Theatrical Performers in Costumes

Dramatic images of performers in elaborate costumes, emphasizing theatricality and artistry from various eras.

Dancer Isadora Duncan by Anonymous /Private Collection/c. 1906/Phototypie/Music, Dance,Portrait

Erika Kaufmann as undine in the eponymous opera of Albert Lortzing. Probably State Opera Dresden, around 1920. Photography of Adolf Dous (World postcard with studio embossing stamp, verso designated)

Dancer Isadora Duncan by Anonymous /Private Collection/c. 1906/Phototypie/Music, Dance,Portrait

Dancer Isadora Duncan, Anonymous

Maria Cavalieri - Italian Opera Singer - promoted to cash in on the name of the more famous (and more beautiful!) singer Lina Cavalieri. Date: circa 1908

Francesca Bertini (1892-1985), actriz de cine mudo italiana.

Billie Burke, performed on Broadway, radio, silent films, and talkies for over 50 years. She was married to Florenz Ziegfeld from 1914 until his death in 1928. Photo from 1910-1920 (BSLOC_2020_2_15)

Card Number 59, Olga Brandon, from the Actors and Actresses series (N145-4) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Cameo Cigarettes 1880s Issued by W. Duke, Sons & Co. Trade cards from the set "Actors and Actresses" (N145-4), issued in the 1880s by W. Duke Sons & Co. to promote Cameo Cigarettes. There are eight subsets of the N145 series. Various subsets sport different card designs and also promote different tobacco brands represented by W. Duke Sons & Company. This card is from the fourth subset, N145-4. Note that actors' names are spelled differently on cards throughout set and are not dependable for accuracy.. Card Number 59, Olga Brandon, from the Actors and Actresses series (N145-4) issued by Duke Sons & Co. to promote Cameo Cigarettes 646710

Mlle. Del Ira, Paris, from the Actors and Actresses series (N45, Type 1) for Virginia Brights Cigarettes ca. 1888 Issued by Allen & Ginter American Trade cards from the "Actors and Actresses" series (N45, Type 1), issued ca. 1888 by Allen & Ginter to promote Virginia Brights, Dixie, Our Little Beauties and Opera Puffs Cigarettes.. Mlle. Del Ira, Paris, from the Actors and Actresses series (N45, Type 1) for Virginia Brights Cigarettes 415013

Luisa Tetrazzini

Mlle. Del Ira, Paris, from the Actors and Actresses series (N45, Type 1) for Virginia Brights Cigarettes ca. 1888 Issued by Allen & Ginter American Trade cards from the "Actors and Actresses" series (N45, Type 1), issued ca. 1888 by Allen & Ginter to promote Virginia Brights, Dixie, Our Little Beauties and Opera Puffs Cigarettes.. Mlle. Del Ira, Paris, from the Actors and Actresses series (N45, Type 1) for Virginia Brights Cigarettes 411775

Mlle Polaire. Paul Nadar (French, 1856 - 1939)

Luisa Tetrazzini

Porttert Blanche Marchesi (1863-1940), French money, in a stage costume, in the role of Brunhilda in the musical drama "Walkiria" by Richard Wagner - photography with dedication for Societé Philharmonique de Varsovie; Mendelssohn, Hayman Seleg (1847-1908); around 1900 (1890-00-00-1905-00-00);National Philharmonic (Warsaw), Marchesi, Blanche (1863-1940), Marchesi, Blanche (1863-1940)-dedication from, Marchesi, Blanche (1863-1940)-iconography, Rajchman, Aleksander (1855-1915), Rajchman, Aleksander (1855-1915)-collection, Wagner, Richard (1813-1883). Walkiria, Warsaw Music Society Stanisław Moniuszko (1871-), Dedication, theater costumes, portraits, women's portraits, theater (artist), singers

This photo shows the opera singer Emma Calve in the title role of Bizet's Carmen. She was born in 1866 in Decazeville, France, and made her operatic debut in Brussels in 1881, as Marguerite in Faust. She originated the role of Santuzza in Cavalleria Rusticana, but her greatest triumphs followed her first appearance in Carmen at the Opera Comique, Paris, in 1874. She first came to America in 1893 and then made yearly visits in grand opera and recitals.

