actresses

Olive Thomas - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows American silent film actress and model Olive Thomas (1894-1920). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014)

Beatrice Maude, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows Beatrice Maude (1892-1984), an American actress. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2016) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Co... More

Baker, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photo shows American singer and actress Elsie Baker (1886-1958). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2017) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Col... More

Elsie Baker, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows American singer and actress Elsie Baker (1883-1971). She is also depicted in the panoramic photograph on the wall behind her, which shows the St. Paul Symphony Orchestra on tour in the spring o... More

[Mary Pickford, 1893-, full-length, standing, facing left, left hand o...

J220040 U.S. Copyright Office. No copyright renewal. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: BI; Shelf.

Julia Arthur - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Photograph shows stage actress Julia Arthur in costume for her role in the play "Seremonda" in the 1916-17 theater season. (Source: Flickr C0mmons project, 2014)

Margaret Horton, Dr. Waite's Plaza companion, "Mystery Woman" in Peck ...

On verso: "Wife of Harry Mack Horton." On verso: "Mrs. Harry Horton who studied music and languages with Dr. Arthur Warren Waite in a "studio" in the Hotel Plaza. Mrs. Horton has already acheived some distincti... More

[Seven "Canary Cottage" young women of the burlesque theater, posed, f...

J217420 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph - actress, female portrait, 1910s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

"Golden Flyer" & Claire Rochester

Photograph shows actress Claire Rochester driving a Golden Flyer for the "Wake up America drive" to raise funds for Liberty War Bonds in April 1916. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014)

Mrs. Ben Ali Haggin - Public domain portrait print

Photograph shows actress Helen Roche (Bonnie Glass) who married artist Ben Ali Haggin in June 1916. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2014)

Sarah Bernhardt addresses crowd in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, 1917 /

On July 4, 1917, French actress Sarah Bernhardt speaks in Prospect Park, Brooklyn, N.Y., on behalf of French-American cooperation in the war effort. Addressing more than 50,000 people gathered around a decorate... More

Helen Ware, Grace Schnebe, Chrystal Hearn, Frances Starr, Gladys Hanso...

Photograph shows actresses Helen (Remer) Ware (1877-1939), Grace Schnebbe (Mrs. Howard Schnebbe), Lucy Weston and others knitting for soldiers during World War I as part of the Stage Women's War Relief project ... More

Early automobiles - Auto fashion parade

Photograph shows the automobile fashion show held at Sheepshead Bay Speedway, New York City, June 23, 1917. The event was a fundraiser on behalf of the Actors' Fund of America. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015)

Mrs. Ben Ali Haggin, Jeanne Eagels

Photograph shows rehearsals for the silent film "National Red Cross Pageant" (1917) with dancer Bonnie Glass (Mrs. Ben Ali Haggin) and actress Jeanne Eagels (1890-1929). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2015) T... More

Scene from "Bonds of Interest" Spanish costume drama. Theatre Guild's ...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Larrimore seated at a table - Public domain portrait photograph

Photograph probably shows actress Francine Larrimore (1898-1975). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2019) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Co... More

Larrimore, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph probably shows actress Francine Larrimore (1898-1975). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2019) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Co... More

Le Gallienne, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows actress Eva Le Gallienne (1899-1991). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2019) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (L... More

Vivienne Osborne, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows American stage and silent and sound film actress Vivienne Osborne (1896-1961). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2019) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives. Forms ... More

Clara Bow, George Grantham Bain Collection

Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantha... More

Little Lord Fauntleroy, Movie Poster

Motion picture poster for "Little Lord Fauntleroy" shows party scene with guest watching Littile Lord Fauntleroy, (Mary Pickford), coming down the steps holding his grandfather's hand, (Claude Gillingwater); in... More

Yvette Guilbert - Public domain portrait photograph

Photo shows French cabaret singer and actress Yvette Guilbert (1865-1944). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009)

Yvette Guilbert - Public domain portrait print

Photo shows French cabaret singer and actress Yvette Guilbert (1865-1944). (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2009)

"The Awakening" - A James H. Hull production for Beaumont Klan No. 7 -...

Scene from a theatrical production. J270031 U.S. Copyright Office. Public domain photograph - performance, burlesque, dance, cabaret, operetta, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Dancer?] - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Idiot's Delight. American Theatre Guild production, 1935-1936, starrin...

