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What People Are Wearing - Amanda GrinlingThe actress Amanda Grinling wearing a dress she made herself using a finged stole in pink and purple striped wool. The top is pink rayon. Date: 1966
Sketch front cover - Miss Frances White and her dogFront cover of The Sketch featuring Miss Frances White, who was to shortly take over from Elsie Janis in the hit revue at the Palace Theatre - Hullo America
Cartoon, At Erfurt (1808), showing Napoleon I and Tsar Alexander at the time of their peace treaty, together with ladies of the theatre in what looks like a theatrical re-enactment. Date: 1808
The actresses Fay Compton and Heather Thatcher, 1927 Date: 1927
Filming a British silent, 1920A film cameraman films two actresses for a British Silent Film, 1920 Date: 1920
The Music Hall by Harry FurnissPortrayal of an interior of an Edwardian music hall. Date: 1929
Rosie Boote (Marchioness of Headfort) at the Gaiety TheatreActress and Gaiety Theatre star, Miss Rosie Boote, who would later marry well and become the Marchioness of Headfort, pictured at her farewell at the Gaiety by Lewis Baumer. Date: 1929
International Flickers Folk by SherriffsInternational Flickers Folk: A Page of Celluloid Stars. A page of caricatures of movie stars by Sherriffs which include Gloria Swanson, Charlie Chaplin, Ronald Colman, Greta Garbo
Vesta Tilley in khakiVesta Tilley (1864-1952), born Matilda Alice Powles, music hall actress whose speciality was male impersonations. During the First World War, she earned the nickname
Violet Loraine knitting in Round the Map, WWIActress Violet Loraine, darning socks in her role in Round the Map at the Alhambra, where she sang a sock darning anthem to music composed by Herman Fink
Sporting & Dramatic News cover - A Better OleFront cover of The Illustrated Sporting & Dramatic News featuring photographs of three stars of the stage in 1917. On the left is Miss Vera Clarke
Actresses Mabel Love, Grace Lane, Kitty Loftus & Mabel Terry Lewis, England. Edwardian Actress Date: 1900s
Elsie Janis in The Passing ShowAmerican actress, Elsie Janis as Kitty O Hara in The Passing Show, the popular revue at the Palace Theatre in 1914. Date: 1914
Regine Flory in The Passing Show by George BarbierLa Marchande de Masques. Regine Flory in The Passing Show, the popular revue at the Palace Theatre in 1914. Date: 1914
The Man Who Stayed at Home - German spy play, WW1Scenes from the play, The Man Who Stayed at Home starring Dennis Eadie and Isobel Elsom, a play about a German spy in England which played at the Royalty Theatre, London in December 1914. Date: 1914
Business as Usual revue - Knitting and Sewing sceneA scene from Business as Usual a new revue at the London Hippodrome with a vicar addressing a group of ladies who are knitting and sewing comforts for troops. Date: 1914
Herbert Tree and Mrs Patrick Campbell in Pygmalion, 1914Impression of Sir Herbert Tree in the role of Professor Higgins, and Mrs Patrick Campbell as Eliza Doolittle in the George Bernard Shaw play, Pygmalion
Geraldine Oliffe as Mrs Pearce in Pygmalion, 1914Impression of actress Geraldine Oliffe in the role of Mrs Pearce, housekeeper to Professor Higgins in the George Bernard Shaw play, Pygmalion
Mrs Patrick Campbell as Eliza Doolittle in Pygmalion, 1914Impression of Mrs Patrick Campbell in the role of Eliza Doolittle in George Bernard Shaws Pygmalion, which opened in London for the first time at His Majestys Theatre on 11 April 1914. Date: 1914
Miss Ethel Levey in Hullo TangoColour photograph of Ethel Levey (1880-1955), American actress and singer, pictured in one of the costumes she wore in the theatre production, Hullo Tango! in 1914. Date: 1914
Marsinah costumes from KismetMiss Lily Brayton (aka Mrs Oscar Asche) as Marsinah in Kismet which was revived at the Globe Theatre in London in 1914. Date: 1914
Scene from Pygmalion by Tony SargSir Herbert Tree in the role of Professor Higgins and Mrs Patrick Campbell as Eliza Doolittle in George Bernard Shaws Pygmalion which opened in London at His Majestys Theatre on 11 April 1914
San SebastiᮮFestival 2012. Snow White (2012)SPAIN. Donostia. Spanish actresses Maribel Verdu, Inma Cuesta, Sofic Oria, Macarena Garcia and Angela Molina pose after the screening of their film Blancanieves (Snow White)
