Kitty Carlisle Hart, best known for her success as an entertainer on New York's Broadway and in Hollywood films, passed away on April 18, 2007, at the age of 96. Born Catherine Conn on September 3, 1910, in New Orleans, she studied voice and literature at the New York Institute of Musical Art before thriving on the Broadway stage. She was cast in the Marx Brothers' hit A Night at the Opera (1935). Before long Kitty Carlisle was a star of 1930s musical comedies and dramas with the likes of Bing Crosby and Humphrey Bogart. In addition to her work on stage and screen, Carlisle Hart was also a regular panelist on the popular game show To Tell the Truth, from 1956 to 1978. She was also a spokeswoman for the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) from 1985 to 1996 and was a longtime spokeswoman for the American Heart Association. Carlisle Hart was also a recipient of the National Medal of Arts, presented to her in 1996 by President Bill Clinton. In 2005, she became the first ever recipient of the TFTT Uncle Fred Award for her decades of service to To Tell the Truth. Kitty Carlisle Hart is survived by her husband, the playwright and librettist Moshe Hart, two children, six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.