List of female entertainers of the Harlem Renaissance explained

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

• Hallie Anderson
• Josephine Baker^[1]
• Anita Bush^[1]
• Olga Burgoyne
• Ida Forsyne^[1]
• Aurora Greely
• Norma Miller
• Aida Overton Walker
• Elisabeth Welch

Singers and musicians

• Gladys Bentley
• 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] [2]}
• 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

1. Finkelman, Paul, and Cary Wintz, eds. Encyclopedia of the Harlem Renaissance. Psychology Press, 2004.
2. Williams, Iain Cameron (2002). Underneath A Harlem Moon