Performing Collection (page 17)

Anita Harris, actress and singer, performing on stage

Irene Vernon Castle
IRENE CASTLE (nee FOOTE) Dancer, with her husband Vernon Castle known as Americas Dancing Sweethearts ; they were also in films. Date: 1917

Mado Minty in the Spider Dance, 1916
The famous dancer of the Folies Bergere, Mlle. Mado Minty, performing her famous spider dance, which proved a roaring success in London at the Alhambra in 1916. Date: 1916

Harry Houdini, Tied Up
Harry Houdini the Austrian-Hungarian escapologist (1874 to 1926) being tied up by two members of his audience. Date: circa 1910

Greta Garbo (1905 - 1990), promoting her film Wild Orchids. Greta Garbo was born in Stockholm and was spotted whilst studying at the Royal Theatre Dramatic School by the Swedish director Mauritz

Anita Benson, in fancy dress, 1920
Anita Benson, the actress, in fancy dress for the Pan Ball, Covent Garden, London, 1920. Date: 1920

Nancy Carroll (1903 1965), American actress. Date: 1930

Anouk Aimee, French film actress Date: x

Sarah Bernhardt, French actress in Rostands L Aiglon
Sarah Bernhardt (1845-1923), French actress in Rostands L Aiglon in 1900, in the role of the Duke of Reichstadt. Date: 1900

Artistes de Music Hall by Rose-Marie Guillaume
Salon de Paris - Artistes de Music Hall - painting by Rose-Marie Guillaume Date: circa 1910

Herbert Lom / Rank
HERBERT LOM (Herbert Charles Angelo Kuchacevich ze Schluderpacheru) Czech actor in English films and on TV Date: 1917 - 2012

Sylvia Sidney 1930
Sylvia Sidney (1910 1999) American film actress, also on television. Date: 1937

Princess Hoang Thi The
Vietnamese PRINCESS HOANG THI -THE, grand-daughter of the King of Tonkin and also a film star in America. Shown here grieving for President Doumer of France, her mentor. Date: 1932

Tomlins Flea Circus
Professor Tomlin feeding the fleas on blood from his own arm; they perform on the miniature pieces of equipment in the foreground Date: 1960s

Marie Louise Berger
The French actress, Marie Louise Berger (renowned in the Theatre Athenie), in this illustration by Domergue. She is sporting an elegant red shawl with frills with ladybird dots

Strip club
Illustration of strip club with scantily clad strippers performing for an ogling male audience. Date: 1960

Gaby Deslys / Pilcer
GABY DESLYS French singer and music hall artiste, dancing with Harry Pilcer Date: 1884 - 1920

Suzanne Derval / Boyer
SUZANNE DERVAL Music hall entertainer Date: early 20th century

Nellie Wallace / Signed
NELLIE WALLACE (Eleanor Jane Liddy) Music hall entertainer Date: 1870 - 1948

Loie Fuller / St Paul 1895
LOIE FULLER (Mary Louise Fuller) American dancer who became world-famous for her Serpentine Dance Date: 1862 - 1928

Lola Lee / Snake / T&c 1909
LOLA LEE Exotic dancer, partnered by a live boa constrictor Date: early 20th century

Stunt cyclists
Keiths Bicycle Track. Cyclists performing on the bicycle track on stage at Keiths Union Square Theatre, N.Y.C

All the Fun of the Fair by H. L. Oakley
Charming silhouette cut by H. L. Oakley depicting a travelling fair pay its annual visit to a fair. Merry-go-rounds and coconut shys are shown alongside a fortune teller and performing bear

Three acrobats doing balancing act on a high wire
Three acrobats doing a balancing act on a high wire in the open air

Vera Le Fleming (born c1901), a child ballet dancer and impersonator, performing in costume in front of a painted backdrop

Jayne Mansfield / 20C Fox
JAYNE MANSFIELD (Jayne Palmer) American film actress

Phyllis Le Grand / Quaker
PHYLLIS LE GRAND English musical comedy actress, seen here in the role of Diane in The Quaker Girl at the Adelphi Theatre

Donato Hypnosis
Donato, stage hypnotist, (real name Alfred Edouard Hont) performing feats with volunteer subjects

Harry Conlin / G Cooke
HARRY CONLIN Music hall entertainer " In love"

Beerbohm Tree as Fagin
Sir HERBERT DRAPER BEERBOHM TREE English actor-manager in the role of Fagin in Oliver Twist

Liane De Pougy / 1905
LIANE DE POUGY French actress

Adelina Patti / Figaro
ADELINA PATTI Italian singer

Gladys Desmond / 1906
Gladys Desmond Actress

Charlie Coborn / E Pyke
CHARLIE COBORN (Colin Whitton McCallum) Music hall entertainer

Grace Kelly / Rainier III
GRACE KELLY American film actress, seen here with Prince Rainier III of Monaco, whom she married and gave up acting

Greta Garbo / Autori 1931
GRETA GARBO Swedish-American film actress: a caricature in geometrical style

Cyd Charisse / Bikini Mgm
CYD CHARISSE Dancer and film actress in a bikini

Hetty King / Signed
HETTY KING Variety artiste and male impersonator, seen here in uniform

Girl on Circus Horse
A girl standing on the back of a grey horse prepares to jump through a paper hoop

Garrick / Cooper / Pne
DAVID GARRICK English actor, famous for his Shakespearean roles

Pauline Viardot-Garcia
A singer and composer whose musical and dramatic gifts were greatly acclaimed. As well as her singing career, she founf time to compose four operettas and much vocal music

Billie Leonard
The lovely Billie Leonard, music hall star

Charles Bignell / Pyke
CHARLES BIGNELL Music Hall entertainer

Christine Nilsson / 1873
CHRISTINE NILSSON Swedish singer

Charles Godfrey, music hall singer
CHARLES GODFREY (1851-1900), music hall singer, seen here performing as The Masher King

Lohanna and her snake 1912
Lohanna, French actress that did theatrical dances in Paris with a snake. Date: 1912

Parisennes models wearing the latest fashion 1912
Parisenne actresses modelling garments that were the thing for the coming season. April 1912

Yvonne Fitzroy
Miss Yvonne Fitzroy (1891 - 1971), British actress, and daughter of Sir Almeric Fitzroy who had been Clerk of the Privy Council since 1898

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