Title and other information from caption card. Transfer; United States. Office of War Information. Overseas Picture Division. Washington Division; 1944. More information about the FSA/OWI Collection is availabl... More

Jaffa. Alhambra Cinema. Arab cinema in Jaffa "Alhambra". Entrance

Photo shows picture of Egyptian singer, actress and songwriter Umm Kulthum (ca. 1900-1975), above entrance. (Source: Library staff, 2010).

[ Danny Kaye in theatrical impersonation of the character Henri Duran,...

Production photograph from the film "On the Riviera." (General) The Library of Congress provides access to these materials for educational and research purposes and makes no warranty with regard to their use f... More

Provincetown, Massachusetts. Wife of the owner and master of the Portu...

Picryl description: Public domain vintage artistic photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Staples-Smith, 222 E. 46th St., New York City. Victorian group

Annotation: for Collier's magazine. Public domain photograph - performance, burlesque, dance, cabaret, operetta, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[52nd Street, New York, N.Y., ca. 1948]

Purchase William P. Gottlieb General information about the Gottlieb Forms part of: William P. Gottlieb Collection (Library of Congress). Gottlieb Collection Assignment No. 504 (gottlieb assignment) 504 (assign... More

[ Danny Kaye standing outside next to a theatre poster - scene from "K...

Production photograph from the film "Knock on Wood." (General) The Library of Congress provides access to these materials for educational and research purposes and makes no warranty with regard to their use fo... More

[Portrait of Marian Seldes, as Bertha in Ondine]

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: XIV LL 30. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities... More

Radiant-looking Grace Kelly waves good-bye to New York from the ocean ...

Title from note on verso. United Press photograph. No. NXP 1103145. Note on verso: The lone cameraman getting another angle on the departure is United Press staff photographer Joe Schuppe, who is accompanying t... More

The creator of this image, photographer Carol M. Highsmith, enjoys a m...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. The community, once a dusty mining, railroad, and mill town, was known as Amargosa, after the desert valley that surrounds it. A recreation hall at the no... More

Neon sign for Mel's Drive-In and "celebrity bar" in the Hollywood sect...

Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. The restaurant, part of a small California chain of diners, is located in the historic Max Factor building that includes a beauty salon whose client list ... More

Statue of Samantha Reed Smith on the grounds of the Maine state librar...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Known as "Maine's ambassador of goodwill," young Samantha was a schoolgirl, peace activist and child actress from Manchester, Maine, w... More

Teresa Carreno, the child pianist: Born on the 22nd December 1853 / Li...

Print showing Teresa Carreno sitting at a Chickering piano, wearing two medals. 24 U.S. Copyright Office. Check holding for me. 991.

The Black Patti, Mme. M. Sissieretta Jones the greatest singer of her ...

Poster shows Matilda Sissieretta Joyner Jones, known as Black Patti, head-and-shoulders portrait, facing front, with many medals pinned to her dress. Created by "Metropolitan Print, N.Y." No. 1405. Forms part ... More

Big Blow (15 Photographs) - Public domain, Federal Theatre Project 193...

Federal Theatre Project Collection: Production Records-Photographic Negatives File. The Photographic Negatives File is a collection of approximately 9,000 negatives, mainly from the New York, NY units, document... More

Lithuanian Americans. Paulina Barauskas, actress, Chicago, Illinois.

Online digital image numbers may be offset by 1 or 2 digits from the film negative frame numbers. Film negative frame numbers, descriptions: 0-13, Mrs. Paulina Barauskas, actress, in living room, 732 W. 19th St... More

Anna E. Dickinson Papers: Miscellany, 1863-1951; Newspaper clippings; ...

Public domain scan of newspaper clippings. Free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description.

A Hero Is Born (57 Photographs)

Federal Theatre Project Collection: Production Records-Photographic Negatives File. The Photographic Negatives File is a collection of approximately 9,000 negatives, mainly from the New York, NY units, document... More

A Hero Is Born (57 Photographs)

Federal Theatre Project Collection: Production Records-Photographic Negatives File. The Photographic Negatives File is a collection of approximately 9,000 negatives, mainly from the New York, NY units, document... More

Life and Death of an American (112 Photographs)

Federal Theatre Project Collection: Production Records-Photographic Negatives File. The Photographic Negatives File is a collection of approximately 9,000 negatives, mainly from the New York, NY units, document... More

Pinocchio (133 Photographs) - Public domain, Federal Theatre Project 1...

