In essence, I'm a sophisticated cotton picker.

In her later years Kitt made annual appearances in the New York Manhattan cabaret scene at venues such as the Ballroom and the Café Carlyle. They feel they are going to raise sons — and I know what it’s like and you have children of your own Mrs. It's a civil-rights thing isn't it?" Kitt famously appeared at many LGBT fundraisers including a mega event in Baltimore Maryland with George Burns and Jimmy James.

" She took over the role of Catwoman for the third and final season of the 1960s Batman television series replacing Julie Newmar who was unavailable due to other commitments. " Orson Welles once called her the "most exciting woman in the world. She also voiced Yzma on Disney's The Emperor's New Groove and its television spinoff The Emperor's New School earning five Emmy Awards in the process the last shortly before her death.