"Circa late November 1961, Eartha Kitt and her husband, William McDonald, were photographed in a quiet Los Angeles hospital room, cradling their newborn daughter, Kitt Shapiro McDonald, just days after her birth. The image captured a rare, tender moment in the life of the famously provocative and internationally acclaimed performer, who had stunned audiences for over a decade with her sultry voice, fierce independence, and unapologetic persona. Kitt, born in South Carolina and raised in Harlem,

#OnThisDay 1989: Eartha Kitt made an emotional appearance on 'Wogan' to speak about love and to contemplate the question of whether she truly was an extrovert. | BBC Archive