Queenie Smith.

Queenie Smith.

Queenie Smith.

Queenie Smith.

Queenie Smith.

Bessie Smith.

Muriel Smith as Carmen Jones.

Regina Wallace.

Peggy Wood.

Tallulah Bankhead.

[Queenie Smith as Dixie in "Sitting Pretty".]

Tallulah Bankhead.

Tallulah Bankhead.

Tallulah Bankhead.

Lili Darvas.

Tallulah Bankhead.

Tallulah Bankhead.

Helen Morgan.

Lili Darvas as Coco in "Cheri".

Erin O'Brien Moore.