Eartha Kitt
17-Jan-1927
United States
Activist
Born in 1927 in South Carolina, Eartha Kitt became famous in Paris as a nightclub singer, and then returned to the U.S. To appear in films and on Broadway. His 1953 recording of "Santa Baby" is still popular today. In the 1960s, Kitt played a recurring role as Catkazi on the Batman TV show, but her career slowed down after criticizing the Vietnam War during lunch with Lady bird Johnson.