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Actors

Person who acts in a dramatic or comic production and works in film, television, theatre, or radio

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Images from the collections

Images referencing Actors

177 images from works
  • Julian Eltinge in drag. Process print, ca. 1916.
  • Six faces expressing the passions: (clockwise from top left) joy, fear, pity, scorn, anger, and grief. Engraving by Silvester, 1807.
  • Charles Farrell. Coloured photographic postcard, 195-.
  • Actors in the pantomime "Sindbad" at Drury Lane.
  • Michael Redgrave. Photographic postcard, 193-.
  • Three actors in drag, posing in theatrical costumes.
  • Actors in Pélissier's Follies performing in "Inconstant George".
  • George Robey in drag as the Queen of Hearts.
  • Madame Lloyd's choir and orchestra.
  • Bert Errol in drag, wearing a light dress. Photographic postcard, 191-.

Works from the collections

140 works

    • Pictures
    • Online

    Actors in pantomime in Brighton: S. West playing King Robert of Remlaf and H. Taylor in drag as Queen Aggie of Remlaf. Photographic postcard.

    | Date: [between 1900 and 1999] | Reference: 2064360i
    Part of: The James Gardiner Collection.
    • Books

    Mr Foote's other leg / by Ian Kelly.

    Kelly, Ian, 1966- | Date: 2012
    • Pictures

    Johnny Weissmüller posing as Tarzan.

    | Date: [between 1932 and 1948?] | Reference: 3289329i
    Part of: The James Gardiner Collection.
    • Pictures
    • Online

    Three actors, one in drag, pose lighting cigarettes.

    | Date: 1910 | Reference: 2044502i
    Part of: The James Gardiner Collection.
    • Pictures
    • Online

    Gus Garrick in drag as a pantomime dame.

    | Date: [between 1910 and 1919?] | Reference: 2044447i
    Part of: The James Gardiner Collection.

Related topics

Female impersonators
Gender nonconformity
Entertainers
London
United Kingdom
History, 20th Century
Photography of the nude
Ethnic costume
Drag queens
Clothing

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