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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 134 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of American History 26 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of African American History and Culture 17 Filter by term Exclude term
National Postal Museum 10 Filter by term Exclude term
Smithsonian American Art Museum 4 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

Resource Type

Photographs 113 Filter by term Exclude term
Paintings 15 Filter by term Exclude term
Prints 15 Filter by term Exclude term
Drawings 14 Filter by term Exclude term
Portraits 14 Filter by term Exclude term
Postage stamps 10 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

Culture

African Americans 21 Filter by term Exclude term

Date

1910s 9 Filter by term Exclude term
1920s 14 Filter by term Exclude term
1930s 43 Filter by term Exclude term
1940s 34 Filter by term Exclude term
1960s 22 Filter by term Exclude term
1970s 28 Filter by term Exclude term
1980s 21 Filter by term Exclude term
1990s 16 Filter by term Exclude term
2000s 15 Filter by term Exclude term
2010s 7 Filter by term Exclude term

Place

United States 34 Filter by term Exclude term
New York 15 Filter by term Exclude term
North America 14 Filter by term Exclude term
United States of America 11 Filter by term Exclude term
Kings 10 Filter by term Exclude term
North and Central America 9 Filter by term Exclude term
New York City 7 Filter by term Exclude term
England 6 Filter by term Exclude term
United Kingdom 6 Filter by term Exclude term
London 5 Filter by term Exclude term

Set Name

National Portrait Gallery Collection 134 Filter by term Exclude term
Currently not on view 131 Filter by term Exclude term
Popular Entertainment 22 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection 17 Filter by term Exclude term
Photographs and Still Images 15 Filter by term Exclude term
Culture and the Arts: Entertainment 13 Filter by term Exclude term
Work and Industry: Photographic History 13 Filter by term Exclude term
Photography 12 Filter by term Exclude term
National Postal Museum Collection 10 Filter by term Exclude term
Movie Collection 5 Filter by term Exclude term

Topic

Women 150 Filter by term Exclude term
Entertainers 145 Filter by term Exclude term
Portraits 139 Filter by term Exclude term
Arts and Culture 134 Filter by term Exclude term
Costume 88 Filter by term Exclude term
Motion pictures 85 Filter by term Exclude term
Movie actor 81 Filter by term Exclude term
Design 74 Filter by term Exclude term
Interior decoration 73 Filter by term Exclude term
Music 71 Filter by term Exclude term

Rights & Restrictions

Usage conditions apply 127 Filter by term Exclude term
Not determined 49 Filter by term Exclude term
CC0 25 Filter by term Exclude term

Filter Settings

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Remove Date: 1950s

Charlie's Angels

Ruth St. Denis

Djaevlestenen

Beverly Sills

Marian Anderson

Leontyne Price

Barbra Streisand

Ethel Merman

Poster from Hello, Dolly! with Phyllis Diller

Shirley Temple

Madonna

George Burns and Gracie Allen

Mary Martin

Kate Smith

Jane Russell

Ellen DeGeneres

Mae West

Bette Davis

Odetta

Dinah Washington

Pearl Bailey

Lily Tomlin

Murial Smith

Lena Horne

Bette Midler

Ruth Gordon

Lillian Gish

Eleanor Powell

Helen Hayes

Ellen DeGeneres

Gilda Gray

Joan Crawford

Ethel Barrymore

Mae West

Mary Lou Williams

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