KITT, EARTHA MAE

KITT, EARTHA MAE. Actress/Popular-music singer (26 January 1928 in North, South Carolina). Although best known as an actress, she was a singer in her early career. Her first professional experience was as a soloist with the Katherine Dunham Dance Troupe in 1948, with whom she toured in the United States and abroad. When the troupe returned home, she remained in Paris, France. Thereafter she toured widely as a nightclub singer in Europe, Turkey, Egypt, and the United States. She appeared...