Eartha Kitt’s daughter says ‘Batman’ was a doting mother despite Hollywood fame: 'We adored each other'
Kitt Shapiro, Eartha Kitt's only child, wrote a memoir titled ‘Eartha & Kitt: A Daughter’s Love Story in Black & White.’I think as we get older, we become more comfortable in our skin. I’m going to be 60 this year. And I just felt like the timing was right. My mother had so many profound messages and lessons she taught me. She loved the art of conversation - really intense, intellectual conversation.
But it wasn’t until I grew older that I came to fully understand the impact she had on people. We moved to New York when I was a teenager. We would walk down a street and people would call out her name. But it was all I’ve ever known. Yeah, she was very strict. People are often surprised that my mother was very strict and very conservative. I was expected to have proper manners, good behavior, respect my elders and speak clearly. You always called someone Mr. or Mrs.
Recently, people have made presumptions… but it’s also how my mother went through life, fighting the stereotype, the need to put people in boxes… My mother would say to me,"You’re a walking United Nations. You either fill every quota or break every rule." I absolutely believe that I have this incredible makeup of all these different nationalities and ethnic backgrounds from both parents… My mother would say,"You really are a melting pot" and I’m proud of that.
Kitt Shapiro said her mother's tough upbringing compelled the star to be a nurturing parent to her child. Eartha Kitt poses for a photograph in the garden of her Beverly Hills home on December 14, 1982, in Beverly Hills, California.
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