Eartha Kitt

South Carolina · born or raised1927–2008

American singer and actress (1927–2008)

Born in North

Quotations with a citation

The moment you learn how to walk, you start working.

I always thought of myself as a sepia Cinderella, and look I'm still looking for my prince. But the prince turned out to be me, because I had to work for everything I have gotten.

So I realize everything that I want in life I have to pay for myself, and I really love that because then nobody owns me, but me - and my public, of course.

That's Eartha Mae becoming Eartha Kitt, still trying out her wings.

[M]y first scene in life was us walking down a road trying to find some place to stay, because every time she knocked on a door to ask if she could stay there. I would always hear a great big voice that said no, I don't want that yellow girl in my house when they saw what color I am. So I was always hiding behind her, until we were finally accepted in a little cottage in the middle of a cotton field somewhere.