American actor and director Orson Welles (1915 - 1985) on stage as Faustus, with Eartha Kitt (1927 - 2008) , as Helen of Troy , in 'Time Runs...', Welles' version of the Faust legend, at the Thà ...

“[She] was a mother first and foremost — that was her most important role,” Eartha’s daughter, Kitt Shapiro, 60, tells Closer. “It was truly a blessing to be able to live a life knowing ...

Eartha Kitt may not have had nine lives, but she came close. First, she was a dirt-poor girl from North, S.C. Then she became a nightclub sensation, a muse to Orson Welles, a slinky recording artis… ...

She slithers across the stage at the Cafe Carlyle, catlike, 72 years old, with the muscles of an adolescent boy — Eartha Kitt, whom Orson Welles called “the most exciting woman in the w… ...

After catching one of her shows, Orson Welles called her "the most exciting woman in the world," and asked her to co-star with him as Helen of Troy in his production of "Faust." Kitt recalled ...

Eartha Kitt CD and First Ever Concert DVD Coming Out Soon. Source: All About Jazz October 8, 2008 "The most exciting woman in the world" - Orson Welles on Eartha Kitt, 1950. It is with great pleasure ...

From croaker sack to Chinchilla, Orson Welles called Eartha Kitt 'the most exciting woman in the world'. But in 1968 she was blacklisted for 'making the 1st Lady cry.' 'I Want To Be Evil ...

Actress, Singer Eartha Kitt Dies at 81 The "most exciting woman in the world," according to Orson Welles, Catwoman of 1960's "Batman" TV series falls to colon cancer.

The show traveled to Germany as An Evening with Orson Welles, was soon being dubbed “an evening with Eartha Kitt.” Last year she even got a letter from Winston Churchill. She was singing at a ...

There are two quotes on the back cover of John L Williams's America's Mistress, the first comprehensive biography of the African-American dancer, singer and actress Eartha Kitt. The first, from Orson ...