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Images showcasing actresses and public figures in various roles, reflecting styles and themes from film and history across different eras.

Patricia Ryan Nixon (born Thelma Catherine Ryan; March 16, 1912 - June 22, 1993) was an American educator and the wife of President Richard Nixon. During her more than 30 years in public life, she served as both the second (1953-1961) and first lady of the United States (1969-1974).

FORMICA, MERCEDES ESCRITORA ESPAÑOLA. CADIZ 1913-2002 FOTO 1976.

SHIRLEY MACLAINE in GUARDING TESS (1994), directed by HUGH WILSON.

IMELDA STAUNTON in THE CROWN (2016), directed by PETER MORGAN.

Patricia Ryan Nixon (born Thelma Catherine Ryan; March 16, 1912 - June 22, 1993) was an American educator and the wife of President Richard Nixon. During her more than 30 years in public life, she served as both the second (1953-1961) and first lady of the United States (1969-1974).

FRANCES MCDORMAND in MISS PETTIGREW LIVES FOR A DAY (2008), directed by BHARAT NALLURI.

María Santpere Hernáez (Barcelona, 1 de septiembre de 1913-Madrid, 23 de septiembre de 1992). Polifacética actriz, cantante, vedette y humorista española conocida artísticamente como Mary Santpere.

JUDI DENCH in MISS PEREGRINE'S HOME FOR PECULIAR CHILDREN (2016), directed by TIM BURTON.

BETTY WHITE in ST ELSEWHERE (1982) -Original title: ST. ELSEWHERE-, directed by BRUCE PALTROW, MARK TINKER and ERIC LANEUVILLE.

ISABELLA ROSSELLINI in LATE BLOOMERS (2011), directed by JULIE GAVRAS.

MARGO MARTINDALE in HANNAH MONTANA: THE MOVIE (2009), directed by PETER CHELSOM.

MAGGIE SMITH in DOWNTON ABBEY (2010), directed by JULIAN FELLOWES.

MERYL STREEP in THE IRON LADY (2011), directed by PHYLLIDA LLOYD.

MAGALI NOEL in THE TRUTH ABOUT CHARLIE (2002), directed by JONATHAN DEMME.

Madrid, 11/20/2020. Carmen Iglesias, director of the Royal Academy of History. Photo: Isabel Permuy. ARCHDC.

ANNETTE BENING in AMERICAN BEAUTY (1999), directed by SAM MENDES.

Anefo photo collection. Princess Juliana. June 1981

CHARLOTTE RAMPLING in THE LITTLE STRANGER (2018), directed by LENNY ABRAHAMSON.

JULIE WALTERS in DRIVING LESSONS (2006), directed by JEREMY BROCK.

Madrid, 04/24/2017. Interview with Pilar Medina Sidonia. Photo: Maya Balanya. Archdc.

IMELDA STAUNTON in TALKING HEADS (2020).

ELISABETH MOSS in MAD MEN (2007), directed by TIM HUNTER.

LAUREN BACALL in MURDER ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS (1974), directed by SIDNEY LUMET.

GILLIAN ANDERSON in THE FIRST LADY (2022), directed by SUSANNE BIER.

KRISTIN SCOTT THOMAS in DARKEST HOUR (2017), directed by JOE WRIGHT.

"Great Ladies", Toni Frissell, Antoinette Frissell Bacon, Antoinette Frissell

CONSTANCE SHULMAN in STRAWBERRY MANSION (2021), directed by KENTUCKER AUDLEY and ALBERT BIRNEY.

ROSSY DE PALMA in TOC TOC (2017), directed by VICENTE VILLANUEVA.

Madrid, 03/07/2016. Interview with Mercedes Arzu de Wilson, president of the World Family Organization and member of the Pontifical Academy of Life. Photo: Isabel Permuy ARCHDC.

MERYL STREEP in THE IRON LADY (2011), directed by PHYLLIDA LLOYD.

AMY MADIGAN in SHOT IN THE HEART (2001), directed by AGNIESZKA HOLLAND.

