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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 Museum of American History 29 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of African American History and Culture 17 Filter by term Exclude term
National Postal Museum 10 Filter by term Exclude term
National Portrait Gallery 5 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 27 Filter by term Exclude term
Portraits 14 Filter by term Exclude term
Postage stamps 10 Filter by term Exclude term
Paintings 6 Filter by term Exclude term
gelatin silver print 6 Filter by term Exclude term
Cards (information artifacts) 5 Filter by term Exclude term
collectible card 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Archival materials 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Sheet music 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Sound recordings 2 Filter by term Exclude term

Culture

African Americans 22 Filter by term Exclude term

Date

1900s 2 Filter by term Exclude term
1930s 10 Filter by term Exclude term
1940s 11 Filter by term Exclude term
1950s 6 Filter by term Exclude term
1960s 9 Filter by term Exclude term
1970s 8 Filter by term Exclude term
1980s 9 Filter by term Exclude term
1990s 6 Filter by term Exclude term
2000s 9 Filter by term Exclude term
2010s 3 Filter by term Exclude term

Place

United States 22 Filter by term Exclude term
United States of America 11 Filter by term Exclude term
North and Central America 9 Filter by term Exclude term
New York City 7 Filter by term Exclude term
New York 6 Filter by term Exclude term
England 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
Massachusetts 3 Filter by term Exclude term

Set Name

Popular Entertainment 25 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection 17 Filter by term Exclude term
Photographs and Still Images 15 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
National Postal Museum Collection 10 Filter by term Exclude term
Music & Musical Instruments 7 Filter by term Exclude term
Movie Collection 6 Filter by term Exclude term
Graphic Arts 5 Filter by term Exclude term

Topic

Amusements 27 Filter by term Exclude term
Photography 26 Filter by term Exclude term
Actors and actresses 25 Filter by term Exclude term
Women 22 Filter by term Exclude term
Music 18 Filter by term Exclude term
Entertainers 17 Filter by term Exclude term
Portraits 11 Filter by term Exclude term
U.S. Stamps 10 Filter by term Exclude term
Singers (Musicians) 9 Filter by term Exclude term
Musical instruments 7 Filter by term Exclude term

Rights & Restrictions

Not determined 43 Filter by term Exclude term
Usage conditions apply 32 Filter by term Exclude term
CC0 2 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

29c Annie Oakley mini sheet single

Tina Turner

Dolly Parton

Photograph of Gladys Bentley

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

Dolores del Río cinema card

37c Martha Graham single

29c Billie Holiday single

39c Black Heritage: Ella Fitzgerald single

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

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

“Row-Row-Row”

Portrait of Donna Summer

Stamp with image of light-skinned woman with brown curly hair looking at us wearing a red coat

42c Bette Davis single

Ella Fitzgerald, from the portfolio 'O, Write My Name': American Portraits, Harlem Heroes

Leontyne Price, from the unrealized portfolio "Noble Black Women: The Harlem Renaissance and After"

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

37c Audrey Hepburn single

44c Legends of Hollywood: Katharine Hepburn single

29c Patsy Cline single

"Patsy Montana's New Songs"

Photograph, Autographed, Actress, Angela Cartwright

Photograph of Lena Horne in profile

Interview, March 1991

Aretha Franklin, SCLC convention, Club Paradise, Memphis, TN

Loretta Lynn

Program for An Evening of Comedy with Jackie 'Moms' Mabley and Her Ladies

Book: Phyllis Diller’s Marriage Manual

“My Man”

Margaret Wycherly

Masque of Arcadia

Barnum & Bailey Circus performers

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