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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 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 134 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
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

1910s 9 Filter by term Exclude term
1920s 14 Filter by term Exclude term
1930s 44 Filter by term Exclude term
1940s 36 Filter by term Exclude term
1950s 31 Filter by term Exclude term
1960s 23 Filter by term Exclude term
1970s 28 Filter by term Exclude term
1980s 22 Filter by term Exclude term
1990s 16 Filter by term Exclude term
2000s 15 Filter by term Exclude term

Place

United States 40 Filter by term Exclude term
North America 18 Filter by term Exclude term
New York 17 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 7 Filter by term Exclude term
California 6 Filter by term Exclude term
England 6 Filter by term Exclude term
United Kingdom 6 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
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 178 Filter by term Exclude term
Entertainers 173 Filter by term Exclude term
Portraits 167 Filter by term Exclude term
Arts and Culture 161 Filter by term Exclude term
Motion pictures 104 Filter by term Exclude term
Costume 101 Filter by term Exclude term
Movie actor 99 Filter by term Exclude term
Music 93 Filter by term Exclude term
Design 89 Filter by term Exclude term
Interior decoration 88 Filter by term Exclude term

Rights & Restrictions

Usage conditions apply 151 Filter by term Exclude term
Not determined 57 Filter by term Exclude term
CC0 25 Filter by term Exclude term

29c Billie Holiday single

Beverly Sills

39c Black Heritage: Ella Fitzgerald single

Bessie Smith, from the unrealized portfolio "Noble Black Women: The Harlem Renaissance and After"

Irene Dunne

Dress worn by Ali Wong in her Stand-Up Comedy Special, Ali Wong: Baby Cobra

“Row-Row-Row”

Anna May Wong

Fanny Brice

Portrait of Donna Summer

Stamp with image of light-skinned woman with brown curly hair looking at us wearing a red coat

42c Bette Davis single

Whoopi Goldberg

Ginger Rogers

Gold Barbra

Elizabeth Taylor

Bessie Smith

Janis Joplin

Ella Fitzgerald, from the portfolio 'O, Write My Name': American Portraits, Harlem Heroes

Lily Pons

Judy Garland

Leontyne Price, from the unrealized portfolio "Noble Black Women: The Harlem Renaissance and After"

Ethel Waters

Dale Evans

Veronica Lake

Joan Crawford

Stamp with head of a light-skinned woman with short, dark brown hair and brown eyes

37c Audrey Hepburn single

Deborah Harry

Renée Fleming

Dorothy Dandridge

44c Legends of Hollywood: Katharine Hepburn single

Mary Pickford

Myrna Loy

29c Patsy Cline single

"Patsy Montana's New Songs"

Oprah Winfrey

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