Natividad was born in Ciudad Juárez, Mexico, the eldest of nine children, and did not speak English until she was 10. At that time, her mother married a U.S. citizen and they moved to Texas. Natividad attended high school in El Paso, where she was her senior class president. After moving to California, she worked as a maid and cook for Stella Stevens and as a key-punch operator for IBM before turning to go-go dancing to make ends meet. Her stage name Kitten came from her shyness. At age 21, she had her first breast implant surgery in Tijuana (where it was legal) on the advice of her agent. Kitten Natividad was introduced to Russ Meyer by fellow dancer Shari Eubank, a performer in Meyers 1975 film Supervixens. Meyer hired her to narrate his movie Up!, where she was shown sitting nude in a tree, quoting the poetry of Hilda Doolittle and acting as a Greek chorus to the nonsensical action. Meyer was so impressed he wanted her to star in his next feature, Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens, one of several collaborations between Meyer and film critic Roger Ebert. He paid for a second breast enhancement and voice lessons to eliminate her accent. She left her husband for Meyer during the filming, and they lived together as a couple for most of the next 15 years. After this, Natividad moved into pornographic modeling, mainly doing glamour or girl-girl shoots with the likes of Candy Samples, Uschi Digard, and Patty Plenty. The appearances increased her dancing income many times over. She incorporated a giant champagne glass into her act (similar to Lili St. Cyr), accompanied by the Bobby Darin hit Splish Splash. She appeared as a guest on The Dating Game, one of a number of game shows that Chuck Barris produced. During the 1980s, Natividad began appearing in pornographic productions, initially limiting her performances to appearing topless. Eventually, however, she graduated to engaging in hardcore performances, usually with younger men and women. She also founded the private photo and video studio Kitten Klub. She famously appeared as a stripper at the bachelor party held by Sean Penn to celebrate his 1985 marriage to Madonna. In 2001, Natividad starred in the cult film comedy The Double-D Avenger, directed by William Winckler, and in it, she was reunited with fellow Russ Meyer stars, actress Haji from Russ Meyers Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill! and Raven De La Croix from Russ Meyers film Up! In The Double-D Avenger, Kitten Natividad plays Chastity Knott, a woman who becomes a busty costumed crime fighter
Ana Maria
Movie 1983
Bouncy Topless Woman on Plane (uncredited)
Movie 1980
Moral Majority Woman (uncredited)
Movie 1982
Performer
Movie 1980
Lavonia / Lola Langusta
Movie 1979
The Greek Chorus (as Francesca 'Kitten' Natividad)
Movie 1976
Stripper
Movie 1986
Amy
Movie 1995
Matron Mays
Movie 2009
Prostitute (uncredited)
Movie 1979
Movie 1984
Chastity Knott
Movie 2001
Martha Brenner
Movie 1996
Betty Bigones
Movie 1987
Betty Bigones
Movie 1985
Miss Langusta
Movie 1990
Self
Movie 1999
Self
Movie 2005
Bar Owner / Dancer
Movie 1997
Herself
Movie 2014
Busty Gusty (segment "Busty Gusty and Her Twin 50s")
Movie 1992
Madam #1
Movie 1993
Movie 1987
Movie 2015
Movie 1987
Kitten (segment "Taking Off with Kitten Natividad")
Movie 1983
Skateboarder
Movie 1995
Kitten
Movie 1986
Self (archive footage)
Movie 2024
Herself
Movie 1983
Go-Go Dancer (uncredited)
Movie 1972
Pearl
Movie 2014
Kitten
Movie 1987
Movie 2012
1910 Working Girl
Movie 1982
Self
Movie 2012
(uncredited)
Movie 1993
Self
Movie 1997
Self
Tv 1997
Self
Tv 1988