In the early 1970's, Russ Meyer changed direction in his movie making. Gone was the "roughies" like "Faster Pussycat! Kill! Kill!" Now Meyer was going back to basics--sex films. This was the time just before "porn chic," where stag-club humor was still marketable. Meyer, being king of dirty old men, was the master of this genre and always on the lookout for new talent. 
     In the mid 70's, go-go dancer/stripper Kitten Natividad was introduced to Meyer via fellow Meyer girl Shari Eubanks (of "Supervixens" fame). Meyer used Natividad in his next move, "Up!" (1976) as a sort of Greek chorus (albeit a naked chorus). Her fiery energy and overt sexuality helped make "Up!" into the cult film it is. During this time Natividad and Meyer became an item. (Their affair would last for the next dozen years.) Her next movie was as the star of Meyer's "Beyond the Valley of the Ultravixens" (co-written by film critic Roger Ebert). Even though this was another cult favorite, the era of Sexploitation was coming to an end. Adult movie theaters were giving way to XXX videos. Meyer stopped making movies and focused on marketing his movies on video (RM Films International). Natividad went back to modeling and stripping. Her strip sets (of which there a few on video) are very reminiscent of classic Burlesque theater: themed and heavily propped. For example, one of her big acts was to bathe in a giant champaign glass. 
     Natividad remains active making today movies and traveling the burlesque/pin-up/cult film convention circuit. She even runs her own website called "Kitten Klub" (warning: adult content).