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Maya Plisetskaya
Maya Plisetskaya

Maya Plisetskaya

ActingBorn November 20, 1925Died May 2, 2015 (age 89)Moscow, USSR [now Russia]

Biography

Maya Plisetskaya was a Soviet ballet dancer, choreographer, ballet director, and actress. In post-Soviet times, she held both Lithuanian and Spanish citizenship. She danced during the Soviet era at the Bolshoi Theatre under the directorships of Leonid Lavrovsky, then of Yury Grigorovich. In 1960 she became prima ballerina assoluta of the company.

Filmography

2008Movie
1985
M.K.C. Zodiakas

as Муза

Movie
1978
Carmen Suite

as Carmen

Movie
1976Movie
1975
Anna Karenina

as Anna Karenina

Movie
1972TV
1970
Tchaikovsky

as Desire

Movie
1970
New Year's Abduction

as Plisetskaya

Movie
1970
Ballerina

as Herself

Movie
1967
Anna Karenina

as princess Betsy

Movie
1964Movie
1962Movie
1959Movie
1957
Swan Lake

as Odette / Odile

Movie
1954
Stars of the Russian Ballet

as Zarema (segment "Fountains of Bakhchisarai")

Movie

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayNovember 20, 1925
Day of DeathMay 2, 2015
Place of BirthMoscow, USSR [now Russia]
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