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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 6 Filter by term Exclude term
National Postal Museum 4 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of American History 3 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of African American History and Culture 2 Filter by term Exclude term

Resource Type

Photographs 6 Filter by term Exclude term
Postage stamps 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Prints 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Drawings 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Portraits 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Programs (documents) 1 Filter by term Exclude term
gelatin silver print 1 Filter by term Exclude term
iris print 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Culture

African Americans 3 Filter by term Exclude term

Date

1940s 1 Filter by term Exclude term
1960s 1 Filter by term Exclude term
1970s 2 Filter by term Exclude term
1990s 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Place

United States 7 Filter by term Exclude term
United States of America 4 Filter by term Exclude term
California 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Massachusetts 2 Filter by term Exclude term
New York 2 Filter by term Exclude term
North America 2 Filter by term Exclude term
North and Central America 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Boston 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Hollywood 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Kings 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Set Name

Currently not on view 6 Filter by term Exclude term
National Portrait Gallery Collection 6 Filter by term Exclude term
National Postal Museum Collection 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Photography 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Work and Industry: Photographic History 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Art 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Music & Musical Instruments 2 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Popular Entertainment 2 Filter by term Exclude term
A Cinema Apart: The Larry Richards Collection of Early Black Film 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Topic

Women 11 Filter by term Exclude term
Entertainers 8 Filter by term Exclude term
Arts and Culture 6 Filter by term Exclude term
Portraits 6 Filter by term Exclude term
Music 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Stars of Stage & Screen 4 Filter by term Exclude term
U.S. Stamps 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Actors and actresses 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Amusements 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Art 3 Filter by term Exclude term

Rights & Restrictions

Usage conditions apply 11 Filter by term Exclude term
Not determined 4 Filter by term Exclude term

Filter Settings

Included:

Remove Date: 2000s

Dolly Parton

37c Martha Graham single

39c Black Heritage: Ella Fitzgerald single

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

42c Bette Davis single

Whoopi Goldberg

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

37c Audrey Hepburn single

Renée Fleming

Oprah Winfrey

Loretta Lynn

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

Ellen DeGeneres

Laurie Anderson

Beyoncé Knowles

Photograph of Eartha Kitt

Marilyn Monroe

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