Quo Fuit places 5 dated presences for Louise Brooks across 5 places, from 1919 to 1985.
Each one keeps the sentence it was taken from and a link to its source.
Mary Louise Brooks (November 14, 1906 – August 8, 1985) was an American film actress during the 1920s and 1930s.Wikipedia, full article · CC BY-SA
Every dot is a place Louise Brooks is documented in, on a dated record. The interactive globe carries the full detail.
Where Louise Brooks was documented, and when
1919 to 1920period
Independence, Kansasattested“In 1919, Brooks and her family moved to Independence, Kansas, before relocating to Wichita in 1920.”source: Wikipedia: Louise Brooks
1919 to 1920period
Wichita, Kansasattested“In 1919, Brooks and her family moved to Independence, Kansas, before relocating to Wichita in 1920.”source: Wikipedia: Louise Brooks
1925year
Amsterdam Theaterattested“Thanks to her friend Barbara Bennett, the sister of Constance and Joan Bennett, Brooks almost immediately found employment as a chorus girl in George White's Scandals, followed by an appearance as a semi-nude dancer in the 1925 edition o…”source: Wikipedia: Louise Brooks
1956year
George Eastman Houseattested“He persuaded her in 1956 to move to be near the George Eastman House film collection where she could study cinema and write about her past career.”source: Wikipedia: Louise Brooks
8 August 1985exact date
Rochester, New Yorkattested“It was just sexuality ..." On August 8, 1985, after suffering from degenerative osteoarthritis of the hip and emphysema for many years, Brooks died of a heart attack in her apartment in Rochester, New York.”source: Wikipedia: Louise Brooks
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Places Louise Brooks is documented in
Amsterdam Theater1 presence · 1925
George Eastman House1 presence · 1956
Independence, Kansas1 presence · 1919
Rochester, New York1 presence · 1985
Wichita, Kansas1 presence · 1919
Other places tied to Louise Brooks in the record
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1922year
New York Citymentioned“Brooks began her entertainment career as a dancer, joining the Denishawn School of Dancing and Related Arts modern dance company in New York at the age of 15 in 1922.”source: Wikipedia: Louise Brooks
1929year
Hollywoodmentioned“While her snubbing of Paramount alone would not have finished her altogether in Hollywood, her subsequent refusal, after returning from Germany, to come back to Paramount for sound retakes of The Canary Murder Case (1929) irrevocably pla…”source: Wikipedia: Louise Brooks
1929year
Germanymentioned“While her snubbing of Paramount alone would not have finished her altogether in Hollywood, her subsequent refusal, after returning from Germany, to come back to Paramount for sound retakes of The Canary Murder Case (1929) irrevocably pla…”source: Wikipedia: Louise Brooks
December 1929month
New York Citymentioned“Dissatisfied with Europe, Brooks returned to New York in December 1929.”source: Wikipedia: Louise Brooks
1931year
Hollywoodmentioned“When she returned to Hollywood in 1931, she was cast in two mainstream films, God's Gift to Women (1931) and It Pays to Advertise (1931), but her performances were largely ignored by critics, and few other job offers were forthcoming due…”source: Wikipedia: Louise Brooks
1982year
Hollywoodmentioned“A collection of her writings, titled Lulu in Hollywood, published in 1982 and still in print, was heralded by film critic Roger Ebert as "one of the few film books that can be called indispensable." In her later years, Brooks rarely gran…”source: Wikipedia: Louise Brooks
1984year
Berlinmentioned“Lulu in Berlin (1984) is another rare filmed interview, produced by Richard Leacock and Susan Woll, released a year before her death but filmed a decade earlier.”source: Wikipedia: Louise Brooks
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