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Maya Plisetskaya

Acting Born Nov 20, 1925 Moscow, USSR [now Russia] 23 credits

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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Known for

Le Grand Échiquier

as Self
Film

Anna Karenina

as princess Betsy

Full filmography

  • Le Grand Échiquier (1972) as Self
  • Anna Karenina (1967) as princess Betsy
  • Tchaikovsky (1970) as Desire
  • Anna Karenina (1975) as Anna Karenina
  • M.K.C. Zodiakas (1985) as Муза
  • New Year's Abduction (1970) as Plisetskaya
  • Ballerina (1970) as Herself
  • Stars of the Russian Ballet (1954) as Zarema (segment "Fountains of Bakhchisarai")
  • Carmen Suite (1978) as Carmen
  • New Year's Calendar (1966)
  • Fantasia (1976)
  • The Little Humpbacked Horse (1962) as Queen Maiden
  • Mariinsky Theatre (2008) as Self
  • Khovanshchina (1959)
  • World's Young Ballet (1969)
  • The Little Humpbacked Horse
  • Yevgeny Svetlanov. A Memory... (2008)
  • Maya Plisetskaya – (Un)known (1987) as Self
  • Lady with a Lapdog (1986)
  • Maya Plisetskaya (1964) as Self
  • Maya Plisetskaya - Diva of Dance (2006)
  • Swan Lake (1957) as Odette / Odile
  • Bolshoi Ballet: Don Quixote (1978)