Maya Plisetskaya

Known for Acting

Maya Plisetskaya's portrait

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Birthday: November 20, 1925

Deathday: May 02, 2015

Place of birth: 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.

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1976