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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 161 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 5 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of American History 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 129 Filter by term Exclude term
Paintings 20 Filter by term Exclude term
Prints 17 Filter by term Exclude term
Drawings 15 Filter by term Exclude term
Portraits 14 Filter by term Exclude term
Postage stamps 10 Filter by term Exclude term
Exterior views 9 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 22 Filter by term Exclude term

Date

1910s 8 Filter by term Exclude term
1920s 13 Filter by term Exclude term
1930s 39 Filter by term Exclude term
1940s 33 Filter by term Exclude term
1950s 28 Filter by term Exclude term
1960s 20 Filter by term Exclude term
1970s 25 Filter by term Exclude term
1980s 20 Filter by term Exclude term
1990s 16 Filter by term Exclude term
2000s 13 Filter by term Exclude term

Place

United States 29 Filter by term Exclude term
North America 18 Filter by term Exclude term
New York 12 Filter by term Exclude term
Kings 11 Filter by term Exclude term
United States of America 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
California 4 Filter by term Exclude term
Europe 3 Filter by term Exclude term
France 2 Filter by term Exclude term

Set Name

National Portrait Gallery Collection 161 Filter by term Exclude term
Currently not on view 156 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
National Postal Museum Collection 10 Filter by term Exclude term
Graphic Arts 5 Filter by term Exclude term
Smithsonian American Art Museum Collection 5 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
Photography 3 Filter by term Exclude term

Topic

Women 177 Filter by term Exclude term
Entertainers 173 Filter by term Exclude term
Portraits 166 Filter by term Exclude term
Arts and Culture 161 Filter by term Exclude term
Costume 101 Filter by term Exclude term
Motion pictures 101 Filter by term Exclude term
Movie actor 99 Filter by term Exclude term
Design 89 Filter by term Exclude term
Interior decoration 88 Filter by term Exclude term
Music 85 Filter by term Exclude term

Rights & Restrictions

Usage conditions apply 151 Filter by term Exclude term
Not determined 32 Filter by term Exclude term
CC0 25 Filter by term Exclude term

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Remove Set Name: Popular Entertainment

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

Diana Rigg

Judy Garland

Marilyn Monroe

Cicely Tyson

Photographic print of Eartha Kitt carrying a poodle

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

Marilyn Monroe

portrait of isadora duncan in greek dress

Portrait of Whitney Houston

Grace Jones

Phylicia Rashad

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