Federal Theatre Project Collection: Production Records-Photographic Negatives File. The Photographic Negatives File is a collection of approximately 9,000 negatives, mainly from the New York, NY units, document... More

Anna E. Dickinson Papers: General Correspondence, 1859-1911; Edmunds, ...

The two songs a drama in one act

Picryl description: Public domain image of music song book page, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

Marion Davies Estate, Fence & Bulkhead, 415 Pacific Coast Highway, San...

Significance: The Marion Davies Estate was constructed in 1929 from the designs of renowned architect Julia Morgan. The original development, then called Ocean House, was built by William Randolph Hearst and h... More

Olga Nethersole's version of Sapho by Clyde Fitch.

Created by "The Metropolitan Print., 222 to 232 W. 26th St., New York." Gift; Maxine Williams; 1973. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Leslie Carter, American vaudeville and popular entertainment 1870 1920

Created and "copyright 1899 The Strobridge Litho. Co., Cin'ti & New York." N.Y. no. 8569. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Loew's & United Artists Ohio Theatre, 39 East State Street, Columbus, ...

Significance: 1928 Movie Palace by theatre architect Thomas W. Lamb (one of the three major theatre architects of the 1920s) remaining and restored as a performing arts center in 1970s. Survey number: HABS OH-... More

Mme. Sarah Bernhardt in Phédre, Hearst Greek Theatre, May 17, '06, Act...

H78307 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Pillsbury Picture Co.; May 28, 1906; DLC/PP-1906:42938. No. 506.

[Portrait of Laurette Taylor] - Public domain portrait print

Title derived from information on verso of photographic print. Van Vechten number: III E 27. Also available on microfilm. Gift; Carl Van Vechten Estate; 1966. Forms part of: Portrait photographs of celebrities,... More

Rōka no geigi, Eizan Kikukawa - Public domain portrait print

Print shows an actor or actress as a woman, full-length portrait, standing on a veranda, facing left, with several hairpins; behind her, across a courtyard, are the silhouettes of persons in an illuminated room... More

Miss A.J. Evans. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War period.

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Actress. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Alice H. Cox and Mary H. Evans; 1... More

Lucille Weston. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War period.

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Actress. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Alice H. Cox and Mary H. Evans; 1... More

Tarr. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War period.

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Actress. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Alice H. Cox and Mary H. Evans; 1... More

Emma Webb. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War period.

Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Actress. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase; Alice H. Cox and Mary H. Evans; 1... More

Webb Sisters. Mathew Brady photograph of American Civil War period.

Photo shows American actress Emma Webb (Source: Higgins, M.P., 2018) Title from unverified information on negative sleeve. Actresses. Credit line: Brady-Handy photograph collection, Library of Congress, Prints ... More

Portrait photo of Maggie Desmond British Burlesque Performer

No. 116. Public domain photograph - 19th-century female portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Lotta Crabtree, full-length portrait, facing right, smoking cigar]

Photo copyrighted by J. Gurney & Son. Public domain photograph - female portrait, the 1900s, aristocracy, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Janauschek as "Meg Merrilies" - Public domain monumental decor print

Created by "Courier Lith. Co., Buffalo, N.Y." Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

[Pauline Cushman in military-style costume]

Photograph shows actress and Union spy Pauline Cushman in ornate military-style costume with epaulets and feathered hat.

Margaret Mather no. 16 - Public domain portrait print

Margaret Mather, actress, three-quarter length studio portrait, facing slightly right, standing against a studio prop which is covered with tapestry. 13969-0 U.S. Copyright Office.

Miss Margaret Robinson, American vaudeville and popular entertainment ...

"Tour Mr. Reeves Smith and his comedy company." Created by "Riverside Print. Co., Milwaukee." Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Sarah Bernhardt, 1844-1923 - Public domain portrait photograph

Full lgth., standing, left profile; both hands on her left shoulder. Photoprint copyrighted by Dupont. No. 1. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: B.I.; Theater; Ph. Ind.

Charles Frohman presents the newest laughing hit, Oh, Susannah! as pla...

