The Scandalous, Iconic Life Of Eartha Kitt

[@Dalekzilla]

You forgot to mention she was a genius. She spoke multiple languages fluently and several others passably. Plus, she was the BEST catwoman.

[@LegionIvory]

If I recall correctly, she spoke 7 languages and sung in 9. The woman was amazing.

[@Dalekzilla]

@@LegionIvory As I said, she was an ACTUAL genius, and one of the most talented singers and actresses ever.

[@loveeveryone2768]

And sang the BEST version of "Santa Baby".

[@Dalekzilla]

@@loveeveryone2768 Oh, Amen to that!!!!!!! Santa Baby!

[@jackals1982]

And also she was very sexy.

[@shannonheadley4422]

You say scandalous without even mentioning her being blackballed from Hollywood?

[@supervegeta101]

Blacklisted for calling out the President and First Lady to their faces. Queen shit.

[@KealohaHarrison]

@@supervegeta101 In her own words she wasn’t blacklisted, she was whitelisted

[@MusicFreak61594]

Oo which president?

[@KealohaHarrison]

@@MusicFreak61594 TL;DR, LBJ and his wife Lady Bird Johnson invited Eartha to a White House function to “solve” the problem with underprivileged youth turning to delinquency or something like that when really it was just a façade for the wives of politicians to have a luncheon. She took that as an opportunity to speak out against the war in Vietnam which Johnson was escalating at the time. They didn’t like being called out to their faces, so they made it a point to disgrace her as much as they could and make it basically impossible for her to get work in the US. Then in 1974 it came out that the CIA had a dossier solely dedicated to investigating and disgracing her and a few years later President Jimmy Carter had their actions undone and IIRC he apologized to her personally for being essentially blacklisted (or as she put it herself “whitelisted”) from America.

[@jmaldo92]

​@@KealohaHarrisonwhat is whitelisted?

[@iamafish7]

Who would be surprised to find she was Yzma? She has top billing next to David Spade and John Goodman.

[@FIRSTNAMELASTNAME-zt4kf]

Um me. I didn't know that lol

[@finn_in_the_bin5263]

I was when I found out somewhat recently 😂 tbf I struggle to recognize voices and don't pay attention to credits, I learned John Goodman was pacha at the same time, which was like last week lmao

[@jaykeys6010]

@iamafish7 Nah. She tops them both. All three are great, no doubt. But Eartha, she is top tier.

[@iamafish7]

@@jaykeys6010 Top billing isn't my opinion. It's where she's credited in marketing and the actual credits. In my opinion, her and Patrick Warburton made The Emperor's New Groove worth a watch.

[@kimwhatmatters4085]

I knew it if it wasn’t her she should have sued cuz that’s her likeness lol

[@theartofchristophermalherbe]

In a world full of Kardashians be a Kitt! I adore and admire Eartha Kitt! She was and still is so influential.

[@hinduhillbilly]

She also spoke out for social causes and against the Vietnam war at great personal cost in 1968, directly to President Johnson and his First Lady. As a result and at their personal direction she was tracked and slandered by the CIA and lost all her contracts and roles. They wanted to make her invisible but they couldn't for long. She was the embodiment of the expression "They tried to bury us. They didn't know we were seeds."

[@dwannbrown280]

🎯🎯💯💯💯🖤🖤💎☺️

[@malvavisco10]

Don’t forget the saucy “I Want to Be Evil”

[@AshaDisco]

In the theater I want to change my seat, just so I can step on everybody's feet✨

[@arleneliberti2949]

MS. EARTHA WAS A TRIPLE THREAT . SHE COULD DANCE, ACT AND SING . REST IN HEAVENLY PARADISE MS. KITT WE LOVE YOU ALWAYS. 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊

[@outandaboutafterthestorm]

I would sensually walk to the thermostat.......and turn up the thermostat to a sensible seventy-four

[@ashleyredsheep]

LITERALLY JUJUBEE NAILED HER

[@stefanielucu7365]

I loved her! She was so cool. She was so talented as a singer and actor.

[@erica5218]

Oh baby you left out so much about her. Maybe it was a way to intrigue people into thinking about her. This woman was revolutionary.

[@suesmith9665]

I love her voice

[@RobT1006]

The dance company referenced that Ms. Kitt joined early in her career is the renowned Katherine Dunham Company, the 1st Black modern dance company, founded in Chicago in 1930. Besides Ms Kitt, Alvin Ailey was a prominent alumnus

[@faithcastillo9597]

This is my Catwoman. She was THE best!

[@joesteel7409]

My favourite cat woman, she’s amazing ❤

[@karenfrierson9550]

Beautiful lady..... R-I-P

[@jamesbarber4765]

One of the best there ever was. No one like her, before or since! Period! 🔥

[@bleachlowery295]

I’ve become so obsessed with her and her music lately ❤

[@jarodbruce7626]

She is one of the most gorgeous female I had a huge crush on her when I was young I love her boys she was the perfect Catwoman out of the old Adam West TV series Justin absolutely gorgeous woman

[@sky-pv7ff]

Zendaya is way better looking than eartha kitt.

