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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 148 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of American History 27 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of African American History and Culture 15 Filter by term Exclude term
National Postal Museum 10 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 19 Filter by term Exclude term
Prints 16 Filter by term Exclude term
Drawings 15 Filter by term Exclude term
Portraits 12 Filter by term Exclude term
Postage stamps 10 Filter by term Exclude term
Exterior views 8 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 4 Filter by term Exclude term

Culture

African Americans 17 Filter by term Exclude term

Date

1910s 9 Filter by term Exclude term
1920s 14 Filter by term Exclude term
1930s 43 Filter by term Exclude term
1940s 34 Filter by term Exclude term
1950s 30 Filter by term Exclude term
1960s 23 Filter by term Exclude term
1970s 28 Filter by term Exclude term
1990s 15 Filter by term Exclude term
2000s 15 Filter by term Exclude term
2010s 7 Filter by term Exclude term

Place

United States 39 Filter by term Exclude term
North America 17 Filter by term Exclude term
New York 16 Filter by term Exclude term
United States of America 11 Filter by term Exclude term
Kings 10 Filter by term Exclude term
North and Central America 9 Filter by term Exclude term
New York City 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

Set Name

National Portrait Gallery Collection 148 Filter by term Exclude term
Currently not on view 143 Filter by term Exclude term
Popular Entertainment 23 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection 15 Filter by term Exclude term
Culture and the Arts: Entertainment 14 Filter by term Exclude term
Photographs and Still Images 13 Filter by term Exclude term
Work and Industry: Photographic History 12 Filter by term Exclude term
Photography 11 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 160 Filter by term Exclude term
Entertainers 154 Filter by term Exclude term
Portraits 149 Filter by term Exclude term
Arts and Culture 148 Filter by term Exclude term
Motion pictures 94 Filter by term Exclude term
Costume 92 Filter by term Exclude term
Movie actor 90 Filter by term Exclude term
Music 81 Filter by term Exclude term
Design 80 Filter by term Exclude term
Interior decoration 79 Filter by term Exclude term

Rights & Restrictions

Usage conditions apply 131 Filter by term Exclude term
Not determined 50 Filter by term Exclude term
CC0 25 Filter by term Exclude term

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Remove Date: 1980s

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

Greta Garbo

Marilyn Monroe

Beyoncé

Anna May Wong

Dolly Parton

Lucille Ball

Mae West

Annie Oakley

Liza Minnelli

Diane Keaton

Photograph of Gladys Bentley

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

Clara Bow

Dolores del Río cinema card

Halle Berry

Gloria Swanson

Lillian Gish

Colleen Moore

Cher

37c Martha Graham single

Loïe Fuller

Josephine Baker

29c Billie Holiday single

Beverly Sills

39c Black Heritage: Ella Fitzgerald single

Irene Dunne

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

“Row-Row-Row”

Anna May Wong

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