Category: role portrait, Rollenporträt, characterization

Lynn Fontanne, Strange Interlude

Edward J. Steichen :: British-born American-based actress Lynn Fontanne (born Lillie Louise Fontanne) as Nina Leeds, the desperate heroine of Eugene O'Neill’s controversial nine-act drama Strange Interlude, 1928. Gelatin silver print. | src Curiator
Edward J. Steichen :: British-born American-based actress Lynn Fontanne (born Lillie Louise Fontanne) as Nina Leeds, the desperate heroine of Eugene O'Neill’s controversial nine-act drama Strange Interlude, 1928. Gelatin silver print. | src Curiator
Edward J. Steichen :: British-born American-based actress Lynn Fontanne (born Lillie Louise Fontanne) as Nina Leeds, the desperate heroine of Eugene O’Neill’s controversial nine-act drama Strange Interlude, 1928. Gelatin silver print. | src Curiator

Nijinsky in ‘Le dieu bleu’, 1912

Vaslav Nijinsky dans Le Dieu bleu [photographie de Waléry (1866-1935)], 1912. | src BnF ~ National Library of France
Vaslav Nijinsky dans Le Dieu bleu [photographie de Waléry (1866-1935)], 1912. | src BnF ~ National Library of France
Vaslav Nijinsky dans Le Dieu bleu [photographie de Waléry (1866-1935)], 1912. | src BnF ~ National Library of France
Vaslav Nijinsky dans Le Dieu bleu [photographie de Waléry (1866-1935)], 1912. | src BnF ~ National Library of France

Le Dieu bleu :: Légende hindoue en 1 acte, chorégraphie de Michel Fokine. Paris : Théâtre du Châtelet, 13-05-1912. Photographe présumé: Waléry (1866-1935).

Karsavina in Scheherazade

Emil Otto Hoppé :: Tamara Karsavina as Zobeide in ‘Schéhérazade’, London, England, 1920 | src  e.o.hoppe/photoshelter/ballets.russes

Sisters G, Das Magazin, 1932

Melbourne Spurr :: Hungarian twins, Eleanor and Karla Gutöhrlein, known as Sisters G wearing matching oriental gowns. Das Magazin; Band 8, Heft 89, Januar 1932
Melbourne Spurr :: Hungarian twins, Eleanor and Karla Gutöhrlein, known as Sisters G wearing matching oriental gowns. Das Magazin; Band 8, Heft 89, Januar 1932
Melbourne Spurr :: Hungarian twins, Eleanor and Karla Gutöhrlein, known as Sisters G wearing matching oriental gowns. Das Magazin; Band 8, Heft 89, Januar 1932
Melbourne Spurr :: Sisters G…, die Stars der diesjährigen Ziegfeld-Revue. Das Magazin; Band 8, Heft 89, Januar 1932
Melbourne Spurr :: Sisters G…, die Stars der diesjährigen Ziegfeld-Revue. Das Magazin; Band 8, Heft 89, Januar 1932

Callas in color, 1950s-1960s

Photograph of Maria Callas as Violetta, taken by Houston Rogers during a performance of ‘La Traviata’ in London in 1958.
Photograph of Maria Callas as Floria Tosca in Act II of Puccini’s opera ‘Tosca’ at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 1964, England. | src and © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Maria Callas, La Traviata, 1958

Houston Rogers :: Photograph of Maria Callas as Violetta, during a performance of ‘La Traviata’ in London, 1958
Maria Callas as Violetta in ‘La Traviata’, 1950s | src Greek Herald
Photograph of Maria Callas in Verdi’s opera La Traviata at Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 1958, England. | src and © Victoria and Albert Museum, London

Garbo as Queen Christina

Clarence Sinclair Bull :: Candles for a Queen / Three Candles. Swedish born actress Greta Garbo in costume for her role in the film ’Queen Christina’, directed by Rouben Mamoulian, 25th October 1933 (Getty Images) | src IMdB
Clarence Sinclair Bull :: Candles for a Queen / Three Candles. Swedish born actress Greta Garbo in costume for her role in the film ’Queen Christina’, directed by Rouben Mamoulian, 25th October 1933 (Getty Images) | src IMdB

The Scarlet Empress (1934)

George Rinhart :: Actress Marlene Dietrich Wearing Fur in The Scarlet Empress. Original Caption: Marlene Dietrich as Catherine II of Russia in The Scarlet Empress, a film by Josef von Sternberg (1934). | src Alice Japan and Getty Images


Sylvie par Henri Manuel · 1909

Henri Manuel (1874–1947) ~ Sylvie, aka Louise Sylvie. French postcard by Photo N.D., dated 1-11-1909 | src flickr

 Sylvie (1883–1970) was a French actress, who played supporting parts in French and Italian films from 1912 till 1965. In her last film, she finally played the leading role.