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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 147 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of African American History and Culture 17 Filter by term Exclude term
National Postal Museum 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Archives of American Art 3 Filter by term Exclude term

Resource Type

Photographs 118 Filter by term Exclude term
Drawings 15 Filter by term Exclude term
Paintings 14 Filter by term Exclude term
Portraits 14 Filter by term Exclude term
Prints 14 Filter by term Exclude term
Exterior views 8 Filter by term Exclude term
Postage stamps 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Archival materials 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Mirrors 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Collages (visual works) 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Culture

African Americans 18 Filter by term Exclude term

Date

1910s 8 Filter by term Exclude term
1920s 13 Filter by term Exclude term
1930s 32 Filter by term Exclude term
1940s 27 Filter by term Exclude term
1950s 23 Filter by term Exclude term
1960s 17 Filter by term Exclude term
1970s 22 Filter by term Exclude term
1980s 15 Filter by term Exclude term
1990s 10 Filter by term Exclude term
2000s 11 Filter by term Exclude term

Place

United States 26 Filter by term Exclude term
North America 17 Filter by term Exclude term
New York 12 Filter by term Exclude term
Kings 11 Filter by term Exclude term
North and Central America 9 Filter by term Exclude term
New York City 5 Filter by term Exclude term
United States of America 4 Filter by term Exclude term
California 3 Filter by term Exclude term
Europe 2 Filter by term Exclude term
Allegheny County 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Set Name

National Portrait Gallery Collection 147 Filter by term Exclude term
Currently not on view 142 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
American Winners: Athletes and Entertainers Who Shaped the Nation 4 Filter by term Exclude term
NPG, West Gallery 250 4 Filter by term Exclude term
National Postal Museum Collection 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Memorabilia and Ephemera - Other 2 Filter by term Exclude term
The Laura Cathrell Show-Down Magazine Collection 2 Filter by term Exclude term
A Cinema Apart: The Larry Richards Collection of Early Black Film 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Topic

Entertainers 154 Filter by term Exclude term
Women 151 Filter by term Exclude term
Arts and Culture 147 Filter by term Exclude term
Portraits 147 Filter by term Exclude term
Costume 91 Filter by term Exclude term
Motion pictures 91 Filter by term Exclude term
Movie actor 89 Filter by term Exclude term
Design 82 Filter by term Exclude term
Interior decoration 81 Filter by term Exclude term
Music 74 Filter by term Exclude term

Rights & Restrictions

Usage conditions apply 146 Filter by term Exclude term
CC0 25 Filter by term Exclude term

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Elizabeth Taylor

Bessie Smith

Janis Joplin

Lily Pons

Judy Garland

Ethel Waters

Dale Evans

Joan Crawford

Deborah Harry

Renée Fleming

Dorothy Dandridge

44c Legends of Hollywood: Katharine Hepburn single

Mary Pickford

Myrna Loy

Oprah Winfrey

Audrey Hepburn

Photograph of Lena Horne in profile

Selena

Aretha Franklin, SCLC convention, Club Paradise, Memphis, TN

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

The Supremes

Sarah Chang

Judy Garland

Lillian Russell

Program for An Evening of Comedy with Jackie 'Moms' Mabley and Her Ladies

Eartha Kitt

Annie Russell

Masque of Arcadia

Constance Bennett in "What Price Hollywood?"

Barnum & Bailey Circus performers

Eva Longoria

Maria Callas

Isadora Duncan

Cher

Marian Anderson

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