Kitty Carlisle Hart Passes Away at Age of 96

Kitty Carlisle Hart, the legend of theater, films, opera, TV game shows and cabaret has passed away at the age of 96. Elegant and with a regal grace, Hart was known for her easygoing charm and her immense talent which came together to win her the adoration of millions of fans and a long list of the who’s-who of the Golden Age of show business. Married to the playwright and director Moss Hart, Kitty Carlisle Hart had been suffering from pneumonia for some time, and although she seemed to be improving, she eventually succumbed to the disease.

Making her Broadway debut in the Johann Strauss operetta Champagne, Sec before embarking upon  a short-lived film career as an actress-singer in Hollywood, Hart’s mother had actually hoped to marry Hart off into European nobility and to that end Hart attended a private school in Switzerland. With her svelte figure and dark features the future-actress surely had offers - indeed, it is rumored that George Gershwin proposed to Hart before she met her future husband, Moss Hart - but she desired no such life and instead enjoyed a long, illustrious career of her own on stage and screen.

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