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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 72 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of American History 29 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
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 55 Filter by term Exclude term
Prints 15 Filter by term Exclude term
Drawings 14 Filter by term Exclude term
Paintings 14 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
gelatin silver print 6 Filter by term Exclude term
Cards (information artifacts) 5 Filter by term Exclude term
collectible card 5 Filter by term Exclude term

Culture

African Americans 22 Filter by term Exclude term

Date

1920s 6 Filter by term Exclude term
1930s 29 Filter by term Exclude term
1940s 19 Filter by term Exclude term
1950s 16 Filter by term Exclude term
1960s 15 Filter by term Exclude term
1970s 18 Filter by term Exclude term
1980s 13 Filter by term Exclude term
1990s 11 Filter by term Exclude term
2000s 13 Filter by term Exclude term
2010s 7 Filter by term Exclude term

Place

United States 28 Filter by term Exclude term
United States of America 11 Filter by term Exclude term
New York 9 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
North America 6 Filter by term Exclude term
United Kingdom 6 Filter by term Exclude term
California 5 Filter by term Exclude term
London 5 Filter by term Exclude term

Set Name

National Portrait Gallery Collection 72 Filter by term Exclude term
Currently not on view 69 Filter by term Exclude term
Popular Entertainment 25 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 14 Filter by term Exclude term
Work and Industry: Photographic History 14 Filter by term Exclude term
Photography 13 Filter by term Exclude term
National Postal Museum Collection 10 Filter by term Exclude term
Music & Musical Instruments 7 Filter by term Exclude term

Topic

Women 89 Filter by term Exclude term
Entertainers 84 Filter by term Exclude term
Portraits 78 Filter by term Exclude term
Arts and Culture 72 Filter by term Exclude term
Motion pictures 50 Filter by term Exclude term
Music 46 Filter by term Exclude term
Movie actor 45 Filter by term Exclude term
Costume 39 Filter by term Exclude term
Actors and actresses 34 Filter by term Exclude term
Musicians 32 Filter by term Exclude term

Rights & Restrictions

Usage conditions apply 87 Filter by term Exclude term
Not determined 50 Filter by term Exclude term
CC0 7 Filter by term Exclude term

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Myrna Loy

29c Patsy Cline single

"Patsy Montana's New Songs"

Oprah Winfrey

Photograph, Autographed, Actress, Angela Cartwright

Audrey Hepburn

Photograph of Lena Horne in profile

Interview, March 1991

Selena

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

Loretta Lynn

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

Book: Phyllis Diller’s Marriage Manual

“My Man”

Margaret Wycherly

Masque of Arcadia

Constance Bennett in "What Price Hollywood?"

Barnum & Bailey Circus performers

Eva Longoria

Maria Callas

Isadora Duncan

Marian Anderson

Maggie Mitchell

Myrna Loy cinema card

"The Little Peach" Mutoscope Movie Poster

Martha Graham--Letter to the World--(Swirl)

Bertha Kalich

Judy Garland

Madonna

29c Ethel Merman single

Olivia de Havilland

Ensemble worn by Phyllis Diller on USO Tour

Carrie Fisher

Sophie Tucker

Marlene Dietrich

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