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Ms. Eartha Kitt was born on January 17, 1927 on a cotton plantation in the tiny town of North, South Carolina. Her mother (black cotton picker) was of Cherokee and African-American descent, and her father (whom she never knew) was a poor cotton farmer of German and Dutch descent. She was originally raised by a black woman called Anna Mae Riley, but at the age of nine sent to live in Brooklyn with Riley's sister Mamie Kitt. Mostly know for her roles as catwoman in the 1960s TV series Batman, the song "C'est Si Bon" and for her 1953 Christmas song "Santa Baby", Ms. Kitt's career spanned over 6 decades, and she was recognized as one of the most versatile performers in the world. She won two Emmy Awards and received several Tony and Grammy nominations during the course of her career.