Sarah Bernhardt, (1844-1923), French Actress

Mlle. Bernhardt, Paris, from the Actors and Actresses series (N45, Type 1) for Virginia Brights Cigarettes ca. 1888 Issued by Allen & Ginter American Trade cards from the "Actors and Actresses" series (N45, Type 1), issued ca. 1888 by Allen & Ginter to promote Virginia Brights, Dixie, Our Little Beauties and Opera Puffs Cigarettes.. Mlle. Bernhardt, Paris, from the Actors and Actresses series (N45, Type 1) for Virginia Brights Cigarettes. ca. 1888. Albumen photograph. Issued by Allen & Ginter (American, Richmond, Virginia)

Marie Lloyd (1870 - 1922), Music hall entertainer wearing a large feathered hat.

This photo shows the opera singer Emma Calve in the title role of Bizet's Carmen. She was born in 1866 in Decazeville, France, and made her operatic debut in Brussels in 1881, as Marguerite in Faust. She originated the role of Santuzza in Cavalleria Rusticana, but her greatest triumphs followed her first appearance in Carmen at the Opera Comique, Paris, in 1874. She first came to America in 1893 and then made yearly visits in grand opera and recitals.

Mlle. Shery, Paris, from the Actors and Actresses series (N45, Type 1) for Virginia Brights Cigarettes ca. 1888 Issued by Allen & Ginter American Trade cards from the "Actors and Actresses" series (N45, Type 1), issued ca. 1888 by Allen & Ginter to promote Virginia Brights, Dixie, Our Little Beauties and Opera Puffs Cigarettes.. Mlle. Shery, Paris, from the Actors and Actresses series (N45, Type 1) for Virginia Brights Cigarettes 414752

Portrait of Lea d'Asco (Actress at the Taitbout Room and the Renaissance Theater) Isidore Alphonse Chalot. Portrait of Lea d'Asco (actress at the Taitbout Room and the Renaissance Theater). Business card (front). Draw on albuminum paper. 1877-1891.

MARGARITA XIRGU (1888-1969) ACTRIZ ESPANOLA.

Phila Wolff Als Angela

Caroline K. Duer

Nadezhda Vasilievna Plevitskaya (1884-1940) / Anonymous / Photograph / 1910s / Russia / Private Collection / Portrait

Miss Barker; Hill & Adamson (Scottish, active 1843 - 1848); Scotland; 1843 - 1848; Salted paper print from a Calotype negative; 19.4 x 13.3 cm (7 5,8 x 5 1,4 in.)

Miss F. Sackville West

Mary Anderson

Anna Pavlova in Oriental fantasy. Photographs. 1913 - 1923. Jerome Robbins Dance Division. Pavlova, Anna, 1881-1931, Ballet , United States , 1911-1920, Oriental fantasy (Choreographic work : Zajlich, S)

Flora Hegner as Juliette

Margarethe Siems as Marshalin

Mlle. Ruhende, from the Actresses series (N245) issued by Kinney Brothers to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes. Dimensions: Sheet: 2 1/2 × 1 7/16 in. (6.4 × 3.7 cm). Publisher: Issued by Kinney Brothers (American). Date: 1890.Trade cards from the set "Actors and Actresses" (N245), issued in 1890 by Kinney Brothers Tobacco to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA.

Actress Lillian Gish 1930. Doris Ulma

Elsie Leslie (1899) by Zaida Ben-Yusuf. - Elsie Leslie as Lydia Languish in Sheridan's play The Rivals (1899)

Marie Burroughs 'Judah'

SARAH BERNHARDT French actress in a decorative hat Date: 1845 - 1923

Portrait of Jeanne C. Max (entire figure) - photograph with dedication to Aleksander Rajchman from 1903. Reutlinger (Paryż ; studio fotograficzne ; 1850-1937), photographer

Eva von der Osten

Miss Evelyn Nesbitt. Alfred S. Campbell Art Co.. Photographs. 1903-09. General Research Division. Wreaths, Laurels, Nesbit, Evelyn, 1884-1967

Lillian Gish, as Yelena Andreyevna 1930 production of Uncle Vanya

French actress, dancer, and silent film star Stacia Napierkowska (1891-1945) photographed circa 1910

Norma Shearer (1902 - 1983) Canadian-American actress who was active on film from 1919 through 1942.

Portrait of Blanche Marchesi (1863-1940), French singer, in stage costume, as Brunhilde in the musical drama `Valkyrie` by Richard Wagner - photograph with dedication for the Societé Philharmonique de Varsovie. Mendelssohn, Hayman Seleg (1847-1908), photographer

Minnie Nast as Margarete

Irene Castle (1893 1969), American Dancer most famous for dancing with her husband Vernon Castle. The bob was named after her in 1915, when she cut her hair short for convenience, naming her Castle Bob. 1923

Atelier Koppitz's circa 1925 portrait is printed on silver gelatin paper in a box format.

Carmen Tórtola Valencia (1882-1955), bailarina andaluza.

Lillian Russell as Vera, a Russian gypsy fortune teller in DeKoven and Smith's comic opera, TAIGANE. The 1895 play was set during the Napoleonic invasion of 1812 (BSLOC_2018_3_18)

Elsevier photo collection. H.M. Koningin Wilhelmina. 1897

USA, New York, Willette Kershaw in ""The Unchastened Woman"" at 39th Street Theatre

In this 1893 oil painting by French artist Georges Clairin, Sarah Bernhardt is shown playing the role of Queen Cleopatra.

American Actress Alice Joyce, Half-Length Publicity Portrait, Postcard, 1910's

Copy of a portrait of a woman, inscribed Hawthorne 3, circa 1920, Wellington, by Berry & Co.

Lady Margot ASQUITH, 1864-1945 (born Emma Alice Margaret Tennant), Scottish society figure and wit, wife of Herbert Asquith (Prime Minister), photograph 1886

Photograph of Victoria Eugenie of Battenberg (1887-1969) Queen of Spain as the wife of King Alfronso XIII. Dated 20th century

Early Hollywood actress dressed as a Shah Date: circa 1910s

Mildred Gibson, White, N.Y.

Portrait of a woman. Baron Adolf de Meyer, photographer (American, born France, 1868 - 1946) 1907

Lady Hardinge, Winifred Selina Sturt Hardinge (1868 - 1914), cousin and wife of Charles Hardinge, 1st Baron Hardinge of Penshurst, British diplomat and statesman who served as Viceroy of India from 1910 to 1916. She started a medical college for women in Delhi, and laid the foundation stone of the college on 17 March 1914. On completion in 1916 the college was named after her.

Gertie Millar, British actress and singer, c1905.Artist: Rotary Photo

ELEANOR OF PROVENCE Queen of Henry III & mother of Edward I of England. She was joint governor in 1253 & organised military action. Date: 1223 - 1291

Margaret Woodrow Wilson (1886-1944) Eldest Daughter of U.S. President Woodrow Wilson and Ellen Axson Wilson, Full-Length Portrait, Photograph by Davis & Sanford, NY, between 1910 and 1913

Phyllis Neilson-Terry (1892 - 1977), English actress in the role of Lady Teazle in 'School for Scandal'

Edna Thomas as Lady Macbeth. 1936 - 1937. Photographs. Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division. Thomas, Edna, 1885-1974, African Americans in the performing arts

Queen Elizabeth', 1912. Sarah Bernhardt saw the film versions of her famous vehicles as 'my one chance for immortality', but insisted on filming them as they were on the stage.

Berenice Abbott, Portrait of Djuna Barnes, 1925-1930, printed 1982, gelatin silver print.

Joan Crawford

Beatrice, Princess of England (1857-1944), wife of prince Henry von Battenberg, the fifth daughter and youngest child of Queen Victoria and Prince Albert. Here she poses in her wedding dress. Date: 1890

Aleksandra Dionisyevna Danilova 1903 -1997 Russian born prima ballerina assoluta From the book Footnotes to The Ballet published 1938

'Miss Isabel Jay, (1879-1927), as "Christine" in "Dear Little Denmark".', c1909. Creator: Unknown.