Newport- Mrs. Whitehouse Parasol , Toni Frissell, Antoinette Frissell Bacon, Antoinette Frissell

MERYL STREEP in THE IRON LADY (2011), directed by PHYLLIDA LLOYD.

Churchill, Lady Choices, Toni Frissell, Antoinette Frissell Bacon, Antoinette Frissell

Newport- Mrs. Whitehouse Parasol , Toni Frissell, Antoinette Frissell Bacon, Antoinette Frissell

SHIRLEY MACLAINE in DOWNTON ABBEY (2010), directed by JULIAN FELLOWES. Season 3.

RVD / Royal House photo collection. Princess Christina in Palace Soestdijk, 1969. 1969

Preserve America Presidential Awards event at the White House, with Advisory Council on Historic Preservation Chairman John Nau III providing the introduction and First Lady Laura Bush announcing awards to the African Burial Ground project (resulting in the African Burial Ground National Monument) in New York City, the Lower East Side Tenement Museum in New York City, the Corinth and Alcorn County, Mississippi Heritage Tourism Initiative, and the Historic Courthouse Preservation Program in Texas

Waxwork depicting Queen Elizabeth II. Elizabeth II (1926-) Queen of the United Kingdom and the other Commonwealth realms

JANE FONDA in BETTER LIVING THROUGH CHEMISTRY (2014), directed by GEOFF MOORE and DAVID POSAMENTIER.

SHIRLEY MACLAINE in CLOSING THE RING (2007), directed by RICHARD ATTENBOROUGH.

SIGOURNEY WEAVER in MY SALINGER YEAR (2020), directed by PHILIPPE FALARDEAU.

HELEN MIRREN in THE CLEARING (2004), directed by PIETER JAN BRUGGE.

U.S. First Lady Betty Ford reading letters in her White House East Wing office, Washington, D.C., USA, Gerald R. Ford White House Photographs, February 20, 1975

Mrs. Whitehouse with Parasol and Van Allen, Toni Frissell, Antoinette Frissell Bacon, Antoinette Frissell

FORMICA, MERCEDES. ESCRITORA ESPAÑOLA.CADIZ 1918. FOTO 1976.

Madrid, 06/10/2019. Interview with Isabel Noboa. Photo: Ernesto Acute Archdc.

CANDICE BERGEN in SEX AND THE CITY: THE MOVIE (2008), directed by MICHAEL PATRICK KING.

EMMA THOMPSON in EFFIE GRAY (2014), directed by RICHARD LAXTON.

JESSICA LANGE in AMERICAN HORROR STORY (2011).

"Great Ladies", Toni Frissell, Antoinette Frissell Bacon, Antoinette Frissell

KRISTIN SCOTT THOMAS in THE WOMAN IN THE FIFTH (2011) -Original title: LA FEMME DU VEME-, directed by PAWEL PAWLIKOWSKI.

Barcelona, 02/05/2015. Interview with Writer Sue Grafton. Photo: Inés Baucells. Archdc.

U.S. President Ronald Reagan with British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher during a working luncheon, Camp David, Frederick County, Maryland, USA, President Ronald Reagan White House Photographic Office, December 22, 1984

VANESSA REDGRAVE in WILDE (1997), directed by BRIAN GILBERT.

Anefo photo collection. Prinsjesdag 1978; Queen Juliana Throne speech, close. September 19, 1978

CATE BLANCHETT and JUDI DENCH in NOTES ON A SCANDAL (2006), directed by RICHARD EYRE.

01/07/2004. Madrid, 8-1-04. Nuria Espert. Photo Gonzalo Cruz.

EMMA THOMPSON in A WALK IN THE WOODS (2015), directed by KEN KWAPIS.

FERNANDA MONTENEGRO in LOVE IN THE TIME OF CHOLERA (2007), directed by MIKE NEWELL.

JEAN SMART in HACKS (2021), directed by LUCIA ANIELLO, DESIREE AKHAVAN and PAUL W. DOWNS.

U.S. First Lady Nancy Reagan with American socialite Betsy Bloomingdale at a private party at the Bloomingdale residence, Beverly Hills, California, USA, President Ronald Reagan White House Photographic Office, August 24, 1988

Barcelona, 04/20/2018. Press conference by the writer Amélie Nothomb. Photo: Pep Dalmau. ARCHDC.

