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19th-century dancers

41 published records, arranged alphabetically. Each entry is published only where a named source supports it.

Armen OhanianAuthor · BooksArmen Ohanian, born Sophia Pirboudaghian (1888–1976) was an Armenian dancer, actress, writer, and translator.
Asadata DaforaPerson · Music memorabiliaAustin Dafora Horton (4 August 1890 – 4 March 1965), also known as Asadata Dafora, was a Sierra Leonean multi-faceted artist talented in music, opera and concert singing, dancing,…
Bessie SmithPerson · Music memorabiliaBessie Smith (April 15, 1892 – September 26, 1937) was an African-American blues singer widely renowned during the Jazz Age.
Carina AriArtist · SculptureCarina Ari (14 April 1897 – 24 December 1970) was the artistic name of Maria Karina Viktoria Jansson, a Swedish-born dancer.
Chung Chil-sungArtist · Paintings
Clifton WebbPerson · Film memorabiliaClifton Webb (born Webb Parmelee Hollenbeck; November 19, 1889 – October 13, 1966) was an American actor, singer, and dancer.
Eugeniusz BodoPerson · Film memorabiliaEugeniusz Bodo (born Bohdan Eugène Junod; 28 December 1899 7 October 1943) was a film director, producer, singer, pianist and one of the most popular Polish actors and comedians of the…
Feodor ChaliapinPerson · Film memorabiliaFeodor Ivanovich Chaliapin (Fyodor Ivanovich Shalyapin; 13 February 1873 – 12 April 1938) was a Russian opera singer.
Francis LedererPerson · Film memorabiliaFrancis Lederer (November 6, 1899 – May 25, 2000) was an Austro-Hungarian Empire-born American actor with his career first in Europe, then in the United States.
Gracie AllenPerson · Film memorabiliaGrace Ethel Cecile Rosalie Allen (July 26, 1895 – August 27, 1964) was an American vaudevillian, singer, actress, and comedian who became famous as the zany partner and comic foil of…
Hannah ChaplinPerson · Film memorabiliaHannah Harriet Pedlingham Chaplin (née Hill; 6 August 1865 – 28 August 1928), also known by the stage name Lily Harley, was an English actress, singer and dancer who performed in British…
Joseph SantleyPerson · Film memorabiliaJoseph Mansfield Santley (born Joseph Ishmael Mansfield; January 10, 1890 – August 8, 1971) was an American actor, singer, dancer, writer, director, and producer of musical theatrical plays…
Liane HaidPerson · Film memorabiliaJuliane "Liane" Haid (16 August 1895 – 28 November 2000) was an Austrian actress and singer. She has often been referred to as Austria's first movie star.
Loïe FullerPerson · Film memorabiliaLoie Fuller (born Marie Louise Fuller; January 15, 1862 – January 1, 1928), also known as Louie Fuller and Loïe Fuller, was an American dancer and a pioneer of modern dance and theatrical…
Lucile GrahnPerson · Film memorabiliaIllustration — Lithograph by J. Branard of Lucile Grahn in the title role of the Perrot/Pugni Catarina. Here Grahn is costumed for the celebrated Pas stragétique.
Mae MurrayPerson · Film memorabiliaMae Murray (born Marie Adrienne Koenig; May 10, 1885 – March 23, 1965) was an American actress, dancer, film producer, and screenwriter.
Mamie EisenhowerAuthor · BooksMary Geneva "Mamie" Eisenhower (Doud; November 14, 1896 – November 1, 1979) was the first lady of the United States from 1953 to 1961 as the wife of President Dwight D. Eisenhower.
Mani Madhava ChakyarPerson · Film memorabilia(15 February 1899 – 14 January 1990) was an Indian performance artist and Sanskrit scholar
Mary Kawena PukuiPerson · Music memorabiliaMary Abigail Kawenaʻulaokalaniahiʻiakaikapoliopele Naleilehuaapele Wiggin Pukui (20 April 1895 – 21 May 1986), known as Kawena, was a Hawaiian scholar, author, composer, hula expert, and…
Mary WigmanPerson · Music memorabiliaMary Wigman (born Karoline Sophie Marie Wiegmann; 13 November 1886 – 18 September 1973) was a German dancer and choreographer who pioneered expressionist dance, dance therapy, and movement…
Michel FokineAuthor · BooksMichael Fokine (– 22 August 1942) was a Russian choreographer and dancer.
MistinguettPerson · Music memorabiliaJeanne Florentine Bourgeois (5 April 1873 – 5 January 1956), known professionally as Mistinguett, was a French actress and singer.
Olga Bontjes van BeekArtist · SculptureOlga Bontjes van Beek (née Breling; 14 August 1896 in Fischerhude – 12 February 1995 in Fischerhude) was a German dancer, sculptor, and painter.
Olga DesmondPerson · Film memorabiliaOlga Desmond (born Olga Antonie Sellin; 2 November 1890 – 2 August 1964) was a German dancer, actress, art model and living statue.
Pratima TagoreArtist · PaintingsPratima Tagore was an Indian dancer, writer and painter (1893–1969). She was born in Kolkata and died in Santiniketan.
Pyotr LeshchenkoPerson · Music memorabiliaPyotr Konstantinovich Leshchenko (Ukrainian: Петро Константинович Лещенко; 2 June 1898 Isayevo, Odessa uezd, Kherson Governorate, Russian Empire (now Ukraine) – 16 July 1954 Bucharest), a…
Rahel SanzaraPerson · Film memorabiliaRahel Sanzara (also Sansara; pseudonym for Johanna Bleschke) (9 February 1894 – 8 February 1936) was a German dancer, actress and novelist.
Rita SacchettoPerson · Film memorabiliaMargherita "Rita" Sacchetto (15 January 1880 – 18 January 1959) was a German dancer, film actress, and screenwriter.
Ruth St. DenisAuthor · BooksDenis (born Ruth Dennis; January 20, 1879 – July 21, 1968) was an American pioneer of modern dance, introducing eastern ideas into the art and paving the way for other women in dance.
Sophie Taeuber-ArpIllustrator · IllustrationSophie Henriette Gertrud Taeuber-Arp (19 January 1889 – 14 January 1943) was a Swiss artist, painter, sculptor, textile designer, furniture and interior designer, architect, and dancer.
Tamara KarsavinaPerson · Film memorabiliaTamara Platonovna Karsavina (9 March 1885 – 26 May 1978) was a Russian prima ballerina, renowned for her beauty, who was a principal artist of the Imperial Russian Ballet and later of the…
Valeska GertPerson · Film memorabiliaValeska Gert (11 January 1892 – c. 16 March 1978) was a German dancer, pantomime, cabaret artist, actress and pioneering performance artist.
Xenia DesniPerson · Film memorabiliaXenia Desni (19 January 1894 – 27 May 1962) was a silent screen era actress who predominantly appeared in German films.
Zula PogorzelskaPerson · Film memorabiliaZula Pogorzelska (14 August 1896 – 10 February 1936) born Zofia Pogorzelska, was a Polish cabaret and film actress.

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