[@AlcoLoco251]

I am never going to hear "Santa Baby" the same way again for the rest of my life.

[@eridonstewart9973]

I love her so much

[@MsHopefullyMarilyn]

I’d love a full length video about her life!

[@kuzonsembewe4654]

Better yet, read her autobiography "Alone With Me " Earth Kitt. Better than a movie. She had quiet the life❤

[@bonniesturdivant4187]

Extraordinary features-classic timeless beauty

[@The512Dude]

She was great in Ernest Scared Stupid 😂 love that woman

[@cmaden78]

Gorgeous woman ❤

[@TimothySeay-e1d]

Eartha Kitt was my favorite Catwoman.

[@shri22023]

Forever my queen.

[@s.mariehardesty6398]

I love eartha!!!!! Especially after voicing yzma!

[@worldtraveler930]

R.I.P. 🥰

[@rhonaldneitzel2410]

They called her “scandalous” 🤨 … 🤔🧐 more like ✨ iconic ✨ ✨ compassionate ✨ and ✨ revolutionary ✨ 🙌🏾🤩🤟🏾🥰🫶🏾😍🫰🏾

[@Peppa9296]

And she was the grandmother in the Disney movie Holes. Such an icon! ❤

[@kikio0529]

look up her singing the song "i wanna be evil" classic

[@noahbodymusic8897]

This icon was truly a women's woman. She lived life like most only dream of. If Beyonce ever met ms. Kit, she would be standing at attention like Ms. Kit was a 4 star general! One of a kind. Beeleedat!

[@BrenoSterphan]

I love Eartha Kitt ❤

[@edwintorres2305]

America also labled her a terr or ist and Ertha Kitt was forced to live in france because of all the death threats. America named Malcom X and Dr. Martin Luther King terr or ist as well. Basically Ertha Kitt was the 1st person to ever say Black Llived Matter, she was saying it to the president at that time because of the way Black people were being lynched after coming home from serving in the Vietnam War. I adore Ertha Kitt so proud shes my ancestor.

[@DJViviMIX]

Santa Baby❤❤❤ GUAAAARDS, TAKE THEM AWAY!!!

[@Thumper17]

She was an unfathomably gorgeous woman and the role she may be best known for is that of a woman described as "Horrifying beyond all reason."

[@maiorano84]

Everyone knew she was Yzma. Even the people who say they didn't know, they just didn't remember. *Everyone* knew.

[@mikeGREENE-fo5xd]

Let me make thos clear. Nobody ever saw these movies and wondered who did them. Eartha Kitt has a verrryyyyyyy distinct voice that nobody else even comes close to having. No shit she was in the emperors new groove. Did a gen z make this video!!

[@LaughableSynonyms]

Earth Kit was also a slave in her childhood. She was just amazing, going from slave to super star. Americans should be so proud of her. RIP.

[@dwannbrown280]

❤🖤🖤🖤💎 SHE WAS ALSO VOTED THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMAN IN THE WORLD; AT ONE TIME

[@felixalvinreyes9846]

RIP ERTHA KITT

[@paulecallot4571]

Une grande dame ❤

[@fredericovega5087]

I'm still waiting for her movie

[@mocha_lattecoffe7]

I love her

[@karupe9982]

Actually i only KNEW her from Yzma first bc thats the first thing i saw of her as a Child and she was in the behind the scenes

[@no1tinla]

❤❤❤❤❤ love her ❤❤❤

[@Kyra-qn3nh]

What? WHAT A QUEEN

[@davidcaldwell3219]

She's also born in South Carolina

[@Swerv0.]

Fun fact: Eartha was close friends with James dean.

[@bicuriousdirtbikeboi2594]

Earths also was blacklisted from Hollywood for years because she was “Rude” to Lady Bird Johnson on live TV. When really all that happened was she attendant a luncheon with other women at the White House that was supposed to be about stopping “Juvenile delinquency,” and when it was apparent she was the only one there to have an actual conversation, she asked a very important question about how why Black and Hispanic youth seem to be disproportionately affected by by the Vietnam War than white youth. Also she was great friends with Jimmy Dean. She’s also performed on Broadway, so she’s had quite the exciting life.

[@lynnmason1625]

She had the sexiest voice.❤

[@J.P.Robles]

I’m pretty sure everyone knows that she is the voice of Yzma in fact that is what people know her for

[@cartomancycarmen]

Iconic

[@jamesyoung4508]

TRUE TRUE LEGEND FACT 😊

[@angelicab8473]

Lady, i dont think ANYONE would be surprised to know she played Yzma.... Literally no one has her voice and its distinguishable from thousands of over voices lolol

[@pippolino1964]

I don't wanna be alone where Is My baby❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@chasemorrisette4140]

Everyone fking knows she was a voice in Emperer's New Groove.

