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WI_DEM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-18-07 03:32 PM
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TV personality Kitty Carlisle dies at 96
Kitty Carlisle, 96, best known for her years as a panalist on the popular prime time and syndicated television quiz show, TO TELL THE TRUTH, passed away today at age 96. Miss Carlisle was also a noted singer, still making appearances at New York's Rainbow Room as late as last year. She was also the leading lady in the Marx Brothers film A NIGHT AT THE OPERA (1936). She is the widow of noted playwright Moss Hart.
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Reverend_Smitty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-18-07 03:33 PM
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1. RIP...
she lived a long life and I hope she went out peacefully. It's strange because I was just talking about her the other day with a few friends
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Manifestor_of_Light Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-18-07 03:38 PM
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2. George Gershwin proposed marriage to her.
I have a fabulous CD called "Gershwin Plays Gershwin: THE PIANO ROLLS" which were restored and digitized. I saw her on Larry King when it came out, and Kitty said "It's just like he is in the room here with us" when the Yamaha Synclavier (computerised piano) was playing the pieces.

She was a class act. RIP, Kitty Carlisle Hart.
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-18-07 03:41 PM
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3. A lifelong devoted, dedicated DEMOCRAT! Get her an avatar!
and Katharine Hepburn,
and Lauren Bacall,
and Mary McLeod Bethune,
and Molly Ivins...
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ronnykmarshall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-18-07 03:44 PM
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4. Um .... Lauren Bacall is not dead.
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-18-07 03:52 PM
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8. She's a woman who is a devoted Democrat. nt
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ronnykmarshall Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-18-07 03:55 PM
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12. and so is Barbra Streisand.
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-18-07 03:57 PM
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14. Yep, she is. I don't notice an avatar for her either. nt
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AndyA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-18-07 03:50 PM
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6. Katharine Hepburn is probably my all-time favorite lady.
She was beautiful, cultured, and had a great sense of humor. She was an actress of the highest rank, and she had a good head on her shoulders.

All in all, a really tough act to beat.

RIP, Katharine, and thanks for all the memories.

Same to Kitty, she was a classy lady who was pretty darn smart. And a real beauty, too.
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-18-07 03:53 PM
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10. Kitty was cool. Her funeral should be a lot of fun for the folks invited....nt
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-18-07 03:47 PM
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5. "Would we know her from 1950's quiz shows?"
RIP Kitty
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WI_DEM Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-18-07 04:01 PM
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18. yep, but TO TELL THE TRUTH featured several incarnations up to the 90's
and all featured Kitty. My favorite was the 70-77 color show hosted by Garry Moore that I used to watch after school.
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Jack Rabbit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-18-07 04:05 PM
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20. Some of us would
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Trouser Trout Donating Member (326 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-18-07 03:51 PM
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7. She was great singing "Alone" with Allan Jones in
A Night at the Opera. RIP.
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Captain Hilts Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-18-07 03:58 PM
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15. And "They're Either Too Young or Too Old" in Purple Rose of Cairo...
or was it Radio Days?
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Skidmore Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-18-07 03:53 PM
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9. A gracious lady with a great smile and a Lady Bird Johnson 'do.
And so they go, one by one...

Rest, Miss Carlisle.
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xchrom Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-18-07 03:54 PM
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11. oh no -- oh my god -- i loved kitty carlisle!!
your light still shines bright for me -- peace be with you miss carlisle now and forever.
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NYCGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-18-07 03:56 PM
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13. She served as chair of the NY State Arts Council. A wonderful, gracious lady. NT
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devilgrrl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-18-07 03:59 PM
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16. NO! Not Kitty Carlisle!!!!! :-(
:cry:

Kitty was the ginchiest.

RIP Kitty.
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callous taoboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-18-07 03:59 PM
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17. Wow. I just watched "Night at the Opera" last night.
Great flick. Maybe the Marx Bros. best.
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Jack Rabbit Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-18-07 04:04 PM
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19. Did anybody catch her in A Night at the Opera?
A truly classic film.
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Bluebear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-18-07 04:05 PM
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21. Look right above thou :)
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newyawker99 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Apr-18-07 04:26 PM
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22. R.I.P MS Carlisle.
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