Performers of World War II

The atlas holds 11 people and 41 moments here, from 1939 to 1945. The most recorded lives are Marlene Dietrich, Walt Disney and Albert Camus.

Notable people

  1. Marlene Dietrich

    from 1940 to 1945

    10 moments here

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

  2. Walt Disney

    from 1939 to 1941

    6 moments here

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

  3. Albert Camus

    from 1940 to 1945

    6 moments here

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

  4. Ronald Reagan

    from 1941 to 1945

    5 moments here

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

  5. Rabindranath Tagore

    from 1939 to 1941

    4 moments here

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

  6. Pablo Picasso

    from 1939 to 1945

    3 moments here

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

  7. Gabriel García Márquez

    from 1940 to 1943

    2 moments here

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

  8. Judy Garland

    from 1939 to 1941

    2 moments here

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

  9. Charlie Chaplin

    in 1943

    1 moment here

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

  10. Salvador Dalí

    in 1940

    1 moment here

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

  11. Marilyn Monroe

    in 1944

    1 moment here

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

Moments

  1. 1939 Lays foundation of Mahajati Sadan Rabindranath Tagore
  2. 1939 Snow White Academy Award Walt Disney
  3. 1939 Visits Orissa at provincial invitation Rabindranath Tagore
  4. 1939 The Wizard of Oz New York premiere Judy Garland
  5. 1939 Takes refuge in Royan Pablo Picasso
  6. 1939 Move to the Burbank studio Walt Disney
  7. 1940 Move to Paris for Paris-Soir Albert Camus
  8. 1940 Wartime stay in Lyon Albert Camus
  9. 1940 Secondary school in Barranquilla Gabriel García Márquez
  10. 1940 Los Angeles portrait Marlene Dietrich
  11. 1940 Returns to occupied Paris Pablo Picasso
  12. 1940 Oxford special convocation at Santiniketan Rabindranath Tagore
  13. 1940 Arrives in wartime America Salvador Dalí
  14. 1940 Marriage and teaching in Oran Albert Camus
  15. 1941 Residence in Bel Air Judy Garland
  16. 1941 Lives on Cordell Drive Ronald Reagan
  17. 1941 Visit to Buenos Aires Walt Disney
  18. 1941 Dies at Jorasanko mansion Rabindranath Tagore
  19. 1941 Arrival for South American goodwill tour Walt Disney
  20. 1941 Goodwill-tour stop in Belem Walt Disney
  21. 1941 Stay at Copacabana Palace Walt Disney
  22. 1942 Assigned to Culver City film unit Ronald Reagan
  23. 1942 Stationed at Fort Mason Ronald Reagan
  24. 1942 Writing from Le Panelier Albert Camus
  25. 1943 Return to Paris and Resistance work Albert Camus
  26. 1943 Arrival for school in Bogotá Gabriel García Márquez
  27. 1943 Marries Oona O'Neill in Carpinteria Charlie Chaplin
  28. 1943 Hollywood Canteen anniversary Marlene Dietrich
  29. 1944 Worked on the Radioplane assembly line Marilyn Monroe
  30. 1944 USO performance in France Marlene Dietrich
  31. 1944 USO tour in Germany Marlene Dietrich
  32. 1944 With Jean Gabin in New York Marlene Dietrich
  33. 1944 War Loan duty in New York Ronald Reagan
  34. 1945 Postwar residence in Paris Albert Camus
  35. 1945 Wartime winter in the Ardennes Marlene Dietrich
  36. 1945 Keeps first Yearling Row Ranch Ronald Reagan
  37. 1945 Performance on a tank at Gillrath Marlene Dietrich
  38. 1945 Paratrooper practice jump Marlene Dietrich
  39. 1945 Performance in liberated Pilsen Marlene Dietrich
  40. 1945 Moves to Ménerbes with Françoise Pablo Picasso
  41. 1945 Visit to her mother Marlene Dietrich

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