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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 155 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of American History 26 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of African American History and Culture 15 Filter by term Exclude term
National Postal Museum 6 Filter by term Exclude term
Smithsonian American Art Museum 5 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 128 Filter by term Exclude term
Paintings 20 Filter by term Exclude term
Prints 15 Filter by term Exclude term
Drawings 14 Filter by term Exclude term
Portraits 13 Filter by term Exclude term
Exterior views 9 Filter by term Exclude term
Postage stamps 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 19 Filter by term Exclude term

Date

1910s 9 Filter by term Exclude term
1920s 14 Filter by term Exclude term
1930s 44 Filter by term Exclude term
1940s 35 Filter by term Exclude term
1950s 31 Filter by term Exclude term
1960s 22 Filter by term Exclude term
1970s 26 Filter by term Exclude term
1980s 22 Filter by term Exclude term
1990s 15 Filter by term Exclude term
2010s 7 Filter by term Exclude term

Place

United States 33 Filter by term Exclude term
North America 16 Filter by term Exclude term
New York 15 Filter by term Exclude term
Kings 10 Filter by term Exclude term
North and Central America 7 Filter by term Exclude term
United States of America 7 Filter by term Exclude term
England 6 Filter by term Exclude term
New York City 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 155 Filter by term Exclude term
Currently not on view 150 Filter by term Exclude term
Popular Entertainment 23 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection 15 Filter by term Exclude term
Culture and the Arts: Entertainment 14 Filter by term Exclude term
Photographs and Still Images 14 Filter by term Exclude term
Work and Industry: Photographic History 11 Filter by term Exclude term
Photography 10 Filter by term Exclude term
Movie Collection 6 Filter by term Exclude term
National Postal Museum Collection 6 Filter by term Exclude term

Topic

Women 167 Filter by term Exclude term
Entertainers 165 Filter by term Exclude term
Portraits 161 Filter by term Exclude term
Arts and Culture 155 Filter by term Exclude term
Motion pictures 102 Filter by term Exclude term
Costume 98 Filter by term Exclude term
Movie actor 97 Filter by term Exclude term
Music 88 Filter by term Exclude term
Design 87 Filter by term Exclude term
Interior decoration 86 Filter by term Exclude term

Rights & Restrictions

Usage conditions apply 140 Filter by term Exclude term
Not determined 53 Filter by term Exclude term
CC0 25 Filter by term Exclude term

Filter Settings

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Remove Date: 2000s

Marilyn Monroe

Carmelita Maracci

Shirley Temple

Gloria Swanson

Julie Andrews

Bernadette Peters

Ethel Waters

Faye Dunaway

Audrey Hepburn

Liza Minnelli

Molly Ringwald

Shirley Temple

Esther Williams

Photograph of a female performer in costume

Kate Smith

Ethel Merman

Pearl Bailey

Murial Smith

Debbie Allen - dancer

Fay Wray cinema card

Photographic print of Ethel Waters as Carmen

Signed photographic postcard of Vanity with envelope

Diana Rigg

Judy Garland

Cicely Tyson

Photographic print of Eartha Kitt carrying a poodle

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

Ethel Merman and Mary Martin

Marilyn Monroe

portrait of isadora duncan in greek dress

Jamie Lee Curtis

Lupe Vélez cinema card

Clara Bow cinema card

Mae West

Portrait of Whitney Houston

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