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Eartha Kitt: Career
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Eartha Kitt once again seduces audiences with an evening of standards and songs associated with her international career, including "C'est Si Bon," "Monotonous," and "La Vie En Rose," among others. She is accompanied by a quartet led by her longtime musical director Daryl Waters.
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Kitt starred in the Broadway play, “Mrs. Patterson” in 1955, for which she received her first Tony nomination. Kitt began to make appearances on television variety programs and wrote the first of her three autobiographies, “Thursday’s Child,” in 1956. In 1958, Kitt made her feature film debut opposite Sidney Poitier in “The Mark of the Hawk.” Her film career in Hollywood took off with roles in “St. Louis Blues,” in 1958 and “Anna Lucasta,” in 1959.
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Attention from gossip magazines may have helped Kitt's career by raising her profile, but her romantic life was not happy. In addition to Davis she dated Charles Revson, the founder of the Revlon cosmetics line, and Arthur Loew Jr., a member of the family that owned the Loews chain of movie theaters. The latter romance was perhaps the closest Kitt came to a mutually rewarding relationship, but any talk of marriage was scotched by Loew's family, which disapproved of the interracial pair. Finally, in 1960, Kitt married Bill McDonald. The couple had a daughter, Kitt, but soon divorced amid Kitt's allegations that her husband, who installed himself as her accountant, had handled her financial affairs dishonestly.
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On a personal level, Kitt was married briefly, from 1960 to 1965. The marriage was not a success, but did produce a daughter, Kitt McDonald, born in 1961, who now manages the actress/singer's career.
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