Kitt acted in movies as well, starring with Nat King Cole in “St. Louis Blues” (1958) and with Sydney Poitier in “The Mark of the Hawk” (1957). Her song “Santa Baby,” still a Christmas favorite today, went gold earlier this year. Her other hits included “C'est Si Bon,” “Let's Do It” and “Just an Old Fashioned Girl” and the 1984 disco song “Where is My Man.” __
