Found 9 collections related to Actresses.

Barnard Hughes (1915-2006) and Helen Stenborg (1925-2011) were prolific stage and screen actors. Hughes was best known for his award-winning turn as the titular character in Da, and Stenborg performed extensively with the Circle Repertory Company. Their papers date from the 1880s to 2011, and chronicle their professional careers and personal collecting interests through posters, programs, photographs, correspondence, engravings, scripts, manuscripts, and award trophies. The collection also contains theater memorabilia that Hughes inherited from Thelma Chandler, a stage manager. The Chandler memorabilia includes correspondence from Margaret Webster, the American director, producer, and actress. less

Ossie Davis (1917-2005) and Ruby Dee (1922-2014) were American actors, writers, and activists whose careers spanned the mediums of theater, film, television, radio, and print. The Ossie Davis and Ruby Dee photographs, dating from the 1940s to 2012, chronicle the couple's performing roles, as well as their public life as activists and relationships with colleagues in the arts. less

Carol Channing (1921-2019) was an American actress, singer, and comedian best known for her leading roles in the Broadway musicals Gentlemen Prefer Blondes and Hello, Dolly! The Carol Channing papers, dating from the 1910s to 2010 (bulk dates 1940s-2010), trace her career as an entertainer through project files, correspondence, photographs, press clippings, publicity materials, scripts, drafts for her memoir, notated music and lyrics, and audio and moving image recordings. less

Gertrude Hadley Jeannette (1914-2018) was a Black actor, playwright, director, and theatre producer. She began writing plays in 1950 and founded the Harlem-based HADLEY Players company in 1979. The collection dates from 1928 to 2018, and depicts her personal life and professional work through prints and negatives. less

Ernestine McClendon was an actress and comedian who was best known as the first Black theatrical agent in New York City. She started her agency, McClendon Enterprises, after a one-woman 1960 letter writing campaign to acting agencies and product manufacturers, compelling them to use Black actors and actresses in commercials. McClendon's collection showcases her performances on stage, her career as an agent, and her social life with partner George Wiltshire via professional headshots, contact sheets, resumes, newspaper clippings, programs, and theatre production photographs. less

Lena Horne (June 30, 1917- May 9, 2010) was a singer, actress, dancer, and civil rights activist. The collection consists of three moving image recordings featuring Horne, including two promo reels for the broadway musical Lena Horne: The Lady and Her Music and the short film Boogie-Woogie Dream; and five commercially released vinyl records. less

Hilda Haynes (1912-1986) was a stage, screen, and television actress whose career spanned almost forty years. The collection consists of one video recording of The Sweet Flypaper of Life featuring Haynes, based on the book of the same name by photographer Roy DeCarava with text by poet Langston Hughes. less

Marie Joe Browne (March 17, 1902- 1999) was a stage actress, teacher, school secretary, and community volunteer. The collection consists of two video recordings including Browne presenting at a nursing home, and Jester Hairston on his ninetieth birthday in Estonia; and one record of popular songs. less