Kitty Carlisle Dead at 96

[RonJonSurfer]

Broadway Star Kitty Carlisle Hart Dies

The 96-year-old Broadway and Hollywood actress died on Tuesday after a long battle with pneumonia. She also became a beloved regular panelist on the game show To Tell the Truth.

Broadway theatres dimmed their lights Wednesday night to honor revered stage and screen star Kitty Carlisle Hart, who died on Tuesday after a long battle with pneumonia.

The 96-year-old actress, who was born in New Orleans, Louisiana and attended a private school in Switzerland, began her career as an opera star before becoming a Hollywood singer.

She made her mark in the movies when she appeared with the Marx Brothers in 'A Night at the Opera.'

Other films followed, including 'Here Is My Heart,' 'Murder At The Vanities,' 'Larceny With Music' and Woody Allen's 'Radio Days.'

But Hart was perhaps best known for her Broadway successes in the mid-1930s. She appeared in operettas like "White Horse Inn" and "Three Waltzes" and the American premiere of Benjamin Britton's "The Rape of Lucretia."

She met composer Moss Hart in 1946 and later married him. The couple was married until the songwriter's death in 1961.

On TV, Hart became a beloved regular panelist on game shows To Tell the Truth and What's My Line.

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[Lucky]

Miss Carlisle was a lovely lady. My idea of a true high class lady. I believe she had a wonderful life, from all that I remember of her. Rest In Peace, Miss Carlisle.

[Uncle Joe]

I remember her most from What's My Line. She was a good player with a lovely personality.

May she rest in peace.

[RonJonSurfer]

My first recollection of her was on "I've Got A Secret"....but the fact that she was in The Marx Bros. "A Night at the Opera" makes her a pop figure forever.

[phil]

I remember Kitty on all the old game shows. Sitting between Peggy Cass and Bennet Cerf. She was married to composer Moss Hart of Rogers & Hart. When he died, Rogers' teamed up with Oscar Hammerstein.

[Lucky]

Exactly phil! She always had this high class persona, then would let out this belly laugh at some off color remark (as off color as you could get then), or double entendre.

She was on What's My Line, To Tell The Truth, and I've Got A Secret.