Kitt McDonald, Truth about Eartha Kitt's daughter

Posted by Abbie Anker on Saturday, May 18, 2024

Kitt McDonald is the daughter of Eartha Kitt. Kitt McDonald’s mother Eartha was an American singer, actress, comedian, dancer, and activist known for her highly distinctive singing style and her 1953 recordings of “C’est si bon” and the Christmas novelty song “Santa Baby”. 

Kitt McDonald: Profile Summary

Full NameKitt McDonald
Other nameKitt Shapiro
Famous asEartha Kitt’s daughter
Age61 years old as of 2022
Date of BirthNovember 26, 1961
Place of Birth Los Angeles, California, United States
Zodiac signSaggitarus 
NationalityAmerican
EthnicityMixed
childrenRachel Shapiro, Jason Shapiro
ParentsMother-  Eartha Kitt 
Father – John William McDonald

Kitt McDonald also known as Kitt Shapiro is the daughter of Eartha Kitt and John William McDonald. She was born on November 26, 1961 in Los Angeles, United States of America. As of 2022, Kitt is 61. She is the only child of her parents.

How did Kitt McDonald’s parents meet and started their relationship? The couple has not given any public account of how their relationship started. However, After romances with the cosmetics magnate Charles Revson and banking heir John Barry Ryan III, she married John William McDonald, an associate of a real estate investment company, on June 6, 1960. 

They had only one child, a daughter named Kitt McDonald, born on November 26, 196. Kitt was baptized Catholic at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church. Kitt and McDonald divorced in 1965.

Years after Eartha Kitt broke out of her tragic past and stepped into the limelight, she gave birth to a daughter, Kitt McDonald now known as Kitt Shapiro. Kitt and her daughter were inseparable as the duo shared a bond quite like none other.

Kit recounts

From the moment the doctor said I could get on a plane, my mother and I took flight. She took me wherever she went to perform and, as she was internationally famous, that meant we traveled to places near and far—New York, Great Britain, Sweden, Denmark, Australia, Japan…

Since she passed away in 2008, Kitt Shapiro has been doing a remarkable job of keeping her mother’s legacy alive. Recently, the singer’s daughter took to Instagram with a heart-warming throwback photo of both of them looking as similar as ever. She captioned:

“Hope your weekend is filled with laughter! 🤣 #memorialdayweekend #familytime #EarthaandKitt #memoir @pegasus_books.”

In the beautiful picture, both Kitt McDonald and her mother were dressed casually as they held each other close with the brightest and happiest smiles on their faces. 

Kitt Shapiro looked as breathtaking as she always did as in a gray jacket over a black shirt and matching gray pants. Shapiro was dressed in a similar ensemble but in all white. The resemblance was uncanny. Discussing her mother’s experience with racism, recounting watching her being turned away at a “whites only” amusement park in South Africa. Shapiro says that as she’s gotten older, she has more understanding of her mother’s suffering and strength.

Kitt Shapiro’s marriage Life

Kitt McDonald married Charles Lawrence Shapiro in 1987. The couple had two beautiful children, Rachel Shapiro and Jason Shapiro. However Kitt McDonald and Charles Lawrence Shapiro’s marriage ended in a divorce. The reason behind the end of the marriage was never made public.

Kitt McDonald is now married to Allan Bruce Rothschild. The couple gpt married in May 26, 2002. Kitt Shapiro currently manages her mother’s tours and recording career and is the production manager at Eartha Kitt Productions in New York.

Kitt McDonald also known as Kitt Shapiro and Mr. Rothschild were introduced by her friend Pamela Hochstin and his friend Elaine Rubin, who had agreed that the two would make a good match. The meeting took place at a party in Ms. Hochstin’s home in Scarsdale, N.Y., last July.

Kitt Shapiro’s Eartha died of colon cancer on Christmas Day 2008, three weeks short of her 82nd birthday at her home in Weston, Connecticut. Her daughter, Kitt McDonald, described her last days with her mother:

I was with her when she died. She left this world literally screaming at the top of her lungs. I was with her constantly, she lived not even 3 miles from my house, we were together practically every day. She was home for the last few weeks when the doctor told us there was nothing they could do any more. Up until the last two days, she was still moving around. The doctor told us she will leave very quickly and her body will just start to shut down. But when she left, she left the world with a bang, she left it how she lived it. She screamed her way out of here, literally. I truly believe her survival instincts were so part of her DNA that she was not going to go quietly or willingly. It was just the two of us hanging out [during the last days] she was very funny. We didn’t have to [talk] because I always knew how she felt about me. I was the love of her life, so the last part of her life we didn’t have to have these heart to heart talks. She started to see people that weren’t there. She thought I could see them too, but, of course, I couldn’t. I would make fun of her like, “I’m going to go in the other room and you stay here and talk to your friends.”

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