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Beauties in Edwardian Era – Top 15 Beautiful Women of the 1900s

This era had many talented and beautiful women.

1. Evelyn Nesbit (1884-1967)

In the early part of the 20th century, the figure and face of Evelyn Nesbit was everywhere, appearing in mass circulation newspaper and magazine advertisements, on souvenir items and calendars, making her a cultural celebrity.

2. Lily Elsie (1886-1962)

Miss Lily Elsie made her name on the opening night of The Merry Widow, in London, on 8th June 1907. Overnight she had the town at her feet. On the stage Elsie seemed mysteriously beautiful with her perfect Grecian profile, enormous blue eyes, and hauntingly sad smile. Tall, cool, and lily-like, she moved with lyrical gestures in a slow-motion grace.

3. Maude Fealy (1883-1971)

Fealy toured England with William Gillette in Sherlock Holmes from 1901 to 1902. Between 1902 and 1905, she frequently toured with Sir Henry Irving's company in the United Kingdom and by 1907 was the star in touring productions in the United States.

4. Aida Overton Walker (1880-1914)

Aida Overton Walker was a singer, dancer, actress, and choreographer, regarded as the leading African American female performing artist at the turn of the century.

5. Camille Clifford (1885-1971)

Although born in Denmark, Camille Clifford made her stage debut in the chorus of The Defender in New York, 1902. She came to London, where her beauty caused a sensation; hailed as the epitome of the 'Gibson Girl', the ideal created by the American artist Charles Dana Gibson.

6. Annette Marie Sarah Kellerman (1886-1975)

Annette Marie Sarah Kellermann was an Australian professional swimmer, vaudeville star, film actress, writer, and business owner.

7. Billie Burke (1884-1970)

Billie Burke was an American actress, famous on Broadway and in early silent film, best known to modern audiences as Glinda the Good Witch of the North in the movie musical The Wizard of Oz.

8. Ethel Barrymore (1879-1959)

Ethel Barrymore was an American stage and film actress whose distinctive style, voice and wit made her the "first lady" of the American theatre. Ethel starred for the first time on Broadway in 1901. In 1928 she opened the Ethel Barrymore Theater in New York.

9. Ethel Clayton (1882-1966)

Ethel Clayton was an American actress of the silent film era. Her screen debut came in 1909, in a short called Justified. She jockeyed her early film appearances with a burgeoning stage career. Her pretty brunette looks were reminiscent of the famous Gibson Girl drawings by Charles Dana Gibson.

10. Minnie Brown (1883-?)Minnie Brown was an actress and performer who spent from 1902 to 1918 entertaining in Europe, Russia and the Far East.

She was part of the circle of very successful African-American women performers who were based in Russia during those years who included Ollie Burgoyne, Pearl Hobson and Georgette Harvey.

11. Julia James (1890-1964)

Julia James was an actress who was born in London and began her career at the Aldwych Theatre under Seymour Hicks, playing there Supper Belle in Blue Bell (1905). She appeared at the Gaity Theatre in The Girls of Gottenburg, Havana and Our Miss Gibbs. In 1913 she played Sombra in The Arcadians of L'Olympia in Paris, France.

12. Geneviève Lantelme (1882-1911)

Geneviève Lantelme was a French stage actress, socialite, fashion icon, and courtesan. Considered by her contemporaries to be one of the most beautiful women of the Belle Epoque, she is remembered for the mysterious circumstances of her death: on the night of July 24/25, 1911, she fell from the yacht of her husband, Alfred Edwards.

13. Ethel Warwick (1882-1951)

Ethel Warwick was a British stage actress. She was an actress, known for The Bigamist (1916), The Magistrate (1921) and Bachelor's Baby (1932).

During her teenage years, before becoming an actress, Ethel was a nude model, posing for, among others, James McNeil Whistler.

14. Gladys Cooper (1888-1971)

Gladys Cooper was the daughter of journalist William Frederick Cooper and his wife Mabel Barnett. As a child she was very striking and was used as a photographic model beginning at six years old. She wanted to become an actress and started on that road in 1905 after being discovered by Seymour Hicks to tour with his company in "Bluebell in Fairyland".

15. Marie Doro (1882-1956)

Marie Doro was an American stage and film actress of the early silent film era. She began as a chorus girl in musical comedy under the management of impresario Charles Frohman, who took her to Broadway. There she worked for actor/stage director William Gillette, appearing in many melodrama, thrillers and comedies.