Performers of the Interwar Period

The atlas holds 14 people and 154 moments here, from 1918 to 1939. The most recorded lives are Charlie Chaplin, Rabindranath Tagore and Pablo Picasso.

Notable people

1. Charlie Chaplin

   from 1918 to 1936

   38 moments here

   English actor, comedian, director, writer, producer and composer whose screen persona, the Tramp, became an international icon.…

2. Rabindranath Tagore

   from 1920 to 1939

   31 moments here

   Bengali poet, novelist, dramatist, composer, painter, philosopher, social reformer, and educationist.…

3. Pablo Picasso

   from 1918 to 1939

   15 moments here

   Spanish painter, sculptor, printmaker, ceramicist, and co-founder of Cubism. Born in Málaga, Picasso trained in A Coruña, Barcelona, and Madrid…

4. Walt Disney

   from 1918 to 1939

   11 moments here

   Walter Elias Disney was an American animator, film producer, voice actor, and entrepreneur. His documented movements include childhood residences in…

5. Ronald Reagan

   from 1919 to 1937

   10 moments here

   American broadcaster, actor, labor leader, governor of California, and 40th president of the United States.…

6. Salvador Dalí

   from 1922 to 1938

   9 moments here

   Spanish painter, sculptor, writer, designer, filmmaker, and leading exponent of Surrealism. Born in Figueres, Dalí trained in Madrid, joined the…

7. Umm Kulthum

   from 1923 to 1932

   8 moments here

   Egyptian singer and actress, born Fatima Ibrahim es-Sayyid el-Beltagi. Raised in rural Dakahlia, she moved permanently to Cairo in 1923 and became…

8. Thomas Edison

   from 1918 to 1931

   7 moments here

   American inventor and industrialist whose laboratories developed and commercialized technologies in telegraphy, recorded sound, electric lighting and…

9. Marlene Dietrich

   from 1918 to 1934

   7 moments here

   German-American actress and singer Marlene Dietrich (Marie Magdalene Dietrich) was born in Berlin and achieved international fame through stage,…

10. Judy Garland

    from 1922 to 1939

    6 moments here

    American actress, singer, and vaudevillian, born Frances Ethel Gumm. Garland rose from childhood vaudeville and MGM musical films to become a major…

11. Gabriel García Márquez

    from 1927 to 1937

    5 moments here

    Colombian novelist, journalist, screenwriter, and Nobel laureate whose life moved between Colombia, Europe, Cuba, the United States, Mexico, and…

12. Albert Camus

    from 1924 to 1933

    3 moments here

    French writer, philosopher, journalist, and political activist, born in French Algeria. Camus studied and worked in Algiers, moved between Algeria…

13. Marilyn Monroe

    from 1926 to 1935

    2 moments here

    American actress and model born Norma Jeane Mortenson. This chronology maps verified places where Monroe lived, worked, traveled, performed, filmed,…

14. Sarah Bernhardt

    from 1918 to 1923

    2 moments here

    French stage and early film actress, born Henriette-Rosine Bernard in Paris. Bernhardt became an international theatrical star through performances…

Moments

1. 1918 Campaigns for Liberty Bonds in New York Charlie Chaplin
2. 1918 Occupies the completed Chaplin Studios Charlie Chaplin
3. 1918 Class photograph at Viktoria-Luisen-Schule Marlene Dietrich
4. 1918 Researches at Key West Naval Station Thomas Edison
5. 1918 Marries Olga in Paris Pablo Picasso
6. 1918 Honeymoon and working summer in Biarritz Pablo Picasso
7. 1918 Camps near Bolar Springs Thomas Edison
8. 1918 Armistice-day landing at Bordeaux Sarah Bernhardt
9. 1918 Red Cross service in France Walt Disney
10. 1919 Lives at the Savoy while designing Le Tricorne Pablo Picasso
11. 1919 Returns to Tampico Ronald Reagan
12. 1919 Departs Green Island on Vagabonds trip Thomas Edison
13. 1919 Return to Kansas City Walt Disney
14. 1920 Boarding school and violin study Marlene Dietrich
15. 1920 First stay at Juan-les-Pins Pablo Picasso
16. 1920 Night at Sabarmati Ashram Rabindranath Tagore
17. 1920 Lectures at Oxford University Rabindranath Tagore
18. 1920 Visits Rammohun Roy's grave Rabindranath Tagore
19. 1920 Guest of Albert Kahn near Paris Rabindranath Tagore
20. 1920 Settles in Dixon Ronald Reagan
21. 1921 Appears amid a London crowd Charlie Chaplin
22. 1921 Attends Garrick Club dinner Charlie Chaplin
23. 1921 Visits Berlin on European tour Charlie Chaplin
24. 1921 Visits Paris during European homecoming Charlie Chaplin
25. 1921 Visits Sing Sing Prison Charlie Chaplin
26. 1921 Addresses the Swedish Academy Rabindranath Tagore
27. 1921 Laugh-O-Gram Studio work Walt Disney
28. 1921 Family summer at Fontainebleau Pablo Picasso
29. 1921 Returns to London in triumph Charlie Chaplin
30. 1921 Stays at the Ritz Charlie Chaplin
31. 1921 Visits the Weekly Dispatch office Charlie Chaplin
32. 1922 First stay in Dinard Pablo Picasso
33. 1922 Arrives to study in Madrid Salvador Dalí
34. 1922 Birth in Grand Rapids Judy Garland
35. 1922 First theatre roles Marlene Dietrich
36. 1923 Stays at Cap d'Antibes Pablo Picasso
37. 1923 Permanent move to Cairo Umm Kulthum
38. 1923 Death in Paris Sarah Bernhardt
39. 1923 Marriage to Rudolf Sieber Marlene Dietrich
40. 1923 Move to Hollywood Walt Disney
41. 1923 Attends Harding funeral in Marion Thomas Edison
42. 1923 Fundraising visit to Porbandar Rabindranath Tagore
43. 1924 Scholarship school near Algiers Albert Camus
44. 1924 Films The Gold Rush in the Truckee mountains Charlie Chaplin
45. 1924 Imprisoned in Girona Salvador Dalí
46. 1924 Received in Shanghai Rabindranath Tagore
47. 1924 Birthday at Peking Normal University Rabindranath Tagore
48. 1924 Lectures at Tokyo Imperial University Rabindranath Tagore
49. 1924 Marries Lita Grey in Mexico Charlie Chaplin
50. 1924 Arrives in Buenos Aires Rabindranath Tagore

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