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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 Museum of American History 29 Filter by term Exclude term
National Portrait Gallery 14 Filter by term Exclude term
National Postal Museum 6 Filter by term Exclude term
Smithsonian American Art Museum 5 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 16 Filter by term Exclude term
Paintings 6 Filter by term Exclude term
Postage stamps 6 Filter by term Exclude term
gelatin silver print 6 Filter by term Exclude term
Cards (information artifacts) 5 Filter by term Exclude term
collectible card 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Prints 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Sheet music 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Sound recordings 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Books 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Culture

African Americans 4 Filter by term Exclude term

Date

1900s 1 Filter by term Exclude term
1930s 12 Filter by term Exclude term
1940s 9 Filter by term Exclude term
1950s 8 Filter by term Exclude term
1960s 6 Filter by term Exclude term
1970s 6 Filter by term Exclude term
1980s 7 Filter by term Exclude term
1990s 6 Filter by term Exclude term
2000s 4 Filter by term Exclude term
2010s 2 Filter by term Exclude term

Place

United States 14 Filter by term Exclude term
United States of America 7 Filter by term Exclude term
England 5 Filter by term Exclude term
London 5 Filter by term Exclude term
New York 5 Filter by term Exclude term
United Kingdom 5 Filter by term Exclude term
California 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Los Angeles 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Massachusetts 2 Filter by term Exclude term
New York City 2 Filter by term Exclude term

Set Name

Popular Entertainment 25 Filter by term Exclude term
Culture and the Arts: Entertainment 14 Filter by term Exclude term
Currently not on view 14 Filter by term Exclude term
National Portrait Gallery Collection 14 Filter by term Exclude term
Work and Industry: Photographic History 14 Filter by term Exclude term
Photography 13 Filter by term Exclude term
Music & Musical Instruments 7 Filter by term Exclude term
Movie Collection 6 Filter by term Exclude term
National Postal Museum Collection 6 Filter by term Exclude term
Graphic Arts 5 Filter by term Exclude term

Topic

Women 27 Filter by term Exclude term
Amusements 26 Filter by term Exclude term
Portraits 20 Filter by term Exclude term
Entertainers 19 Filter by term Exclude term
Music 19 Filter by term Exclude term
Actors and actresses 16 Filter by term Exclude term
Arts and Culture 14 Filter by term Exclude term
Motion pictures 13 Filter by term Exclude term
Photography 13 Filter by term Exclude term
Theater 11 Filter by term Exclude term

Rights & Restrictions

Usage conditions apply 5 Filter by term Exclude term

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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

Tina Turner

Dolly Parton

Mae West

Liza Minnelli

Dolores del Río cinema card

29c Billie Holiday single

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

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

“Row-Row-Row”

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

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

Veronica Lake

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

37c Audrey Hepburn single

29c Patsy Cline single

"Patsy Montana's New Songs"

Photograph, Autographed, Actress, Angela Cartwright

Interview, March 1991

Loretta Lynn

Book: Phyllis Diller’s Marriage Manual

“My Man”

Margaret Wycherly

Myrna Loy cinema card

"The Little Peach" Mutoscope Movie Poster

Martha Graham--Letter to the World--(Swirl)

Bertha Kalich

29c Ethel Merman single

Ensemble worn by Phyllis Diller on USO Tour

Carrie Fisher

Marlene Dietrich

Elisabeth Rethberg

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