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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
Hazel Scott – pianist, wife of Adam Clayton Powell, Jr., first African-American woman with her own television show [39] Nina Simone – singer; lived, for a time, in Duke Ellington's old house in Harlem [39] Thomas Sowell – professional economist and author; Billy Strayhorn – jazz composer, arranger
A. Beverly Aadland; Mariann Aalda; Aaliyah; Angela Aames; Caroline Aaron; Bonnie Aarons; Lisa Marie Abato; Dorothy Abbott; Diahnne Abbott; Gypsy Abbott; Loretta Abbott
Shelley Winters (1920–2006) Estelle Winwood (1883–1984) Jane Withers (1926–2021) Anna May Wong (1905–1961) Natalie Wood (1938–1981) Irene Worth (1916–2002)
The Spectacular Modern Woman: Feminine Visibility in the 1920s. (2004). 329pp. Cowley, Malcolm. Exile's Return: A Literary Odyssey of the 1920s. (1934) online 1999 edition Archived May 25, 2012, at the Wayback Machine; Crafton, Donald (1997). The Talkies: American Cinema's Transition to Sound, 1926–1931. New York: Charles Scribner's Sons.
Harry Babbitt; Jim Backus; Parley Baer; Bob Bailey; Jack Bailey; Eugenie Baird; Art Baker; Belle Baker; Kenny Baker; Lucille Ball; Edwin Balmer; Sam Balter; Tallulah ...
In the 20th century people could become world-famous in less than no time and without doing anything, thanks to the arrival of mass media. Movie stars like Charlie Chaplin, for instance, became global stars due to the nearly universal reach of film. James cites Chaplin as the first truly world-famous 20th century celebrity.
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:20th-century American women singers. It includes 20th-century American women singers that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent.