Name
Carlisle, Kitty, 1910-2007 (Interviewee)
Diamonstein-Spielvogel, Barbaralee (Interviewer)
Title
Oral history interview with Kitty Carlisle Hart, 1979
Other Titles
Reminiscences of Kitty Carlisle Hart, 1979
Abstract
Family background, childhood in New Orleans; role of mother, Hortense Holzmann, in professional and personal development; education, travel and romances in Europe, 1922-30; Royal Academy of Drama, 1931; musical and theatrical training; New York and Hollywood, 1932-78: shift from films to plays, musicals and nightclubs, 1936; television appearances, 1956-78; views on acting and stardom; marriage to Moss Hart, 1946-61: his family, personality, career and professional achievements; his autobiography, LADY IN THE DARK; children; Special Assistant to Governor Rockefeller on opportunities for Women; Chairman of New York Arts Council, 1971-78: budget issues; New York politics; friendships with Arthur Lyons, Sinclair Lewis, George Gershwin, Thomas E. Dewey; impressions of George S. Kaufman, Cole Porter, Judy Garland, Nelson and Happy Rockefeller, Henry Kissinger, Lillian Hellman, Frank Sinatra and many others
Collection Name
Individual interviews oral history collection
Subjects
Singers; Actresses; Motion pictures and music; Musicals; Music--Instruction and study; Theater; Television; New York (State) Politics and government 1951-; New York (State) Social life and customs; Carlisle, Kitty, 1910-2007; Hart, Moss, 1904-1961
Format
oral histories; sound recordings
Genre
Interviews
Date
1979
Physical Description
805 pages
Note (Biographical)
Actress, singer; interviewee married Moss Hart
Note (Funding)
Digital reproduction funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Note
Digitized by Safe Sound Archive, Philadelphia, 2010
Service copy (44 kHz, 16 bit) and rendered version (96 kHz, 24 bit) of sound file derived from a digital preservation master digitized at 96 kHz, 24 bit
Interviewed by Barbaralee Diamonstein
Language
English
Library Location
Columbia Center for Oral History, Columbia University
Browse Location’s Digital Content
Catalog Record
6880207
Also In
Oral History Archives at Columbia
Time-Based Media
Time-Based Media
Persistent URL
https://dx.doi.org/10.7916/d8-wm9z-8s56
Related URLs
Available digital content for this interview.