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Kitty Carlisle - Biography, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Filmography
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September 3, 1910 - April 17, 2007 - American actress and singer who was a member of the New York State Council of the Arts for twenty years.
She was born in New Orleans to a family of Jewish immigrants from Germany. Her father, Dr. Joseph Conn, was a gynecologist and died when Catherine was 10 years old. The mother of the future actress, Hortense Holtzman Cohn, was the daughter of the mayor of the town of Shreveport.
She received her primary education in New Orleans, and in 1921 her mother sent her to study in Europe, where she hoped that her daughter, in addition, would find a husband from the local aristocracy. Catherine never got married there, but she received an excellent education. She studied first in Switzerland at Chateau-Mont-Chausy, near Lausanne, then at the Sorbonne and the London School of Economics. While studying in London, Katherine also studied acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts.
After returning to New York in 1932, she made her Broadway debut under the pseudonym Kitty Carlisle in several operettas and musical comedies. A couple of years later, she made her film debut in the film "Vanity Murder" (1934). This was followed by roles in the films "She Doesn't Love Me" (1934) and "Here is My Heart" (1934) with Bing Crosby in the lead roles, as well as an appearance in the musical comedy "Night at the Opera" with the participation of the Marx Brothers.
In August 1946, Carlisle married theater producer Moss Hart, with whom she gave birth to two children. Their marriage lasted until Hart's death of a heart attack in 1961. After that, she was never married again, although in 1971 she met with the former Governor of New York Thomas E. Dewey and the affair was nearing engagement, but he suddenly died of myocardial infarction in March of the same year.
Kitty's popularity was also enhanced by her participation in the television game Tell the Truth, where she was one of the presenters from 1957 to 1978. Later, she returned several times to the show: in 1980, 1990, 1991 and 2000.
On December 31, 1966, Kitty Carlisle made her Metropolitan Opera debut in Johann Strauss's operetta The Bat. She appeared in this production 10 times that season, after which she returned for several more appearances in 1973.
Carlisle appeared on the big screen three more times: in 1987 in Wood Allen's film Days of the Radio, in 1993 in Six Degrees of Alienation, and most recently in 2002 in Steven Spielberg's drama Catch Me If You Can, where she played herself.
Kitty Carlisle is also known for her social activities. She frequently visited various state and community councils, and from 1976 to 1996 she was a member of the New York State Council of the Arts.
The last time she appeared in public was in November 2006, after which the pneumonia that began in the actress greatly weakened her health and she spent her last months at home. Kitty Carlisle passed away on April 17, 2007 from heart failure at her home in New York at the age of 97.
