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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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Zsa Zsa Gabor

Josephine Baker

Kim Novak

Marilyn Monroe

Carmelita Maracci

Shirley Temple

Gloria Swanson

Bernadette Peters

Ethel Waters

Beyoncé Knowles

Faye Dunaway

Audrey Hepburn

Liza Minnelli

Molly Ringwald

Shirley Temple

Photograph of Eartha Kitt

Photograph of a female performer in costume

Kate Smith

Ethel Merman

Pearl Bailey

Murial Smith

Debbie Allen - dancer

Photographic print of Ethel Waters as Carmen

Signed photographic postcard of Vanity with envelope

Judy Garland

Cicely Tyson

Photographic print of Eartha Kitt carrying a poodle

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

Portrait of Whitney Houston

Grace Jones

Phylicia Rashad

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