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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 82 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of American History 21 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of African American History and Culture 15 Filter by term Exclude term
National Postal Museum 10 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
Smithsonian American Art Museum 1 Filter by term Exclude term

Resource Type

Photographs 77 Filter by term Exclude term
Portraits 12 Filter by term Exclude term
Drawings 11 Filter by term Exclude term
Postage stamps 10 Filter by term Exclude term
Paintings 8 Filter by term Exclude term
Exterior views 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
Prints 4 Filter by term Exclude term

Culture

African Americans 17 Filter by term Exclude term

Date

1910s 6 Filter by term Exclude term
1920s 11 Filter by term Exclude term
1930s 33 Filter by term Exclude term
1940s 23 Filter by term Exclude term
1950s 9 Filter by term Exclude term
1960s 9 Filter by term Exclude term
1970s 14 Filter by term Exclude term
1980s 10 Filter by term Exclude term
1990s 12 Filter by term Exclude term
2000s 10 Filter by term Exclude term

Place

United States 21 Filter by term Exclude term
United States of America 11 Filter by term Exclude term
North America 9 Filter by term Exclude term
New York 8 Filter by term Exclude term
North and Central America 7 Filter by term Exclude term
Kings 6 Filter by term Exclude term
England 5 Filter by term Exclude term
London 5 Filter by term Exclude term
United Kingdom 5 Filter by term Exclude term
California 4 Filter by term Exclude term

Set Name

National Portrait Gallery Collection 82 Filter by term Exclude term
Currently not on view 81 Filter by term Exclude term
Popular Entertainment 17 Filter by term Exclude term
National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection 15 Filter by term Exclude term
Photographs and Still Images 13 Filter by term Exclude term
Work and Industry: Photographic History 12 Filter by term Exclude term
Photography 11 Filter by term Exclude term
National Postal Museum Collection 10 Filter by term Exclude term
Culture and the Arts: Entertainment 9 Filter by term Exclude term
Movie Collection 5 Filter by term Exclude term

Topic

Women 94 Filter by term Exclude term
Entertainers 89 Filter by term Exclude term
Portraits 84 Filter by term Exclude term
Arts and Culture 82 Filter by term Exclude term
Motion pictures 58 Filter by term Exclude term
Movie actor 55 Filter by term Exclude term
Costume 48 Filter by term Exclude term
Design 42 Filter by term Exclude term
Interior decoration 42 Filter by term Exclude term
Actors and actresses 37 Filter by term Exclude term

Rights & Restrictions

Usage conditions apply 80 Filter by term Exclude term
Not determined 38 Filter by term Exclude term
CC0 18 Filter by term Exclude term

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Remove Topic: Music

Ava Gardner

Zsa Zsa Gabor

Kim Novak

Carmelita Maracci

Shirley Temple

Gloria Swanson

Faye Dunaway

Audrey Hepburn

Molly Ringwald

Shirley Temple

Esther Williams

Photograph of Eartha Kitt

Photograph of a female performer in costume

Debbie Allen - dancer

Fay Wray cinema card

Photographic print of Ethel Waters as Carmen

Signed photographic postcard of Vanity with envelope

Diana Rigg

Marilyn Monroe

Cicely Tyson

Photographic print of Eartha Kitt carrying a poodle

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

Grace Jones

Phylicia Rashad

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