Biography
Although she practically made a career in middle age as one of the ever-curious panelists on the primetime, daytime and syndicated versions of the game show "To Tell the Truth" during the 1950s, 60s, 70s and even a brief 1990 revamp, Kitty Carlisle actually enjoyed a successful stage career before and during her question-posing days. She also made a brief try at film stardom in the 30s, and performed very occasionally in movies and TV over the …
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Career Milestones
| Toured in one-woman shows "My Life on the Wicked Stage" and "My Broadway Memories: An Evening with Kitty Carlisle Hart" | ||
1996 | Left position as chair of the New York State Council on the Arts in January | |
1993 | Again returned to features with a supporting role in "Six Degrees of Separation" | |
| Appeared as a panelist on the NBC daytime revival of the game show, "To Tell the Truth" | ||
1990 | Acted in the TV-movie, "Flowers for Matty" | |
1987 | Returned to features with a brief role as a radio singer in Woody Allen's "Radio Days" | |
1987 | Hosted the PBS concert special, "An Evening with Placido Domingo" | |
1976 | Appointed chair of New York State's Council on the Arts by Governor Hugh Carey | |
1973 | Performed with the Metropolitan Opera's series of operas in Central Park, NYC | |
| Was a panelist on a syndicated version of the game show, "To Tell the Truth" | ||
1967 | Performed with a NY Metropolitan Opera tour of "Die Fledermaus" | |
| Was a panelist on the CBS primetime (and also daytime, from June, 1962 till September, 1968) game show, "To Tell the Truth" | ||
1956 | Played Katherine in a revival of the Cole Porter musical "Kiss Me, Kate" staged at the New York City Center | |
1954 | Returned to Broadway in "The Anniversary Waltz" | |
1954 | Was a panelist on the short-lived ABC game show, "What's Going On?" | |
1948 | Last NYC stage appearance for a number of years, "The Rape of Lucretia", as Lucretia; thereafter took time off from her career to have and raise her children by Moss Hart | |
1944 | Last feature film appearance in over 40 years, the all-star wartime fundraising variety revue, "Hollywood Canteen" | |
1943 | Returned to features in "Larceny with Music", in which she was again teamed with Jones | |
1939 | Toured with a summer stage company of "A Successful Calamity"; also performed on tour with "Tonight or Never", which she repeated in 1946 | |
1936 | Returned to the New York stage in "White Horse Inn" and "Three Waltzes" | |
1935 | Performed in best-known feature film, "A Night at the Opera", a Marx Brothers vehicle in which she was teamed opposite Allan Jones; was her last feature film appearance for eight years | |
1933 | Broadway debut, "Champagne Sec" | |
1932 | Stage career began when she toured with a company of the hit Broadway operetta, "Rio Rita" | |