Includes portrait of actress in upper right corner. Created and "copyright 1898 by The Strobridge Lith Co, Cin'ti & N.Y." N.Y. no. 8009. Forms part of: Theatrical poster collection (Library of Congress)

Farrar - Public domain photograph, glass negative

A woman in a hat holding a bouquet of flowers. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Geraldine Farrar, an American soprano singer and silent film... More

Farrar - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain photograph of interior decor, 1900s American woman, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Geraldine Farrar, an American soprano singer and silent film actress of the l... More

Erotic photography - Miss F. Sackville West

A black and white photo of a woman in a costume. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Evelyn Walsh McLean, George Grantham Bain Collection

Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. General information about the George Grantha... More

Fairbanks & Pickford - Public domain photograph

Public domain photograph - 1900s actress, female portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ned Wayburn examining chorus girls

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Helen Taft, May Allison - Public domain portrait photograph

Photograph shows actress May Allison (1890-1989) with Helen Taft and a motion picture camera. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2018) Title from data provided by the Bain News Service on the negative. Forms part... More

Gladys Cooper - Public domain portrait photograph

Public domain photograph - 1900s actress, female portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Ellen Cassidy - Public domain portrait photograph

Public domain photograph - female portrait, the 1910s, 1920s or 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Farrar & Tellegen - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain historical photo, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Geraldine Farrar, an American soprano singer and silent film actress of the late 19th and early 20th centuries,... More

Mrs. Siddons, Thomas Gainsborough, engraving, Library of Congress

Photograph of a painting by Thomas Gainsborough at the Art Institute of Chicago. Negative cracked, upper center and upper right. Listed in Detroit, Thistle Publications (1912). Detroit Publishing Co. no. M657. ... More

Isadora, in "Toga with looking glass"

Public domain photograph, 1910s-1920s portrait, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Mary Eaton - Public domain portrait print

A black and white photo of a woman in a dress. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Blackton family - Color separation negative, public domain

Photograph shows film director J. Stuart Blackton (1875-1941), his wife, actress and film director Paula Hilburn who is seated at a piano; and their two children, Violet Virginia Blackton (1910-1965) and Charle... More

Camilla Eibenschutz as "Sumurun"

A black and white photo of a woman in a dress. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Anita Stewart - Public domain portrait print

A black and white photo of a woman standing in front of a window. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Beatrice Nichols - Public domain portrait photograph

Public domain photograph - female portrait, 1900s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Hope Hampton - Public domain portrait photograph

A woman in a coat and hat holding a rifle. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Farrar - Public domain portrait photograph

A black and white photo of a woman in a fur coat. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Geraldine Farrar, an American soprano singer and silent f... More

Mrs. W.E. Corey, George Grantham Bain Collection

Photograph shows stage actress Mabelle Gilman Corey (1882?-1966) who was the second wife of William Ellis Corey, president of U.S. Steel. (Source: Flickr Commons project, 2013) Forms part of: George Grantham B... More

Calve, George Grantham Bain Collection

Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantha... More

Magdalen (Bertha Wolf) in passion play, Oberammergau, Bavaria, Germany

Public domain photograph - 1900s actress, female portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Norma Shearer, George Grantham Bain Collection

Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantha... More

Farrar - ["Reine Fiamein"] - An old photo of a woman in a fancy dress

Geraldine Farrar, an American soprano singer and silent film actress of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, was born in Melrose, Massachusetts, in 1882. She began her career in Europe. Metropolitan Opera in... More

Mary Mannering as "Glorious Betsy"

Public domain photograph, 1910s-1920s portrait, American, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Farrar - Public domain portrait photograph

A black and white photo of a woman in a dress. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Geraldine Farrar, an American soprano singer and silent film... More

Hazel Dawn in "The Pink Lady" - Public domain portrait photograph

Public domain photograph - 1900s actress, female portrait, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Farrar - Glass negative photogrpah. Public domain.

Public domain photograph of actress, group of people, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Geraldine Farrar, an American soprano singer and silent film actress of the late 19th and... More

E.N. Farrar - Public domain portrait photograph

A black and white photo of a man in a suit. Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description Geraldine Farrar, an American soprano singer and silent film ac... More

Marion Davies, George Grantham Bain Collection

Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). General information about the George Grantha... More

Study of a summer girl / Photo sketch by Miss Ben Yusuf.

Illustration showing a portrait photograph of a young woman (actress Florence Kahn), which forms a part of a portfolio in the magazine called "Some Types of the Summer Girl." Illus. in: Metropolitan Magazine, V... More

[Ethel Barrymore, half-length portrait, profile facing left]

Public domain portrait photograph, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description