List of female entertainers of the Harlem Renaissance
This is a list of female entertainers of the Harlem Renaissance, a cultural, social, and artistic explosion that took place in Harlem, New York, in the 1920s.
Dancers, choreographers, and orchestra leaders
Singers and musicians
- May Alix
- Marian Anderson[1]
- Lil Hardin Armstrong
- Lovie Austin
- Ada Brown[1]
- Lillyn Brown
- Blanche Calloway
- Minto Cato
- Juanita Stinnette Chappelle
- Inez Clough[1]
- Ida Cox[1]
- Ruby Elzy
- Adelaide Hall[1]
- Hazel Harrison
- Lucille Hegamin[1]
- Bertha Hill
- Mattie Hite
- Billie Holiday[1]
- Lena Horne
- Alberta Hunter[1]
- Caterina Jarboro
- Matilda Sissieretta Joyner Jones
- Sara Martin
- Rose McClendon[1]
- Viola McCoy
- Florence Mills[1]
- Ma Rainey[1]
- Bessie Smith[1]
- Mamie Smith[1]
- Trixie Smith[1]
- Valaida Snow[1]
- Victoria Spivey[1]
- Florence Cole Talbert
- Eva Taylor
- Big Mama Thornton
- Sippie Wallace
- Whitman Sisters
- Edith Wilson
- Lena Wilson
Actresses and entertainers
- Etta Moten Barnett
- Louise Beavers[1]
- Gladys Bentley[1]
- Birleanna Blanks
- Laura Bowman
- Blanche Dunn[1]
- Evelyn Ellis[1]
- Mercedes Gilbert
- Gertrude Howard
- Moms Mabley[1]
- Nina Mae McKinney[1]
- Ethel Moses
- Evelyn Preer[1]
- Gertrude Saunders
- Ada "Bricktop" Smith[1]
- Madame Sul-Te-Wan
- Fredi Washington[1]
- Ethel Waters[1]
References
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