Oral history interview with Kitty Carlisle Hart, 1979.

Biographical Note

Actress, singer; interviewee married Moss Hart

Scope and Contents

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

Subjects

• Actresses--Interviews.
• Carlisle, Kitty, 1910-2007--Interviews.
• Diamonstein-Spielvogel, Barbaralee, interviewer.--http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/ivr
• Hart, Moss, 1904-1961.
• Interviews.
• Motion pictures and music.
• Music--Instruction and study.
• Musicals.
• New York (State)--Politics and government--1951-
• New York (State)--Social life and customs.
• Oral histories (literary works)
• Singers--Interviews.
• Television.
• Theater.