[@liquidzombieboy8175]

Man she killed me of laughter I am going to miss her her death is this so saf

[@liquidzombieboy8175]

Sad I mean not saf

[@shatings5605]

Fav

[@ReneeBraxton]

Best Cat Woman Ever!😊

[@Gmoviesmoothie]

"Santa baby..." Next "GUUUUUUAAARD!" 😂😂😂 the contrast and the diversity 😂😂😂😂

[@pinedragon5398]

I COMPLETELY forgot that early live action adaptations had her be black no wonder they’re changing her race now. See it confused me before bc it seemed out of nowhere that they were de-gentrifying her or whatever but now it makes sense. There’s actual historical lore precedence for swapping her race and that is incredibly exciting. It’s so extremely rare for an actual lore reason to race swap a character nowadays it’s usually just people trying to get brownie points, but the bat-family is batting 1000 on actual justifications. Damian is actually half Egyptian and quite honestly as an Arab myself I say he needs a slightly bigger nose. Just a little bit more triangle-ee. Thats right. Not triangular. Triangle-ee. Dick Grayson is straight up 100% Romani. which is why fan artists and official media alike (for example Harley Quinn) keep deepening their skin tones to better signify those heritages.

[@Nibelhiem86]

No. I pretty much know her as Yzma.

[@nostalgicfragments]

She was also close friends with James Dean.

[@shameekisreal5185]

💎💎💎💎

[@AshleyWarren-iz4uq]

Tisha Campbell should play her !

[@dreamsister6339]

❤❤❤

[@AshaDisco]

LOVE HeR💕✨🌺🫶😊💎🪷

[@ianmiller2349]

So you told us FOUR things.

[@jeanevekoppeschaar8390]

Why dose the character yesma look like her or is it just me? 😅🎉

[@AngelaInTheCity]

♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

[@nodatastored684]

Post Grace Jones and Josephine Premice

[@sft8693]

She was and is still Russian. An op. ❤

[@bobstevens457]

Eartha was against America in Vietnam. Ho Chi Minh in fact was a brutal mass-murderer of landlords. Ken Burns himself showed this of Ho.

[@AndrewFullerton]

If you're trying to make Ho Chi Minh sound unappealing you're doing a bad job. I've seen more people have their lives ruined/ended by landlords than the other way around, IMO it's just self defence to fight back. Like swatting a mosquito -- only difference is mosquitos need to feed to survive, landlords *choose* to be parasites.

[@Shifftee]

She and Ho Chi Minh were based af then

[@ChiliKatsuRamen]

Nope a lot of ppl know she voiced Yzma

[@cliffcorson4000]

The only one "surprised" that she was the VA of Ysma is you

[@danacastellano5838]

That she sold hewr SOUL!!

[@julieviola6787]

She was ok but I was never that crazy over her, especially when she was on Batman in the 60's and 70's. My favorite catwoman was Julie Newmart!

[@chrismack2677]

I'm still waiting for you to say what the "SCANDAL" was!!!!!! "EXTRA EXTRA READ ALL ABOUT IT!... WOMAN SHOWS ANKLE!!!" 😤

[@MichaelKurse]

Bring the Boys Back Home, President Johnson.

[@parkeaudio1338]

She lives in Paris?! How scandalous

[@Pope6006]

Parish has no racist views as America has every day life literally!!!🍾💙💙💙🍾💙💙💙💙🍾🍾🍾💙💙💙🍾

[@dariusgonzalez4006]

Um.. she didn’t just decide to goto paris she was pushed out of Hollywood.

[@jazzyjaz9108]

If she was cast as Helen of Troy today people would be burning theaters screaming wokism is being shoved in our faces 😑

[@AlaraKucuktepe]

Marylin wants to be her so bad

[@ivanfromhell2560]

What was scandalous?

[@heavenly2k]

Tf is scandalous about this? Her life is interesting enough, you don't have to exaggerate

[@geraldine5340]

Lzdy bird johnson was jealous of her. And she blocked Eartha from performing in US. LBJ had a thing for tan ladies.

[@way2tehdawn]

Wait what’s the scandal she just worked in entertainment 🤣 I mean it sounds like she didn’t even do coke (which by comparison is not that scandalous).

[@Jesshoo-x8f]

Wnaaw

[@tristanjones7682]

Well I mean if the guy had a car he could have went to get something to eat and maybe get the girlfriend something too rather than be a immature idiot who rely on others to feed him!

[@kerrajohnson3203]

Throwing black people a bone on Juneteenth .. classic.

[@rominavillafranca7282]

Don't care thank you. Don't know who she is.

[@YumegakaMurakumo]

I love her so much. 💜 How could this short glance over the fact she called out LBJ at Ladybird's luncheon and was blacklisted from Hollywood (hence that us why she stayed in Paris). Her CIA dossier classified her with the title similar to "a sex obsessed nymphomaniac."

[@thomaslong7847]

Also in Ernest scared stupid

[@peter_pansexual6243]

That's her singing 'Santa Baby'?

[@edwintorres2305]

She was also in That Ernest movie..

[@melissarose0126]

She was also best friends with James Dean.

[@Mzuchiha]

❤❤❤❤