by John L. Williams · Quercus NA · tapa dura · ISBN 9781623658236
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«America's Mistress: The Life and Times of Miss Eartha Kitt» is the biography of Eartha Kitt written by John L. Williams, published by Quercus in hardback.
The biography follows Eartha Kitt from her childhood on a cotton plantation in South Carolina to her international fame as a singer, dancer and actress. It delves into the mysteries of her origins, her leap onto the scene in Harlem and her activism against racial oppression, including her famous confrontation with Lady Bird Johnson in 1968.
English-language work of 336 pages published on 7 October 2014; its themes include historical biography and civil rights.
For readers interested in biographies of artists, entertainment history and civil rights in the United States.
Hugh Ernest Leo Williams, known professionally as John Williams, was an English stage, film and television actor. He is remembered for his role as Chief Inspector Hubbard in Alfred Hitchcock's Dial M for Murder, as the chauffeur in Billy Wilder's Sabrina, as Mr. Brogan-Moore in Witness for the Prosecution (1957) and as the second "Mr. French" on TV's Family Affair in its first season (1967).
