Kitty Carlisle Hart dead at 96

[DeclinetoState]

NEW YORK Actress and T-V personality Kitty Carlisle Hart has died.

Her son says she died at her New York home at the age of 96. He says she'd been in and out of the hospital since she developed pneumonia over the Christmas holidays.

She had a long career on Broadway, and in opera, T-V and film. Her movies including the Marx Brothers classic "A Night at the Opera."

On T-V, she became known as a long-time game-show panelist on shows such as "To Tell the Truth" and "What's My Line?"More (http://www.wmctv.com/Global/story.asp?S=6391247)

She was still quite active into her 90s. I remember reading a big write-up on her not too long ago.

On "To Tell the Truth," I remember the time she refused to play the game when they had a panel of guests (one of whom was telling the truth) who claimed to have made a documentary about neo-Nazis here in the U.S. Some of the crap they had taught their kids to say was pretty nasty.

May she rest in peace.

[Lubbock]

I remember her so well from What's My Line. That's was one of mom and dad's favorite programs. Never missed it. Even as a kid, I thought that Kitty Carlisle was classy. Arlene Francess, too, but she was more free-wheeling than Kitty.

May Kitty rest in peace.

[DeclinetoState]

One other event on "To Tell the Truth" that I remember is that when the female celebrity panelists would come out at the beginning of the show, they would kiss the host, Garry Moore, then go to their seats. (The men would simply shake hands; who knows what they'd do nowadays?) One time, Kitty was wearing a dress that was a little longer than knee-length in front, but dragged on the floor behind. After the kiss, Kitty started toward her seat, but Garry accidentally (we assume) stepped on the train of her dress, making the front of it come up a little more than she expected. I don't think she flashed too much leg or any underwear, but it was a bit of a close call.

[BEST45CAL]

She probably developed pneumonia while she was in the hospital for something else. I don't know.

That's why I don't like going into hospitals. That's where all the sick people are.

[DeclinetoState]

That's where all the sick people are.And some dead ones.

[Republican_Legion]

Last night I put on one of the Marx brothers movies to watch and thats where my dad said one of the cast members recently died. It was "A night at the opera".

So strange that I happen to put that movie on the day after she died.

[DesertFox]

Kitty, everybody remembers you as a likable class act. Nicely done.