Eartha Kitt

The 1966 Batman Villains - Eartha Kitt (http://www.geocities.com/Hollywood/Hills/7537/cat2.htm). Today she is politically active as the spokeswoman for the Asian American Voters Coalition. 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. Upon returning to the USA in 1979, she has had guest appearances and co-starring roles on numerous TV Productions. One of her more unusual roles was as Kaa the python in a 1994 BBC Radio adaptation of The Jungle Book. She spent the 1960s commuting between America and Europe for film roles, only to return to her native Hong Kong in 1972 to be with her critically ill father. In the Batman television series of the 1960s, she played "Catwoman" in succession to Julie Newmar. She followed it up the next year with the hit musical The Flower Drum Song (1961) and became one of Hollywood's most visible Asian actresses.

Eartha Kitt made her film debut in 1958, and was once described by Orson Welles as "the most exciting girl in the world". Then, at the age of 18, she received the starring role of a free-spirited Hong Kong prostitute who captivates artist Robert Lomax (William Holden) in the film adaptation of The World of Suzie Wong (1960). Her hits include "Let's Do It," "An Old-Fashioned Millionaire" and "Santa Baby.". She was studying dancing at the Royal Ballet School in England when producer Ray Stark spotted her. She was born illegitimate in South Carolina, but jokes about the fact that many audiences assume her to be from somewhere more exotic. Nancy Kwan (關家蒨, pinyin: Guān Jiāqiàn, Cantonese (linguistics): Kwan Ka Shen, born May 19, 1939) was born in Hong Kong to a Chinese father and British/Scottish mother. Eartha Mae Kitt, born January 17, 1927, is an actress and singer. A Celebration of Life, Memories of My Son..

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