hits include "Let's Do It," "An Old-Fashioned Millionaire" and "Santa Baby.". Her most successful film of the 1930s was Alfred Hitchcock's The Lady Vanishes. She was born illegitimate in South Carolina, but jokes about the fact that many audiences assume her to be from somewhere more exotic. In 1935 she appeared in the film version of Lorna Doone. Eartha Mae Kitt, born January 17, 1927, is an actress and singer. She made her stage debut at the age of 12, and trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, where she was seen by a talent scout and signed to a contract.

Born in Karachi, British India (now Pakistan), Lockwood's family returned to the United Kingdom while she was a child. Dame Margaret Mary Lockwood (September 15, 1916 - July 15, 1990) was a British actress.