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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 23 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of African American History and Culture 2 Filter by term Exclude term

Resource Type

Photographs 21 Filter by term Exclude term
Drawings 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Portraits 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Exterior views 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Mirrors 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Prints 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Sculpture 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Culture

African Americans 2 Filter by term Exclude term

Date

1850s 1 Filter by term Exclude term
1860s 1 Filter by term Exclude term
1870s 1 Filter by term Exclude term
1880s 3 Filter by term Exclude term
1890s 2 Filter by term Exclude term
1900s 1 Filter by term Exclude term
1910s 3 Filter by term Exclude term
1920s 6 Filter by term Exclude term
1930s 7 Filter by term Exclude term
1940s 7 Filter by term Exclude term

Place

Kings 5 Filter by term Exclude term
New York 5 Filter by term Exclude term
North America 5 Filter by term Exclude term
United States 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Europe 1 Filter by term Exclude term
France 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Ville de Paris, Départment de 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Île-de-France 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Set Name

Currently not on view 23 Filter by term Exclude term
National Portrait Gallery Collection 23 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Photographs and Still Images 2 Filter by term Exclude term

Topic

Arts and Culture 23 Filter by term Exclude term
Entertainers 23 Filter by term Exclude term
Portraits 23 Filter by term Exclude term
Women 23 Filter by term Exclude term
Design 18 Filter by term Exclude term
Interior decoration 18 Filter by term Exclude term
Costume 17 Filter by term Exclude term
Hats 12 Filter by term Exclude term
Headgear 12 Filter by term Exclude term
Motion pictures 11 Filter by term Exclude term

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Included:

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Lillian Russell

Mary Pickford

Lucille Ball

Annie Oakley

Loïe Fuller

Josephine Baker

Irene Dunne

Ginger Rogers

Lily Pons

Ethel Waters

Dale Evans

Myrna Loy

Photograph of Lena Horne in profile

Lillian Russell

Annie Russell

Maggie Mitchell

Minnie Maddern Fiske

Sophie Tucker

Ruth St. Denis

Helen Hayes

Gilda Gray

Ethel Barrymore

Josephine Baker

Shirley Temple

Photographic print of Ethel Waters as Carmen

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