Clive, Kitty (Catherine Raftor), 1711-85, English singer and actress. She made her debut (c.1728) at Drury Lane under the management of Colley Cibber and worked for many years with David Garrick, with whom she never got along. Her charm, wit, and vivacity, linked with a fine singing voice, brought her great success in light comedy and farce. She was a friend of Samuel Johnson; of Fielding, in whose plays and adaptations she appeared; and of Horace Walpole, who gave her a cottage, Clive's-Den, upon her retirement. There she held an informal salon and wrote several farces. She was painted by Hogarth.

Kitty may refer to:

The name was used in English Victorian cockney slang for a prostitute.

In zoology:

• Cat, small carnivorous mammal of the subspecies Felis silvestris catus, or any member of the genus Felis, or any member of the family Felidae
• Kitten, a young cat

In music:

• A song and single by The Presidents of the United States of America
• A traditional song on Red Roses for Me
• Kitty (drummer), of Mindless Self Indulgence
• Kitty Kitty Corporation, a now-defunct English record label
• Kitty Wells, a country musician
• Kittie, a Canadian alternative metal band

In sports:

• A small white ball used as the target in lawn bowls

In literature:

• A 1927 novel by Warwick Deeping, which was filmed and became the first British talkie in 1929
• Kitty, the addressee of entries in Jewish war-victim Anne Frank's diary
• Kitty Norville, the main character in urban fantasy novels by Carrie Vaughn
• Kitty Drew is the name used in Swedish translations of detective Nancy Drew

In television and film:

• Kitty A 1945 film starring Paulette Goddard
• Kitty (Danny Phantom), a character from TV show Danny Phantom
• Kitty Films, an anime production company in Japan
• Hello Kitty, a fictional character by Sanrio
• Kitty Walker, a character from the TV show Brothers & Sisters
• Kitty Forman, a character from the TV show That 70's Show
• Kali Troy (a.k.a. Miss Kittie), an actress
• Kitty Stel, the beautiful lead character from the hit TV show West Catholic Blows

In finance:

• A money pool, often into which bets are placed and winnings are drawn from

In history:

• Kitty saloon, an high level brothel in Berlin during the World War II, which allowed to spy the German Gentry

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