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Angna Enters

1897-04-18 – 1989-02-25

Portrait of Angna Enters
Enters at the New House Gallery, for the Works Progress Administration. Identification on verso (handwritten and stamped): New York City W.P.A. Art Project; Photography Division; 110 King Street Negative No: 5413-2; Date: 11/18/40; Title: Agna Enters, New House Gallery; Location: 15 E 57 St., Man.; Photographer: Herman; W.P. No.: 1; O.P. No.: 65-1-97-2063.Credit: Andrew Herman

Life & Legacy

Anita "Angna" Enters (April 18, 1897 – February 25, 1989) was an American dancer, mime, painter, writer, novelist and playwright. She studied at the Art Students League of New York and was a 1934 Guggenheim fellow. She wrote a novel and three autobiographies as well as films Lost Angel (1943) and Tenth Avenue Angel (1948).

Occupation & Career

painter, dancer, autobiographer, actor, mime artist, novelist, playwright, artist

Education

University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee; Art Students League of New York; North Division High School

Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications

Guggenheim Fellowship

Legacy Highlights

Honors & Awards

Guggenheim Fellowship

Employer

Wesleyan University

Education & Institutions

Art Students League of New York · North Division High School · University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee

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Sources & Provenance

  1. Wikidata population candidate Q4763725 — wikidata View source

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