Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Fans are coming to Kitt Shapiro’s defense after she reveals how she gets criticized for her looks when she says that her mother is ...

In a word, she was...purrrfect. Preternaturally alluring and charismatic, Eartha Kitt achieved worldwide fame at a time when most mixed-race performers couldn’t even get hired. Whether she was acting ...

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Eartha Kitt’s only daughter, Kitt Shapiro, has been dealing with trolls on and off the internet for most of her life. Since Shapiro is more fair-skinned than Kitt (her father is white) and has blonde ...

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Songstress Eartha Kitt enthralled audiences beginning in the 1940s up until just months before her death in 2008. She’s known for the sultry Christmas classic from 1953 “Santa Baby.” But Kitt was much ...

Eartha Kitt was Hollywood’s ultimate sex kitten, but her greatest role was that of mom. The legendary singer, actress and dancer, who purred her way into superstardom, passed away on Christmas Day in ...

Christmas music can be beyond ridiculous when it wants to be. For example, the writer of “Santa Baby” felt the song could embarrass Eartha Kitt. You might think that was because of the song’s ...

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. She was 81.

Eartha Kitt, the sultry triple threat who rose from South Carolina cotton fields to become an international symbol of elegance and sensuality, died of colon cancer Thursday in Connecticut. She was 81.