Ella Fitzgerald at the Downbeat in New York Eartha Kitt Bette Davis was an American

Bette Davis was an American actress with a career spanning more than 50 years and 100 acting credits

circa 1939

and features Carroll Baker Jane Withers Chill Wills Mercedes McCambridge

Barbra Streisand posed sitting in a movie theatre for her role in "Funny Girl"

The energetic pose highlights the remarkable athleticism

Ella Fitzgerald at the Downbeat in New York Eartha Kitt Bette Davis was an AmericanPortrait of Ella Fitzgerald, Dizzy Gillespie, Ray Brown, Milt (Milton) Jackson, and Timmie Rosenkrantz, Downbeat, New York, N. Y., circa Sept. 1947. Ella Fitzgerald was an American jazz singer sometimes referred to as the First Lady of Song, Queen of Jazz, and Lady Ella. She was noted for her purity of tone, impeccable diction, phrasing, intonation, and a "horn like" improvisational ability, particularly in her scat singing.