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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 82 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of American History 21 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
Smithsonian American Art Museum 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Resource Type

Photographs 77 Filter by term Exclude term
Portraits 12 Filter by term Exclude term
Drawings 11 Filter by term Exclude term
Postage stamps 10 Filter by term Exclude term
Paintings 8 Filter by term Exclude term
Exterior views 6 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 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Prints 4 Filter by term Exclude term

Culture

African Americans 17 Filter by term Exclude term

Date

1910s 6 Filter by term Exclude term
1920s 11 Filter by term Exclude term
1930s 33 Filter by term Exclude term
1940s 23 Filter by term Exclude term
1950s 9 Filter by term Exclude term
1960s 9 Filter by term Exclude term
1970s 14 Filter by term Exclude term
1980s 10 Filter by term Exclude term
1990s 12 Filter by term Exclude term
2000s 10 Filter by term Exclude term

Place

United States 21 Filter by term Exclude term
United States of America 11 Filter by term Exclude term
North America 9 Filter by term Exclude term
New York 8 Filter by term Exclude term
North and Central America 7 Filter by term Exclude term
Kings 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 4 Filter by term Exclude term

Set Name

National Portrait Gallery Collection 82 Filter by term Exclude term
Currently not on view 81 Filter by term Exclude term
Popular Entertainment 17 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
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
Culture and the Arts: Entertainment 9 Filter by term Exclude term
Movie Collection 5 Filter by term Exclude term

Topic

Women 94 Filter by term Exclude term
Entertainers 89 Filter by term Exclude term
Portraits 84 Filter by term Exclude term
Arts and Culture 82 Filter by term Exclude term
Motion pictures 58 Filter by term Exclude term
Movie actor 55 Filter by term Exclude term
Costume 48 Filter by term Exclude term
Design 42 Filter by term Exclude term
Interior decoration 42 Filter by term Exclude term
Actors and actresses 37 Filter by term Exclude term

Rights & Restrictions

Usage conditions apply 80 Filter by term Exclude term
Not determined 38 Filter by term Exclude term
CC0 18 Filter by term Exclude term

Filter Settings

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Remove Topic: Music

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

Mary Pickford

Greta Garbo

Anna May Wong

Lucille Ball

Mae West

Annie Oakley

Shirley MacLaine

Diane Keaton

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

Clara Bow

Dolores del Río cinema card

Halle Berry

Gloria Swanson

Lillian Gish

Colleen Moore

37c Martha Graham single

Loïe Fuller

Meryl Streep

29c Billie Holiday single

39c Black Heritage: Ella Fitzgerald single

Irene Dunne

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

Anna May Wong

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

Ginger Rogers

Elizabeth Taylor

Veronica Lake

Joan Crawford

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