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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 62 Filter by term Exclude term
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
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 66 Filter by term Exclude term
Portraits 14 Filter by term Exclude term
Paintings 11 Filter by term Exclude term
Postage stamps 10 Filter by term Exclude term
Drawings 6 Filter by term Exclude term
gelatin silver print 6 Filter by term Exclude term
Cards (information artifacts) 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Prints 5 Filter by term Exclude term
collectible card 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Archival materials 3 Filter by term Exclude term

Culture

African Americans 22 Filter by term Exclude term

Date

1910s 5 Filter by term Exclude term
1930s 19 Filter by term Exclude term
1940s 23 Filter by term Exclude term
1950s 13 Filter by term Exclude term
1960s 14 Filter by term Exclude term
1970s 14 Filter by term Exclude term
1980s 13 Filter by term Exclude term
1990s 13 Filter by term Exclude term
2000s 13 Filter by term Exclude term
2010s 6 Filter by term Exclude term

Place

United States 32 Filter by term Exclude term
New York 14 Filter by term Exclude term
United States of America 11 Filter by term Exclude term
North America 10 Filter by term Exclude term
North and Central America 9 Filter by term Exclude term
Kings 8 Filter by term Exclude term
New York City 7 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 62 Filter by term Exclude term
Currently not on view 58 Filter by term Exclude term
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

Topic

Women 79 Filter by term Exclude term
Entertainers 74 Filter by term Exclude term
Portraits 68 Filter by term Exclude term
Arts and Culture 62 Filter by term Exclude term
Music 49 Filter by term Exclude term
Costume 42 Filter by term Exclude term
Actors and actresses 39 Filter by term Exclude term
Design 35 Filter by term Exclude term
Interior decoration 35 Filter by term Exclude term
Musicians 35 Filter by term Exclude term

Rights & Restrictions

Usage conditions apply 73 Filter by term Exclude term
Not determined 47 Filter by term Exclude term
CC0 14 Filter by term Exclude term

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Remove Topic: Movie actor

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

Tina Turner

Beyoncé

Dolly Parton

Chita Rivera

Annie Oakley

Photograph of Gladys Bentley

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

Dolores del Río cinema card

Halle Berry

37c Martha Graham single

Loïe Fuller

29c Billie Holiday single

Beverly Sills

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

Bessie Smith

Janis Joplin

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

Lily Pons

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

Dale Evans

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

37c Audrey Hepburn single

Deborah Harry

Renée Fleming

44c Legends of Hollywood: Katharine Hepburn single

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