Vintage Actress Portraits

Classic photographic portraits of early 20th-century actresses, featuring elegant attire and vintage styles, reflecting a bygone era of glamour and artistry.

Adele Rowland in ""Irene""

Julia Neilson, from the Actresses series (N245) issued by Kinney Brothers to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes 1890 Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company American Trade cards from the set "Actors and Actresses" (N245), issued in 1890 by Kinney Brothers Tobacco to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes.. Julia Neilson, from the Actresses series (N245) issued by Kinney Brothers to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes 655790

Mlle Robinne; Emile Auguste Reutlinger (French, 1825 - 1907); about 1900; Bromide print

Madge Lessing, German actress, c1906. Artist: Unknown

Mlle Robinne. Emile Auguste Reutlinger (French, 1825 - 1907)

Bebe Daniels (1901-1971), actriz de cine mudo, radio y televisión estadounidense.

Adrilenne Augarde (1882 - 1913), British actress and singer of the day Date: 1900s

Miss Kathlene Martyn, 1921, Famous beauty, ex-Follies girl, and motion picture star, re-engaged for her original role in ""Sally"". New Amsterdam Theatre

Adele Rowland in ""Irene""

Actress Mary Brian (1906-2002), Head and Shoulders Publicity Portrait, 1920's

Eva Plaschke-of the East as Sieglinde

Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney wearing a jeweled gown and tiara, while holding a peacock feather fan. The photo by Adolf de Meyer, was published in Vogue magazine, January 15, 1917 (BSLOC_2018_3_75)

Anka Horvat as Carmen

Annie Martell, 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.

Portrait of Lenore Ulrich

Lady Ottoline Morrell. Artist: Adolf de Meyer (American (born France), Paris 1868-1946 Los Angeles, California). Dimensions: Image: 23.5 x 17.4 cm (9 1/4 x 6 7/8 in.)Mount: 43.1 x 35.5 cm (16 15/16 x 14 in.). Date: ca. 1912.Adolph de Meyer's portrait of Lady Ottoline Morrell, eccentric hostess to Bloomsbury, is a stunning summation of the character of this aristocratic lady who aspired to live "on the same plane as poetry and as music." Rebelling against the narrow values of her class, Lady Ottoline Cavendish Bentinck (1873-1938) married Philip Morrell, a lawyer and liberal Member of Parliament, and surrounded herself in London and on their estate at Garsington with a large circle of friends, including Bertrand Russell, W. B. Yeats, D. H. Lawrence, T. S. Eliot, Katherine Mansfield, Lytton Strachey, Virginia Woolf, Aldous Huxley, and E. M. Forster. Tall, wearing fantastic, scented, vaguely Elizabethan clothes, Lady Ottoline made an unforgettable impression. With her dyed red hair, p

Dorma Leigh (1890 - ), British stage performer, appearing here in 'The Whirligig', at the Palace Theatre, London. Date: 1920

Portrait Wini Grabitz

Studio shot of Mary Milburn in ""Angel Face"", 1920

Silent Film Actress Zalla Zarana, born Rozalija Srsen in Zuzemberk, Slovenia, Publicity Portrait, 1920's

Jeannette Lowrie, from the Actresses series (N245) issued by Kinney Brothers to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes 1890 Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company American Trade cards from the set "Actors and Actresses" (N245), issued in 1890 by Kinney Brothers Tobacco to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes.. Jeannette Lowrie, from the Actresses series (N245) issued by Kinney Brothers to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes 655443

Lady Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon (1900-2002), later Duchess of York, Queen Elizabeth and then Queen Mother (to Queen Elizabeth II). Wife of King George VI. Pictured in 1922 shortly before her marriage to the then Duke of York the following year. Date: 1923

Madame Ida Rubinstein. Theater programs. 1911. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Rubinstein, Ida, 1885-1960

Portrait Ruth Berkely wearing wreath

Silent Film Actress Ann Little (1891-1984), Publicity Portrait, Evans L.A., 1910's

Elisabeth Boehm van Endert as Elsa

Dorgean Maule, Half-Length Publicity Portrait for the Silent Film, "One Year to Live", First National Pictures, 1925

'Lady Oxford says It Is Popular To Be Liberal With Booth's Gin, And Then The Party Will Be Top Of T Artist: Unknown.

