Maya Plisetskaya
Acting
November 20, 1925 — May 2, 2015Moscow, USSR [now Russia]
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
Acting23
movieCarmen Suite
1978
Carmen
movieAnna Karenina
1975
Anna Karenina
movieTchaikovsky
1970
Desire
movieNew Year's Abduction
1970
Plisetskaya
movieBallerina
1970
Herself
movieAnna Karenina
1967
princess Betsy
movieThe Little Humpbacked Horse
1962
Queen Maiden
movieSwan Lake
1957
Odette / Odile
movieStars of the Russian Ballet
1954
Zarema (segment "Fountains of Bakhchisarai")
Crew2
Das Ewige Antlitz
movieDas Ewige Antlitz
2012
Cinematography
movieAnna Karenina
1975
Choreographer
Writing1
movieFantasia
1976
Writer