Emma, Lady Hamilton (1765-1815) was a Europe-wide celebrated beauty, artist and socialite of the 18th and beginning of the 19th century.
Tag: Actress
Glimpses of Gotham. Men and women who deal in fancy costumes.
Glimpses of Gotham and city characters. Men and women who deal in fancy costumes. New York, 1881.
Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923). French actress
Sarah Bernhardt (actually Marie Henriette Rosine Bernardt) was a French actress. She is considered the most famous actress of her time.
Marie Menessier-Nodier as Spanish lady in Maja costume.
Marie Menessier-Nodier. Femme de lettres. Dame Espagnole en costume de Maja.
Ethel Barrymore 1898. American actress.
Ethel Barrymore (actually: Ethel Blyth. 1879 -1959) was an American actress.
Maude Adams as Peter Pan 1905
Maude Adams was an American stage actress in the early 20th century.
Japan Actress Sada Yacco in the role of Oriye and as Katsugari.
Japan Actress Sada Yacco in the role of Oriye. Japanese Ophelia: Madness scene.
Blanche Sweet. American film actress in 1925
Blanche Sweet. American Actress. Silent movie star. Blanche Sweet 1896-1986 was an American film actress whose career in the early days of silent films had already peaked. 1909 began her film… Read More
The Prague actress Bronislava Livia 1925
The now forgotten star of Czech silent film Bronislava Livia was born Bronislava Mauerová (or Maurerová) on 18 November 1901 in Nagasaki, Japan.
Actress Maria Corda in glamour art deco costume, 1925.
Mary Conrad was a Hungarian silent film star in Austria and Germany.