Kitty Carlisle

Kitty Carlisle

American actress and singer (1910–2007)
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Catherine Conn (September 3, 1910 – April 17, 2007), better known professionally as Kitty Carlisle and also billed as Kitty Carlisle Hart, was an American stage and screen actress, singer and spokeswoman for the arts. She is best remembered as a regular panelist on the television game show To Tell the Truth. She served 20 years on the New York State Council on the Arts. In 1991, she received the National Medal of Arts from President George H. W. Bush. She was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1999.

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Kitty Carlisle was born on Saturday, 3 September 1910 in New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Her full name at birth was Catherine Conn. She was best known as an actress. Carlisle's country of citizenship (nationality) was American. She died on Tuesday, 17 April 2007 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA at the age of 96. She is buried at Ferncliff Cemetery, Hartsdale, New York. For university, she studied at Sorbonne. Her religion is listed as Jewish. She had dark brown eyes and black hair (color). Her zodiac star sign was Virgo.

You can find people similar to Kitty Carlisle by visiting our lists 20th-century women opera singers and 20th-century American opera singers.

Full name at birth
Catherine Conn
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Claim to fame
A Night at the Opera
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Date of birth
3 September 1910
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New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
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Date of death
17 April 2007
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96 (age at death)
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Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
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Cause of death
Heart Failure
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Ferncliff Cemetery, Hartsdale, New York
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Actress, Singer, TV Personality
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  • Sorbonne
  • London School of Economics
  • Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, London
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I get on the floor, and I can do things a woman a fifth my age can't do.
  • Was the only panelist to appear on every version of "To Tell the Truth" from 1956-2002.
  • Got her start at the Bucks County Playhouse in New Hope, Pennsylvania. The playhouse, once a grist mill (dating from the 1700s) was instrumental in turning the town into an arts center, way back when.
  • Daughter Catherine (born June 1950).
  • Son Christopher Hart (III)` (born January 14, 1948).
  • She was awarded the American National Medal of the Arts in 1991 by the National Endowment of the Arts in Washington D.C.

Kitty Carlisle is known for her role in the TV series To Tell the Truth (1956) as Self - Panelist / Self / Self - Guest celebrity.

She is also known for her role in the documentary Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age (2021) as Self.

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