Kitty Carlisle
Kitty Carlisle (actually Catherine Conn ; born September 3, 1910 in New Orleans , Louisiana , † April 17, 2007 in New York City ) was an American singer , stage and film actress .
Life
Kitty Carlisle was born as Catherine Conn as the daughter of German-born Jews in New Orleans. Her father, Joseph Conn, was a doctor and her mother, Hortense Holtzman, gave private singing lessons. Her grandfather was the first Jewish mayor of Shreveport . From 1921 Carlisle went to the Château Mont-Choisi boarding school in Lausanne , then to the Sorbonne in Paris and then to the London School of Economics and Political Science in London . After studying at the renowned Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, she returned to the United States in 1932 .
In New York she played several operettas and musical comedies on Broadway , under her stage name Kitty Vere de Vere . One of the highlights of Kitty Carlisle's career in 1935 was a leading role in the Marx Brothers film " A Night At The Opera ". She began her film career a year earlier with Murder at the Vanities (1934). She later starred alongside Bing Crosby in She Loves Me Not (1934) and Here Is My Heart (1934). In 1944 she made an appearance in the musical film Hollywood Canteen . After numerous opera and Broadway appearances over three decades, she was again in front of the film camera in Woody Allen's Radio Days in 1987 . Together with Will Smith and Donald Sutherland she played in 1993 in the drama Life - A Six Pack .
Carlisle served as chair of the New York State Arts Committee for the performing arts for more than 20 years before she died of complications from pneumonia in New York.
family
On August 10, 1946, Kitty Carlisle married the screenwriter Moss Hart (1904–1961) in New York after she had previously rejected marriage proposals from the composer George Gershwin and the author Norman Krasna . Their marriage resulted in two children. Her husband died of a heart attack in Palm Springs on December 20, 1961 and was buried in Hartsdale , New York.
Awards
In 1991, Kitty Carlisle was honored with the National Medal of Arts at the White House in Washington for her achievements in the field of cultural activities . The award was presented personally by President George HW Bush in the Oval Office . In 1997 she was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .
Kitty Carlisle received a star on the Walk of Fame .
literature
- Kitty Carlisle: Kitty. To Autobiography . Doubleday, New York 1988, ISBN 0-385-24425-8 .
Web links
- Kitty Carlisle in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Kitty Carlisle in the Internet Broadway Database (English)
- Kitty Carlisle in the German synchronous file
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Carlisle, Kitty |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hart-Carlisle, Kitty; Conn, Catherine (real name); Vere de Vere, Kitty |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American singer, stage and film actress |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 3, 1910 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New Orleans , Louisiana , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 17, 2007 |
| Place of death | New York City , New York , United States |