Category: role portrait, Rollenporträt, characterization

Tilly Losch as Princess Tea

Trude Fleischmann :: Tilly Losch as Princess Tea in Schlagobers (by Richard Strauss), 1924. | From State Opera ballerinas Tilly Losch and Hedy Pfundmayr are the focus of the exhibition at Wiener Photoinstitut Bonartes.

Jetta Goudal in Open All Night

French actress Jetta Goudal (1898-1985) plays the unhappy wife of Adolphe Menjou in the silent comedy 'Open All Night' (aka 'One Parisian Night), directed by Paul Bern for Paramount (1924). Jetta is wearing a particularly revealing dress which exposes her cleavage down to her navel. | src Getty Images
French actress Jetta Goudal (1898-1985) plays the unhappy wife of Adolphe Menjou in the silent comedy ‘Open All Night’ (aka ‘One Parisian Night), directed by Paul Bern for Paramount (1924). Jetta is wearing a particularly revealing dress which exposes her cleavage down to her navel. | src Getty Images

Siri Sherki by Atelier von Behr

Portrait of Balinese dancer Siri Sherki by von Behr, 1930s
Atelier Von Behr :: Siri Sherki. Oriental Dancer, 1930s. Chlorobromide print. © Victoria & Albert Museum. The Royal Photographic Society. | src Getty Images
Atelier von Behr :: Siri Sherki. Oriental dancer, 1930s. Chlorobromide print. © Victoria & Albert Museum. The Royal Photographic Society. | src Getty Images

Atelier von Behr had a studio in New York at 20 West 8th Street and specialised in portraiture but little else is known about the company. (Getty Images)

Ruth St Denis by White studio

White Studio ~ Ruth St. Denis in costume (profile, bust), 1917 | src Alamy
White Studio ~ Ruth St. Denis in costume (three quarter length portrait), 1917 | src Alamy
White Studio ~ Ruth St. Denis in costume (full length portrait), 1917 | src Alamy

Růžena Nasková by Drtikol

František Drtikol :: Portrait of Czech film actress Růžena Nasková / Naskova Ruzena (1884-1960), undated, probably late 1910s | src Piasa auction Dec. 2016 lot 6
František Drtikol :: Portrait of Czech film actress Růžena Nasková, undated, probably late 1910s [Detail]

Ruth St Denis in profile

Siri Fischer-Schneevoigt :: Portrait in profile of dancer Ruth St. Denis, Berlin, 1906 | src NYPL
Portrait of Ruth St. Denis in wig and East Indian jewelry, 1906 (unspecified photographer) | src NYPL

Jean Börlin as the Prince, 1920

Le danseur Jean Börlin in ‘Maison de fous’ (as the Prince), 1920. Ballets Suédois. Photo Isabey. | src BnF, Bibliothèque-musée de l’Opéra via res musica 
Le danseur Jean Börlin in ‘Maison de fous’ (as the Prince), 1920. Ballets Suédois. Photo Isabey. | src BnF, Bibliothèque-musée de l’Opéra via res musica 
Jean Börlin as the Prince and Jolanda Figoni as The Wise Maiden in Dårhuset 1920. Dansmuseet IG
Jean Börlin som Prinsen och Jolanda Figoni som Den kloka flickan i Dårhuset 1920
Jean Börlin as the Prince and Jolanda Figoni as The Wise Maiden in Dårhuset, 1920. | Dansmuseet on IG

Lyda Borelli by Nunes Vais

Lyda Borelli in Salomé photographed by Mario Nunes-Vais (between 1905-1910)
Mario Nunes Vais ~ Lyda Borelli in Salome, 1909-1910. Archivio Nunes Vais | src Lombardia Beni Culturali
Mario Nunes Vais ~ Lyda Borelli in Salome, 1909-1910. ICCD. Gabinetto Fotografico Nazionale, Archivio Nunes Vais | src Foto Padova & Lyda Borelli
Lyda Borelli in an outfit for Oscar Wilde’s stage play ‘Salome’. Spanish postcard by Amadeo, Barcelona | src Flickr