Portrait of actress Lily Bouwmeester, Jacob Merkelbach, 1920 - 1930 photograph Amsterdam photographic support historical persons (portraits and scenes from the life) - BB - woman

Juston, CF, Portrait of an unknown woman with an iris, recto - printed, photomechanical print, page, photographs, photographically illustrated books, GB. X., The Iris by CF Juston, height 149 mm, width 101 mm, photographer, 1900 - 1905, paper, two color autotype, cliché maker

LINA CAVALIERI Italian singer Date: 1874 - 1944

Florence Baker, from the Actresses series (N246), Type 2, issued by Kinney Brothers to promote Sporting Extra Cigarettes ca. 1890 Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company American Trade cards from the set "Actresses" (N246), issued ca. 1890 by Kinney Brothers Tobacco to promote Sporting Extra Cigarettes. There are two types of cards in the series, varying by size.. Florence Baker, from the Actresses series (N246), Type 2, issued by Kinney Brothers to promote Sporting Extra Cigarettes. ca. 1890. Albumen photograph. Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company

Pearl Revare, from the Actresses series (N245) issued by Kinney Brothers to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes 1890 Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company American Trade cards from the set "Actors and Actresses" (N245), issued in 1890 by Kinney Brothers Tobacco to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes.. Pearl Revare, from the Actresses series (N245) issued by Kinney Brothers to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes 656288

Anna Pavlova in the ballet The Dying Swan by Camille Saint-Saëns, Anonymous

Portrait Mies Merkelbach with white furpels about Japon, Jacob Mergelbach, c. 1920 - c. 1930 photograph Amsterdam sec. drager: cardboard. foto: photographic support gelatin silver print historical persons (portraits and scenes from the life) - BB - woman

Adda Gleason in ""The Man Who Came Back"" Bronx Opera Theater

The photograph shows Lily Damita captured by Franz Löwy between 1925 and 1926. The print is a toned silver gelatin paper in a box format.

Conqueror cigarettes. Marie Jansen , Actresses, Cigarettes, Jansen, Marie, 1857-1914, Carte de Visite Collection

WINIFRED FREDA DUDLEY WARD, NEE BIRKIN was the mistress of the Duke of Windsor when he was Prince of Wales and widely acknowledged as his first great love. She divorced her first husband and married Pedro, Marquess de Casa Maury. Date: 1894 - 1983

Portrait of Jane Morris (Mrs. William Morris). John Robert Parsons (British, about 1826 - 1909)

Louise Huff (1895-1973), American Actress of the Silent Film Era, head and shoulders Publicity Portrait, Evans L.A., 1920

American Film Actress May McAvoy, Head and Shoulders Publicity Portrait, late 1910's

Pearl Revare

Sarah Bernhardt (1844 - 1923) French stage actress who starred in some of the most popular French plays of the late 19th and early 20th centuries

Actress Louise Glaum (1888-1970), Publicity Portrait, photo by Nelson Evans, Postcard, 1910's

Mrs Patrick Campbell (1865-1940) English actress. Created the title role in the 'problem' play 'The Second Mrs Tanqueray' by Arthur Wing Pinero's (1893) and Eliza in 'Pygmalion' (1914) by George Bernard Shaw. Mrs Campbell in 1903. Halftone.

Mlle Polaire. Paul Nadar, photographer (French, 1856 - 1939) about 1910 Full-length portrait of actress Émilie Marie Bouchaud, known by the stage name Polaire. She stands facing the camera with her hands folded and resting on her chest. (Verso, print) handwritten in pencil: "Mlle Polaire / 21771"

Vera de Bosset Stravinsky (1888-1982), Shumov, Pyotr Ivanovich (1872-1936)

USA, New York, Studio shot of Mildred Richardson in ""Her Soldier Boy"" at Astor Theater

Dolores del Rio - Mexican Film Actress (1905 - 1983). Date: circa 1925

USA, New York, Studio shot of Cleo Mayfield in ""The Blushing Bride"" at Astor Theatre

Josephine Brown. Gertrude Käsebier (American, 1852 - 1934)

Stage Actress Miss Ethel Christine - a vry pretty young girl in a very large and elaborate hat, that is positively dripping with floral decoration. circa 1910s

Actress Marion Kane, Head and Shoulders Publicity Portrait, 1928

Peggy Hopkins

GLADYS COOPER English actress of stage and screen Date: 1926

Josephine Brown; Gertrude Käsebier (American, 1852 - 1934); New York, New York, United States; 1900 - 1907; Platinum print; 29.2 x 22.4 cm (11 1,2 x 8 13,16 in.)

Publicity photograph of Sarah Bernhardt in the role of Leah. 1892. Photographs. Billy Rose Theatre Division. Bernhardt, Sarah, 1844-1923, Daly, Augustin, 1838-1899. Leah: the forsaken

Portrait of Sofia of Schonburg-Waldenburg (1885-1936), Princess of Albania, photograph by Niederastroth, from L'Illustrazione Italiana, Year XLI, No 10, March 8, 1914.

Miss Madge Perry

Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna, circa 1914

Silent Film Actress Zalla Zarana, born Rozalija Srsen in Zuzemberk, Slovenia, Publicity Portrait by Evans L.A., 1920's

Vilma Banky (1901 - 1991), Hungarian-born American silent film actress.

