October 22, 2013 /

Rise and shine with Eartha Kitt

coat-eartha-kittShe started her career at 16 when she auditioned for, and joined, Katherine Dunham’s dance troupe. This babies — is poise. Hope you have a perfectly wonderful day.

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14 Comments

  1. haefennasiel
    October 22, 2013

    She’s purrrrrfect! I remembered the first time I saw her on TV, when she played Catwoman. =)

    • Vickie Lester
      October 24, 2013

      Now, I don’t remember the TV series, but is that “purrrrfect” a signature line of hers?

      • haefennasiel
        October 27, 2013

        Yes, it was her signature line! =)
        Btw, this was the campy-but-fun TV series that starred Adam West and Burt Ward. I believe Tallulah Bankhead was also cast there as the Black Widow.

  2. Luanne
    October 22, 2013

    Wow. Kind of depressing to think of how ragged we are today.

    • Vickie Lester
      October 24, 2013

      I was trying to think of the chicest city in the US and it still has to be Manhattan. But, I’m afraid jeans and T-shirt have gone global.

      • Luanne
        October 24, 2013

        They have . . . .

  3. le0pard13
    October 22, 2013

    The legend that was Eartha Kitt had a style that was somethin’! I still miss her.

    • Vickie Lester
      October 24, 2013

      But, I bet you’ve got her albums… ALBUMS? Guess how old I am 😉 .

      • le0pard13
        October 24, 2013

        Yes, a couple of her LPs. My vinyl collection has been on the upswing of late ;-).

  4. ksbeth
    October 22, 2013

    wow, is it ever

    • Vickie Lester
      October 24, 2013

      I keep looking at that picture… and that definitely is a live animal. Poise and bravery.

  5. theperfumeddandy
    October 22, 2013

    Dearest V
    Here Kitty Kitty
    Yours ever
    The Perfumed Dandy

    • Vickie Lester
      October 24, 2013

      There’s some story of Gloria Swanson working with a leopard (or lion) on a silent film with Cecil B. DeMille… I’ll have to get my facts straight, but I think it was shot before it could take a swipe at her…

  6. Edward
    October 27, 2013

    She never did things by halves.

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