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Marianne Faithfull, singer, songwriter and actressMarianne Faithfull (b.1946), English singer, songwriter and actress. Seen here as a teenager at the Prospect Theatre, Reading, where she went to school. circa 1962
Gertie Millar - English stage actress and singerGertie Millar (1879-1952) - English stage actress and singer, married 2nd Earl of Dudley in 1924, becoming the Countess of Dudley. Date: circa 1908
Lilyan Tashman by Olive SnellLilyan Tashman (October 23, 1896 March 21, 1934) American vaudeville, Broadway, and film actress. Tashman was best known for her supporting roles as tongue-in-cheek villainesses
Caricature of Nellie Farren and Edward LedgerCaricature of Nellie Farren (1848-1904), English actress and singer, and Edward Ledger (18??-1921), editor of The Era theatrical newspaper
Cartoon, The Church and Stage Guild -- Playful Kittens! The Church and Stage Guild was formed in May 1879, with a view to breaking down prejudice against the theatre and its performers
Petula ClarkPetula Sally Olwen Clark, CBE (born 15 November 1932), English singer, actress, and composer whose career has spanned seven decades
Mae Busch (1891 - 1946), Australian-born actress who worked in both silent and sound films in early Hollywood
Margaret Lockwood (1916 - 1990), English actress of stage, screen and television
Donna Reed (Donna Mullenger) (1921 - 1986), American actress of film and TV
Olive Borden applies lipstick in the mirrorActress Olive Borden putting the finishing touches to her face in a scene from The Monkey Talks, a film adaptation of the stage play produced in London and New York. Date: 1927
The Queen of Diamonds - Shirley Kellogg in Elspeth PhelpsActress Shirley Kellogg pictured wearing an exquisite fringed dress of peau de soie embellished with silver and diamonds, the starring costume in the theatrical show
Mr and Mrs Gerard D ErlangerGerard D Erlanger, son of Baron Emile D Erlanger, and his wife, Edythe Baker, pictured in a modern and artistic pair photograph by society photographer, Madame Yevonde. 1929
Carrie Moore, The Sandow Girl on stageCarrie Moore (1883 - 1956), Australian singer and actress, as Peggy in The Dairymaids, at the Apollo. Date: 1906
The Importance of Being Ernest by Oscar WildePromotional postcard for The Importance of Being Ernest by Oscar Wilde. First produced at the St. Jamess Theatre, on 14th February 1895. For the St. James revival, 25th November 1909
Advert for French couture house of Boue Soeurs in New YorkAdvert for the French couture house of Boue Soeurs in New York, 1926. Based in 9 Rue de la Paix, Paris and with branches in San Francisco and Palm Beach
Laurette Taylor and MichaelMiss Laurette Taylor (1883-1946) American actress born Loretta Helen Clooney. She appeared in one of the most popular shows of the First World War in London, Peg O My Heart
Zena Dare as a nurse, WW1Mrs Maurice Brett, formerly the theatre and music hall star, Zena Dare pictured in her uniform as a nurse working in France during the First World War. She married the Hon
Gaby Deslys in 5064 GerrardGaby Deslys (1884 - 1920), French actress, music hall artiste and sometime lover of King Manuel II of Portugal, pictured in 1915 when she was appearing in " 5064 Gerrard." Known for her
Gertie Millar in a trouser suit, 1916Gertie Millar (1879-1952), popular music hall and stage actress, pictured, " suited at all points like a man, " in other words
Gladys Cooper in 1923Gladys Cooper (1888 - 1971) English actress of stage and screen. Playing here in " Peter Pan, the Boy that never Grow Up". 1923
Alice Joyce ActressAlice Joyce (1890 - 1955) American actress, best known for her silent films between (1923 - 1930). 1926
Stacia Napierkowska - Silent Movie StarStacia Napierkowska (18911945) - a French actress and dancer, during the silent film era, appearing in 86 films between 1908 and 1926. Date: circa 1920
Dorothea Jordan - 1DOROTHEA JORDAN (nee Bland) actress and mistress of William IV; as Priscilla Tomboy in The Romp a comic opera after Bickerstaffs Love in the city Date: 1762 - 1818
