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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 37 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of American History 29 Filter by term Exclude term
National Postal Museum 6 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of African American History and Culture 2 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 33 Filter by term Exclude term
Postage stamps 6 Filter by term Exclude term
gelatin silver print 6 Filter by term Exclude term
Cards (information artifacts) 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Paintings 5 Filter by term Exclude term
collectible card 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Prints 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Sheet music 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Drawings 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Exterior views 2 Filter by term Exclude term

Culture

African Americans 3 Filter by term Exclude term

Date

1880s 3 Filter by term Exclude term
1910s 4 Filter by term Exclude term
1920s 7 Filter by term Exclude term
1930s 18 Filter by term Exclude term
1940s 14 Filter by term Exclude term
1950s 7 Filter by term Exclude term
1960s 6 Filter by term Exclude term
1970s 6 Filter by term Exclude term
1990s 6 Filter by term Exclude term
2000s 4 Filter by term Exclude term

Place

United States 19 Filter by term Exclude term
New York 10 Filter by term Exclude term
United States of America 7 Filter by term Exclude term
North America 6 Filter by term Exclude term
England 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Kings 5 Filter by term Exclude term
London 5 Filter by term Exclude term
United Kingdom 5 Filter by term Exclude term
California 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Europe 2 Filter by term Exclude term

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Currently not on view 37 Filter by term Exclude term
National Portrait Gallery Collection 37 Filter by term Exclude term
Popular Entertainment 25 Filter by term Exclude term
Culture and the Arts: Entertainment 14 Filter by term Exclude term
Work and Industry: Photographic History 14 Filter by term Exclude term
Photography 13 Filter by term Exclude term
Music & Musical Instruments 7 Filter by term Exclude term
Movie Collection 6 Filter by term Exclude term
National Postal Museum Collection 6 Filter by term Exclude term
Ken Regan Collection 4 Filter by term Exclude term

Topic

Women 45 Filter by term Exclude term
Portraits 38 Filter by term Exclude term
Arts and Culture 37 Filter by term Exclude term
Entertainers 37 Filter by term Exclude term
Costume 27 Filter by term Exclude term
Amusements 26 Filter by term Exclude term
Design 25 Filter by term Exclude term
Interior decoration 25 Filter by term Exclude term
Actors and actresses 24 Filter by term Exclude term
Motion pictures 24 Filter by term Exclude term

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CC0 25 Filter by term Exclude term

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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

Dolly Parton

Lucille Ball

Mae West

Annie Oakley

Liza Minnelli

Dolores del Río cinema card

Loïe Fuller

Josephine Baker

29c Billie Holiday single

Irene Dunne

Dress worn by Ali Wong in her Stand-Up Comedy Special, Ali Wong: Baby Cobra

“Row-Row-Row”

Ginger Rogers

Lily Pons

Ethel Waters

Dale Evans

Veronica Lake

Stamp with head of a light-skinned woman with short, dark brown hair and brown eyes

37c Audrey Hepburn single

Myrna Loy

29c Patsy Cline single

"Patsy Montana's New Songs"

Photograph, Autographed, Actress, Angela Cartwright

Photograph of Lena Horne in profile

Interview, March 1991

Loretta Lynn

Lillian Russell

Book: Phyllis Diller’s Marriage Manual

Annie Russell

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