With her sultry drawl and feline charisma, the singer and actor oozed sophistication. But Eartha Kitt, who was born on 17 January 1927, had the toughest of childhoods. In History looks at how she ...

Eartha Kitt is best remembered for her recording of hit Christmas track Santa Baby, with the American singer having sadly passed away in 2008. The star - also known for her recording of hit track ...

“Overall, I’ve had a very good life, a life of cotton and caviar,” Eartha Kitt wrote in 1976. “And the cotton years have made the caviar years far more savory than they would have been had ...