Emma Hardinge BrittenEMMA HARDINGE BRITTEN English-born spiritualist in America, author, actress, musician, medium and tireless promoter of the spiritualist cause
Gwili AndreDanish model and actress Gwili Andre (1907-1959), born Gurli Andresen, starring in Roar Of The Dragon at the beginning of her brief Hollywood career. Date: 1932
Gaby Deslys (1881 - 1920), singer and actress during the early 20th century. Date: 1915
The cast of Hay Fever, described as Noel Cowards Clean Play "by The SketchThe cast of Hay Fever, described as Noel Cowards Clean Play " by The Sketch. Marie Tempest played the role of Judith Bliss, a bohemian ex-actress, while Graham Browne her husband, David Bliss
Gertrude Lawrence in MolyneuxA pale green and russet brown evening ensemble by Edward Molyneux, designed for Gertrude Lawrence to wear in the play, Behold we Live at the St. Jamess Theatre in 1932. Date: 1932
Elsie Kay, Maie Ash & Katleen Dawn, The Catch of the SeasonElsie Kay, Maie Ash and Kathleen Dawn in a wonderful publicity photograph for the popular comedy musical, The Catch of the Season at the Vaudeville Theatre
Fay Compton as Mary RoseFay Compton (1894-1978) in the title role of Mary Rose, a play by J M Barrie, in production at the Haymarket Theatre, London. 1920
Film - Strike up the Band - Mickey Rooney and Judy GarlandFilm - Strike up the Band - starring Mickey Rooney (1920-2014) and Judy Garland (1922-1969) - a 1940 American black and white musical film produced by the Arthur Freed unit at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Viola Tree (17 July 1884 15 November 1938) English actress, singer, playwright and author. Daughter of the actor Herbert Beerbohm Tree
Natasha Parry on Tatler cover 1957Actress Natasha Parry, wife of director Peter Brook, featured on the front cover of The Tatler and Bystander magazine, 20 November 1957
GUTIERREZ SOLANA, Jos鮠MasksGUTIERREZ SOLANA, Jos頨 1886-1945). Masks. Expressionism. Oil on canvas. Private Collection
Caricature of Annette Kellerman - Swimmer and ActressAnnette Marie Sarah Kellerman (18861975) - Australian swimmer, film star, and writer. One of the first women to wear a one-piece bathing costume
Gertrude Lawrence by AutoriStylised caricature of Gertrude Lawrence (1898 - 1952), British actress and musical comedy performer at the time she was appearing in Private Lives by Noel Coward at the Phoenix Theatre in London
Claudette Colbert, actressClaudette Colbert (1903-1996), French-born American-based actress of screen and stage. circa 1940s
Lily and Hilda HanburyMisses Lily Hanbury (1874-1908) and Hilda Hanbury, sisters and actresses
Gertrude Lawrence by GarrettoGertrude Lawrence (1898 - 1952), actress and singer, portrayed in highly stylised caricature by Garretto at the time she was playing the lead role in Noel Cowards " Private Lives"
Marlene Dietrich, c. 1950Photographic portrait of Marlene Dietrich (1901-1992), the American film actress and cabaret performer, pictured c.1950
Patrons of the Cafe RoyalSketches by H. H. Harris of various well-known artists, writers and celebrities of the 1930s who were regular patrons of the Cafe Royal in Regent Street, London
Maud Allan SalomeMaud Allan dancing during a performance at the Varietes, Paris
Gloria Swanson / ValentinoGLORIA SWANSON American film actress with Rudolph Valentino
Cleo De Merode / Long HairCLEO DE MERODE French actress and dancer who became the mistress of Leopold II of Belgium
Dietrich / ParamountMARLENE DIETRICH German film actress
Sada Yacco / Theatre 1900SADA YACCO Japanese actress who toured Europe and America, seen here in The Geisha and the Gentleman
Dorothy Jordan / RomneyDOROTHY JORDAN English actress as Peggy in The Country Girl - she later became mistress to the Duke of Clarence (later William IV)
Fashionable Shape 1906The fashionable silhouette of the period as personified by the actress Camille Clifford. The waistline may possibly have been re-touched