Kitty is the owner and operator of the Long Branch Saloon. She's a savvy businesswoman with a tough exterior which belies her soft heart. She employs one bartender, Sam, and a variety of young women to make pleasant conversation and look pretty for the male customers. Kitty must be doing well, seeing that she's pretty much the only one in Dodge City with a change of clothing, and that she can always afford to replace the furniture in her saloon after the regular barroom brawls.

Kitty is a single woman with a warm affection for Matt Dillon, though it never amounts to romantic involvement.