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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 79 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of American History 8 Filter by term Exclude term
Smithsonian American Art Museum 4 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of African American History and Culture 2 Filter by term Exclude term

Resource Type

Photographs 57 Filter by term Exclude term
Prints 13 Filter by term Exclude term
Paintings 12 Filter by term Exclude term
Drawings 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Exterior views 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Sheet music 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Mirrors 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Portraits 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Collages (visual works) 1 Filter by term Exclude term
Folk art 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Culture

African Americans 5 Filter by term Exclude term

Date

1910s 3 Filter by term Exclude term
1920s 3 Filter by term Exclude term
1930s 11 Filter by term Exclude term
1940s 13 Filter by term Exclude term
1950s 22 Filter by term Exclude term
1960s 14 Filter by term Exclude term
1970s 14 Filter by term Exclude term
1980s 12 Filter by term Exclude term
1990s 4 Filter by term Exclude term
2000s 5 Filter by term Exclude term

Place

United States 19 Filter by term Exclude term
New York 9 Filter by term Exclude term
North America 9 Filter by term Exclude term
Kings 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Europe 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Massachusetts 3 Filter by term Exclude term
New York City 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Boston 2 Filter by term Exclude term
California 2 Filter by term Exclude term
France 2 Filter by term Exclude term

Set Name

National Portrait Gallery Collection 79 Filter by term Exclude term
Currently not on view 75 Filter by term Exclude term
Popular Entertainment 8 Filter by term Exclude term
Music & Musical Instruments 7 Filter by term Exclude term
Culture and the Arts: Entertainment 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Graphic Arts 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection 4 Filter by term Exclude term
American Winners: Athletes and Entertainers Who Shaped the Nation 3 Filter by term Exclude term
NPG, West Gallery 250 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Art 2 Filter by term Exclude term

Topic

Entertainers 84 Filter by term Exclude term
Women 84 Filter by term Exclude term
Portraits 83 Filter by term Exclude term
Arts and Culture 79 Filter by term Exclude term
Musicians 77 Filter by term Exclude term
Singer 74 Filter by term Exclude term
Costume 53 Filter by term Exclude term
Design 47 Filter by term Exclude term
Interior decoration 46 Filter by term Exclude term

Rights & Restrictions

Usage conditions apply 71 Filter by term Exclude term
Not determined 19 Filter by term Exclude term
CC0 7 Filter by term Exclude term

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Lillian Russell

Tina Turner

Marilyn Monroe

Beyoncé

Dolly Parton

Chita Rivera

Liza Minnelli

Photograph of Gladys Bentley

Rita Moreno

Madonna

Cher

Josephine Baker

Beverly Sills

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

“Row-Row-Row”

Fanny Brice

Gold Barbra

Bessie Smith

Janis Joplin

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

Lily Pons

Judy Garland

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

Ethel Waters

Dale Evans

Deborah Harry

Renée Fleming

Dorothy Dandridge

"Patsy Montana's New Songs"

Selena

The Supremes (Florence Ballard, Diana Ross, Mary Wilson)

The Supremes

Sarah Chang

Loretta Lynn

Judy Garland

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