Where is eartha kitt buried

Shapiro said in an interview with the Observer : "My mother was 71 at the time and it was approaching the 21st century, and yet they were still protecting the name of the father even though he was clearly dead. They were protecting the white man because they would not have gone to that trouble to protect a black man. The courts still held it as legal to withhold the documentation. We were amazed. My mother assumed it was their dirty little secret. Once called the "most exciting woman in the world" by Orson Welles, Kitt became a singer and dancer whose suggestive and sensuous performances captured the public imagination in the s.

Her former lover Charles Revson, the billionaire founder of Revlon cosmetics, even created a lipstick for her, calling it Fire and Ice.

In the s she made the role of Catwoman her own when she became the first black woman to achieve mainstream TV success in America with Batman , even breaking racial taboos by flirting on screen with Adam West in the lead role. Much of Kitt's background remained shrouded in mystery, with the performer convinced that her date of birth was 26 January Born in the tiny hamlet of St Matthew's, South Carolina , Kitt's mother, Annie Mae Keitt, abandoned her daughter at an early age when she found a new man with little time for the light-skinned Eartha.

Shapiro, who now lives in Connecticut, said: "In , to be a light- skinned black person in the South was just as horrible as being a black person in the white South. My mother was not accepted by the black community. My mother was referred to as a 'yellow gal', which was not a compliment.

It meant someone who thought they were better than everyone else even though my mother was just a child at the time. She was horribly abused in the South. She was beaten, mistreated, emotionally and physically.

Eartha Kitt was taken in by a relative called Aunt Rosa, but far from finding sanctuary fell victim to her abusive relative and from a young age was obliged to earn her keep by picking cotton.

But the horror did not end there because she witnessed the death of her mother when she was around seven years old. Shapiro, 51, said: "She was convinced her mother was poisoned.

My mother remembered being brought to her mother who was dying and a baby was passed over her mother's body. According to Bat-Mania, sexual attentions between Catwoman and Batman were no more when Eartha took on the role, because Eartha was an African-American and Adam West was not — was not suitable for the s.

Instead the idea was to create a love interest between Batman and Batgirl. Previously, Kitt got her big break when Orson Welles cast her as a lead role in Dr. She was played by Julie Newmar and starred in 12 episodes for the first two seasons. Over time the character became defined by the unrequited romance between them and she took on a less villainous role.

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Ben Davis February 5, If I have a partner and something happens to me, I want that partner to enjoy the benefits of what we have reaped together. Kitt died from colon cancer on Christmas Day , at her home in Weston, Connecticut. Her daughter, Kitt Shapiro, discussed her last days with her mother:. She left this world literally screaming at the top of her lungs. I was with her constantly, she lived not even 3 miles from my house, we were together practically everyday.

She was home for the last few weeks when the doctor told us there was nothing they could do anymore. Up until the last two days, she was still moving around.

The doctor told us she will leave very quickly and her body will just start to shutdown.