San SebastiᮮFestival 2004. Woody AllenSPAIN. Donostia. US film director Woody Allen smiles as he poses for photographers next to US actresses Radha Mitchell, 17 September 2004
De Reske cigarettes advertisement, Lily BraytonAdvertisement for De Reske cigarettes featuring the actress Lily Brayton, who was playing the role of Zahrat Al-Kulb in the hugely popular wartime musical play, Chu Chin Chow
Madge SaundersMiss Madge Saunders, the well known Gaiety actress pictured in her wedding dress for her marriage to the popular actor, Mr. Leslie Henson at St. Georges Church in Hanover Square on 9 December 1919
Miss Shirley Kellogg at recruitment meeting, WW1The well-known actress, Shirley Kellogg, pictured kissing a small boy who came forward to know if he could do anything at a recruiting meeting organised for the 2nd London Regiment in Trafalgar
Cast of The Country Girl at Dalys knitting, WW1Girls rehearsing " The Country Girl" at Dalys Theatre, pose for a publicity photograph during an interval engaged in making mittens and mufflers for soldiers. Date: 1914
Suffrage Actresses Franchise League. Programme of an Entertainment and Pageant of Famous Men and Women. B.C. 7, 000 - A.D 2914 Arranged by the joint committee of the Actresses Franchise League
Suffragette Play A Junction Arthur Heathcote. A Junction, a Dialogue in One Act by Arthur M. Heathcote. Published by the Actresses Franchise League in 1912. Date: 1913
Suffragette Play Suffragette and the Man. A group of (amateur?) actresses and a man in the centre, hold up Votes for Women and Meeting Tonight signs
Suffragette Elizabeth Robins. Elizabeth Robins (1862) actress and supporter of the womens suffrage movement. She was involved with the Women Writers Suffrage League
Lillah McCarthy Suffragist. Miss Lillah McCarthy (1875-1970) portrait. Lillah McCarthy, actress and suffrage supporter. Played Justice in the first performance of Cicely Hamiltons Pageant of Great
Suffragette Societies Rally to the Cause. Depicts women from various suffrage organisations protesting in front of Asquith
Frances Day (1908 - 1984), born Frances Schenk, revue, cabaret, television and film actress and one of the original blonde bombshells
Vesta Tilley, WW1Vesta Tilley (1864-1952), born Matilda Alice Powles, later Lady de Frece, music hall actress whose speciality was male impersonations
Vesta Tilley as a messenger boyMiss Vesta Tilley (1864-1952), born Matilda Alice Powles, later Lady de Frece, music hall and variety entertainer best known for her male impersonations
Vesta Tilley as a policemanMiss Vesta Tilley (1864-1952), born Matilda Alice Powles and later Lady de Frece, music hall entertainer best known for her male impersonations, pictured dressed up as a police officer. Date: 1890
Vesta Tilley and her husband, Walter de FreceMiss Vesta Tilley (1864-1952), music hall entertainer best known for her male impersonations, , pictured on her honeymoon with her husband, Walter de Frece. Date: 1890
Vesta Tilley as Dick WhittingtonVesta Tilley (1864-1952), born Matilda Alice Powles, later Lady de Frece, music hall actress whose speciality was male impersonations
Vesta Tilley as Algy, the Piccadilly JohnnyVesta Tilley (1864-1952), born Matilda Alice Powles, later Lady de Frece, music hall actress whose speciality was male impersonations
Vesta Tilley as a child in her first theatre appearanceVesta Tilley (1864-1952), born Matilda Alice Powles, later Lady de Frece, music hall actress whose speciality was male impersonations
Vesta Tilley (1864-1952), born Matilda Alice Powles, later Lady de Frece, music hall actress whose speciality was male impersonations
Gaby Deslys (1881-1920), French actress, singer and dancer, pictured wearing a costume designed by the artist Drian and realised by the fashion couturier Paquin for the new revue
Gaby Deslys & her role in the Portuguese revolutionPortrait of French actress and singer, Gaby Deslys (1881-1920), pictured in The Bystander wearing a particularly frivolous stage outfit
Betty Blythe (1893 1972), American actress. 1926
Florence Mills (1896 -1927), born Florence Winfrey, American cabaret singer, dancer and comedienne. Appearing in " Blackbirds" at the London Pavilion. 1926
Tatler cover - Winifred BarnesFront cover of The Tatler magazine, featuring the popular stage actress, Winifred Barnes (1892-1935), appearing at the time as the heroine in an Albert de Courville production, Soldier Boy