Maud Fealy (1883 - 1971), American stage and silent film actress. Date: early 20th century

Elisabeth Boehm van Endert as Margarete (Debutrolle)

Carolyn Thomas in ""Adele""

Portrait of a proud woman (OV2019_426)

Jane Noria soprano

Berenice Abbott, Portrait of Princess Marthe Bibesco, 1927, printed 1982, gelatin silver print.

SophieRaab. Artist: Alfred Stieglitz, American, 1864-1946

Mary Astor (1906 1987), American actress

Maggie Arlington (1853-1877)

Ada Sullivan, early 1900s glamor girl.

Portrait of Polly Archer

Marguerite Clark (1883 1940), American stage and silent film actress.

Loretta Young, American actress, c1930s(). Artist: Unknown

Silent Film Actress Edith Johnson, Half-Length Seated Publicity Portrait, Evans L.A., 1918

Berenice Abbott, Portrait of Mme Paul Claudel, 1925-30, printed 1982, gelatin silver print.

Olga Khokhlova, Anonymous

Portrait of Florence Shirley

Photograph of Margaret Sullavan (1909-1960) an American actress of stage and film.

Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna of Russia (1890_1958) by Photo studio Jaeger /Private Collection/1912/Photograph/Sweden/Tsar's Family. House of Romanov

Portrait of Joan Crawford. Vintage Photoplay Magazine portrait of the movie actress by photograph Ruth Harriet Louise. circa 1928

Annie Martell, from the Actresses series (N245) issued by Kinney Brothers to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes 1890 Issued by Kinney Brothers Tobacco Company American Trade cards from the set "Actors and Actresses" (N245), issued in 1890 by Kinney Brothers Tobacco to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes.. Annie Martell, from the Actresses series (N245) issued by Kinney Brothers to promote Sweet Caporal Cigarettes 655487

Actress Dorothy Revier, Publicity Portrait inside The New Movie Magazine, May 1930

Kathlyn Williams, Head and Shoulders Publicity Portrait for the Silent Film, "A Single Man", MGM, 1929

Portrait of Greta Garbo (1905 - 1990). Greta Garbo was born in Stockholm and was 'spotted' whilst studying at the Royal Theatre Dramatic School by the Swedish director Mauritz Stiller. Her first Hollywood film was 'The Temptress' 1926. Amongst her other successes are, 'Queen Christie' (1930), 'Anna Karenina' (1935) and 'Ninotchka' (1939). She retired from films in 1941, after receiving poor reviews for 'Two-Faced Woman.' She spent the rest of her life living as a recluse in New York. Date: 1

Vera Fokina (nee Antonova, 1886-1958), Russian ballet dancer, wife of Mikhail Fokine. In 1914 she was dancing in a Russian season at Drury Lane, London. Date: July 1914

Portrait of Margaret Burne-Jones, 1900. After: Sir Edward Burne-Jones (d.1898). Publisher: Berlin Photographic Company

Berenice Abbott, Portrait of Coco Chanel, c. 1927, printed 1982, gelatin silver print.

Princess Irina Youssoupoff, daughter of the Grand Duchess Xenia of Russia, niece of Tsar Nicholas II and wife of Felix Youssoupoff, the infamous murderer of Rasputin. This picture appeared in Tatler at a period when Irina and her husband were about to open a branch of their Paris dress shop in Berkeley Street, London. 1926

Portrait of May Thompson

Berenice Abbott, Portrait of Princess Marthe Bibesco, 1927, printed 1982, gelatin silver print.

Portrait of Lenore Ulrich, William Fox Productions

John Leslie Coogan (19141984) ("Jackie" Coogan) - American actor who began his career as a child actor in silent films, before later (in the 1960s) playing the role of Uncle Fester in The Addams Family. Pictured here in his most famous role as Charlie Chaplin's irascible sidekick in the film classic The Kid (1921). 1921

Ava Lowle Willing wife of Colonel John Jacob Astor IV; by photographer Frances Johnston 1900

Studio shot of Sydney Shields in ""The Hindu"" at Comedy Theater

Pepita Samper Bono (1908-1996), primera miss España en 1919.

Femina, Mars 1928: Page XI: Photo of Mlle Mistinguett, posing for an advertisement of the soap cadum, 1928 Fametive magazine Femina. Mars 1928, page XI: ad for soap cadum. paper fashion plates

Card 928, Mary Anderson, from the Actors and Actresses series (N45, Type 2) for Virginia Brights Cigarettes ca. 1888 Issued by Allen & Ginter American Trade cards from the "Actors and Actresses" series (N45, Type 2), issued ca. 1888 by Allen & Ginter to promote Virginia Brights, Dixie, Our Little Beauties and Opera Puffs Cigarettes.. Card 928, Mary Anderson, from the Actors and Actresses series (N45, Type 2) for Virginia Brights Cigarettes. ca. 1888. Albumen photograph. Issued by Allen & Ginter (American, Richmond, Virginia)

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