Maya Plisetskaya
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- November 20, 1925
- Died
- May 2, 2015 (aged 89)
- Birthplace
- 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.
Known For
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Filmography
The Little Humpbacked Horse
Movie
Mariinsky Theatre
Movie · as Self
Yevgeny Svetlanov. A Memory...
Movie
Maya Plisetskaya - Diva of Dance
Movie
Maya Plisetskaya – (Un)known
Movie · as Self
Lady with a Lapdog
Movie
M.K.C. Zodiakas
Movie · as Муза
Carmen Suite
Movie · as Carmen
Fantasia
Movie
Anna Karenina
Movie · as Anna Karenina
Le Grand Échiquier
TV · as Self · 5 eps
Tchaikovsky
Movie · as Desire
New Year's Abduction
Movie · as Plisetskaya
Ballerina
Movie · as Herself
World's Young Ballet
Movie
Anna Karenina
Movie · as princess Betsy
New Year's Calendar
Movie
Maya Plisetskaya
Movie · as Self
The Little Humpbacked Horse
Movie · as Queen Maiden
Khovanshchina
Movie
Swan Lake
Movie · as Odette / Odile
Stars of the Russian Ballet
Movie · as Zarema (segment "Fountains of Bakhchisarai")