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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 124 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of African American History and Culture 15 Filter by term Exclude term
Smithsonian American Art Museum 5 Filter by term Exclude term
National Postal Museum 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Archives of American Art 3 Filter by term Exclude term

Resource Type

Photographs 101 Filter by term Exclude term
Paintings 15 Filter by term Exclude term
Drawings 13 Filter by term Exclude term
Prints 13 Filter by term Exclude term
Portraits 12 Filter by term Exclude term
Exterior views 7 Filter by term Exclude term
Postage stamps 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Archival materials 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Mirrors 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Collages (visual works) 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Culture

African Americans 19 Filter by term Exclude term

Date

1910s 5 Filter by term Exclude term
1920s 7 Filter by term Exclude term
1930s 26 Filter by term Exclude term
1940s 22 Filter by term Exclude term
1950s 24 Filter by term Exclude term
1960s 17 Filter by term Exclude term
1970s 22 Filter by term Exclude term
1980s 20 Filter by term Exclude term
1990s 10 Filter by term Exclude term
2000s 11 Filter by term Exclude term

Place

United States 21 Filter by term Exclude term
North America 12 Filter by term Exclude term
North and Central America 9 Filter by term Exclude term
New York 7 Filter by term Exclude term
Kings 6 Filter by term Exclude term
New York City 5 Filter by term Exclude term
United States of America 4 Filter by term Exclude term
California 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Allegheny County 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Boston 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Set Name

National Portrait Gallery Collection 124 Filter by term Exclude term
Currently not on view 119 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection 15 Filter by term Exclude term
Photographs and Still Images 13 Filter by term Exclude term
Graphic Arts 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection 5 Filter by term Exclude term
American Winners: Athletes and Entertainers Who Shaped the Nation 4 Filter by term Exclude term
NPG, West Gallery 250 4 Filter by term Exclude term
National Postal Museum Collection 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other 2 Filter by term Exclude term

Topic

Entertainers 136 Filter by term Exclude term
Women 133 Filter by term Exclude term
Portraits 129 Filter by term Exclude term
Arts and Culture 124 Filter by term Exclude term
Motion pictures 80 Filter by term Exclude term
Movie actor 78 Filter by term Exclude term
Costume 74 Filter by term Exclude term
Music 71 Filter by term Exclude term
Design 64 Filter by term Exclude term
Musicians 64 Filter by term Exclude term

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Tina Turner

Greta Garbo

Marilyn Monroe

Beyoncé

Anna May Wong

Chita Rivera

Shirley MacLaine

Diane Keaton

Photograph of Gladys Bentley

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

Rita Moreno

Madonna

Clara Bow

Halle Berry

Gloria Swanson

Lillian Gish

Colleen Moore

Cher

37c Martha Graham single

Meryl Streep

Beverly Sills

39c Black Heritage: Ella Fitzgerald single

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

Anna May Wong

Fanny Brice

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

Whoopi Goldberg

Gold Barbra

Elizabeth Taylor

Bessie Smith

Janis Joplin

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

Judy Garland

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

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