JOAN PLOWRIGHT and CHER in TEA WITH MUSSOLINI (1999), directed by FRANCO ZEFFIRELLI.

RVD / Royal House photo collection. Princess Beatrix. 1965

BETTY WHITE in THE GOLDEN GIRLS (1985), directed by SUSAN HARRIS.

Princess Diana smiling on royal tour in New Zealand 1983

MERYL STREEP in THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA (2006), directed by DAVID FRANKEL.

Madrid, 04/24/2017. Interview with Pilar Medina Sidonia. Photo: Maya Balanya. Archdc.

JEAN MARSH in UPSTAIRS, DOWNSTAIRS-TV (1971), directed by BILL BAIN and DEREK BENNET.

GLENN CLOSE in CROOKED HOUSE (2017), directed by GILLES PAQUET-BRENNER.

HELEN MIRREN in ARTHUR (2011), directed by JASON WINER.

NATHALIE BAYE in CATCH ME IF YOU CAN (2002), directed by STEVEN SPIELBERG.

May 31, 2009 - Hollywood, California, U.S. - Betty White of ''The Proposal'' in Los Angeles, CA May 31, 2009 (Credit Image: © Armando Gallo/ZUMA Studio).

Anefo photo collection. Photo session royal family home ten Bosch. Majesty Queen Beatrix. August 17, 1982. Hague, South Holland

TILDA SWINTON in THE FRENCH DISPATCH (2021), directed by WES ANDERSON.

RITA MORENO in RITA MORENO: JUST A GIRL WHO DECIDED TO GO FOR IT (2021), directed by MARIEM PEREZ RIERA.

EL CORAZÓN DEL IMPERIO (2021).

Anefo photo collection. royal highness Princess Margriet 26 years. January 19, 1969

Vogue - Sara di Bonaventura, Toni Frissell, Antoinette Frissell Bacon, Antoinette Frissell

JESSICA WALTER in ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT (2003), directed by PAUL FEIG.

JESSICA LANGE in HUSH (1998), directed by JOHNATHAN DARBY.

MAGGIE SMITH in DOWNTON ABBEY (2010), directed by JULIAN FELLOWES.

Kate Reid, Head and Shoulders Publicity Portrait for the Film, "Highpoint", New World Pictures, 1979, U.S. Release 1982

NATALIE PORTMAN and GRETA GERWIG in JACKIE (2016), directed by PABLO LARRAIN.

Madrid, 06/10/2019. Interview with Isabel Noboa. Photo: Ernesto Acute Archdc.

SARAH PAULSON in CAROL (2015), directed by TODD HAYNES.

German Actress Dana Golombek at the Leipzig Book Fair 2025 108915966

MERYL STREEP in JULIE & JULIA (2009), directed by NORA EPHRON.

KATHY BATES in MISERY (1990), directed by ROB REINER.

CHARLOTTE RAMPLING in NEVER LET ME GO (2010), directed by MARK ROMANEK.

HELEN MIRREN in HITCHCOCK (2012), directed by SACHA GERVASI.

GLENN CLOSE in LE DIVORCE (2003), directed by JAMES IVORY.

MAGGIE SMITH in BECOMING JANE (2007), directed by JULIAN JARROLD.

Jean Evelyn Nidetch (nee Slutsky, October 12, 1923 - April 29, 2015) was an American business entrepreneur who was the founder of the Weight Watchers organization.

Pearl S. Buck, American Author, (1892-1973)

Anefo photo collection. Retirement File Soestdijk; Queen Juliana, waving (close). June 1978

OLIVIA COLMAN in THE CROWN (2016), directed by PETER MORGAN.

Ineke Hans, Arnhem, Netherlands. Architect: Ineke Hans Designer, 2014. Portrait of Ineke Hans.

CABALLE , MONTSERRAT SOPRANO ESPAÑOLA . BARCELONA 1933 - FOTO PROMOCIONAL.

Anefo photo collection. Retirement File Soestdijk; Queen Juliana waving. April 6, 1978

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