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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
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]