Countess Nadejda Mikhailovna de Torby, the daughter of the exiled Russian Grand Duke Michael of Russia. She married Prince George of Battenberg (Mountbatten), the uncle of the current Duke of Edinburgh in 1916. Pictured wearing traditional Russian costume. Date: 1912

Actress Alberta Vaughn, Full-Length Publicity Portrait, 1920's

XIRGU , MARGARITA. ACTRIZ DE TEATRO ESPAÑOLA. MOLINS DEL REY. 1888 - 1969.

MARY PICKFORD in DOROTHY VERNON OF HADDON HALL (1924), directed by MARSHALL NEILAN.

Portrait of Helena Jadwiga Oleska (1875-1969), Payers, in a stage costume to the role of orthrund at the Richard Wagner Opera "Lohengrin"; Bahrynowicz, Teodoza ( -1915); 1907 (1907-00-00-1907-00-00);Oleska, Helena Jadwiga (1875-1969), Oleska, Helena Jadwiga (1875-1969)-iconography, Rajchman, Aleksander (1855-1915)-collection, Wagner, Richard (1813-1883). Lohengrin, actors, theater costumes, opera (artist), portraits, women's portraits, theater (artist)

Tamara Tchinarova. May 10, 1937.

Portrait of Mary Thompson

Eva Plaschke-of the East as Sieglinde

Queen Wilhelmina poses with the Willems Order, Atelier Merkelbach, 1948 photograph Queen Wilhelmina poses with the Willems Order. Portrait standing, back. Amsterdam photographic support Amsterdam

Helene Wildbrunn as Brunnhilde, circa 1922

Eric Burroughs. 1936. Photographs. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Burroughs, Eric, 1911-1992, Shakespeare, William, 1564-1616. Macbeth, Federal Theatre Project (U.S.)

Erika Wedekind as Peppina

IRIS HAWKINS Actress Date: 1906

Grand Duchess Kira Kirillovna of Russia (1909-1967), Anonymous

Portrait of an unknown woman, Simhart & Co. Brend'Amour, c. 1894 - in or before 1899 photomechanical print paper historical persons. adult woman

MARY ASTOR in DON JUAN (1926), directed by ALAN CROSLAND.

Sarah Bernhardt in "Francesca de Rimini". Date/Period: 1902. Photograph. Albumen print cabinet card Albumen print cabinet card. Height: 165 mm (6.49 in); Width: 109 mm (4.29 in). Author: William and Daniel Downey.

Circa 1922 - Clara Bow, half-length portrait, standing, facing right, in costume

Portrait of Miss Dorothy Drew. From the portfolio: The Work of E. Burne-Jones., 1893, Great Britain, by Edward Burne-Jones, The Berlin Photographic Company.

Studio shot of Jean Crane

Mrs. Fr Benson born Constance Featherstonhayhh 1860-1945 English actress. In 1886 she married the actor and director Frank Benson 1858-1939 and appeared as his leading actress for many years. Here as a Doll Tearsheet in King Henry IV by William Shakespeare., Historically, digitally restored reproduction of a 19th century template, Record Date Not Stated

Photograph of Edna Thornton (1875-1964) a British opera singer. Dated 20th Century

LADY BETTY

London, England c. 1924Actress and sculptor Jacob Epstein muse Meum Stewart posing on stage.

Portrait - F. B.. Louis Fleckenstein, photographer (American, 1866 - 1943) 1924-1943 "Louis Fleckenstein," pencil, mount recto below image right "# 3 - Portrait - F. B. / by / Louis Fleckenstein / 1510 E 3rd St. / Long Beach, Cal.," pencil, mount verso top center "50," red pencil, mount verso top right "J21," pencil, mount verso bottom right

BLANY - Portrait of Miss Moreno, French comedy.

Mata Hari, Anonymous

Portrait of Helena Jadwiga Oleska (1875-1969), singer, in stage costume for the role of Ortruda in the opera Lohengrin’ by Richard Wagner.. Bahrynowicz, Teodozy (?-1915), photographer

Emmy Streng, soprano singer at the Stadttheater Hamburg, as Isolde, in a production of Richard Wagner's Tristan und Isolde in 1927 Date: 1927

Cabinet card image of French actress Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923) by Napoleon Sarony. Bernhardt is dressed as Cleopatra, 1891.

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