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Entertaining Women: American Women on Stage and Screen

A celebration of American women entertainers, including musicians, dancers, comedians, actors, and other performers, represented in the Smithsonian's collections.

Museum / Unit

National Portrait Gallery 140 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of American History 26 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of African American History and Culture 13 Filter by term Exclude term
National Postal Museum 10 Filter by term Exclude term
Smithsonian American Art Museum 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Archives of American Art 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden 1 Filter by term Exclude term
National Air and Space Museum 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Resource Type

Photographs 116 Filter by term Exclude term
Paintings 15 Filter by term Exclude term
Drawings 14 Filter by term Exclude term
Prints 14 Filter by term Exclude term
Portraits 10 Filter by term Exclude term
Postage stamps 10 Filter by term Exclude term
Exterior views 9 Filter by term Exclude term
Cards (information artifacts) 5 Filter by term Exclude term
collectible card 5 Filter by term Exclude term
gelatin silver print 5 Filter by term Exclude term

Culture

African Americans 18 Filter by term Exclude term

Date

1910s 9 Filter by term Exclude term
1920s 14 Filter by term Exclude term
1930s 44 Filter by term Exclude term
1940s 36 Filter by term Exclude term
1950s 31 Filter by term Exclude term
1960s 23 Filter by term Exclude term
1980s 22 Filter by term Exclude term
1990s 16 Filter by term Exclude term
2000s 13 Filter by term Exclude term
2010s 7 Filter by term Exclude term

Place

United States 35 Filter by term Exclude term
North America 18 Filter by term Exclude term
New York 16 Filter by term Exclude term
Kings 11 Filter by term Exclude term
United States of America 11 Filter by term Exclude term
North and Central America 7 Filter by term Exclude term
California 6 Filter by term Exclude term
England 6 Filter by term Exclude term
United Kingdom 6 Filter by term Exclude term
London 5 Filter by term Exclude term

Set Name

National Portrait Gallery Collection 140 Filter by term Exclude term
Currently not on view 136 Filter by term Exclude term
Popular Entertainment 22 Filter by term Exclude term
Culture and the Arts: Entertainment 13 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection 13 Filter by term Exclude term
Work and Industry: Photographic History 12 Filter by term Exclude term
Photographs and Still Images 11 Filter by term Exclude term
Photography 11 Filter by term Exclude term
National Postal Museum Collection 10 Filter by term Exclude term
Movie Collection 6 Filter by term Exclude term

Topic

Women 156 Filter by term Exclude term
Entertainers 151 Filter by term Exclude term
Portraits 146 Filter by term Exclude term
Arts and Culture 140 Filter by term Exclude term
Motion pictures 90 Filter by term Exclude term
Costume 87 Filter by term Exclude term
Movie actor 85 Filter by term Exclude term
Design 79 Filter by term Exclude term
Music 79 Filter by term Exclude term
Interior decoration 78 Filter by term Exclude term

Rights & Restrictions

Usage conditions apply 129 Filter by term Exclude term
Not determined 51 Filter by term Exclude term
CC0 25 Filter by term Exclude term

Filter Settings

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Remove Date: 1970s

Carrie Fisher

Phyllis Diller Laughs

Self Portrait (Actress)/After Marlene Dietrich 2

Stamp with illustration of Isadora Duncan in movement, on one foot with head and arms extended

Forever Innovative Choreographers: Isadora Duncan single

Lillian Russell

29c Annie Oakley mini sheet single

Mary Pickford

Tina Turner

Greta Garbo

Marilyn Monroe

Beyoncé

Anna May Wong

Lucille Ball

Chita Rivera

Mae West

Annie Oakley

Shirley MacLaine

Photograph of Gladys Bentley

"The Funniest Woman in the World:" Moms Mabley Onstage

Rita Moreno

Madonna

Clara Bow

Dolores del Río cinema card

Halle Berry

Gloria Swanson

Lillian Gish

Colleen Moore

37c Martha Graham single

Loïe Fuller

Josephine Baker

Meryl Streep

29c Billie Holiday single

39c Black Heritage: Ella Fitzgerald single

Bessie Smith, from the unrealized portfolio "Noble Black Women: The Harlem Renaissance and After"

Irene Dunne

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