Maya Plisetskaya
Acting·November 20, 1925·† May 2, 2015 — 89 years old·Moscow, 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
Filmography · 24
—The Little Humpbacked Horse2012Das Ewige AntlitzCinematography2008Mariinsky TheatreSelf2008Yevgeny Svetlanov. A Memory...2006Maya Plisetskaya - Diva of Dance1987Maya Plisetskaya – (Un)knownSelf1986Lady with a Lapdog1985M.K.C. ZodiakasМуза1978Bolshoi Ballet: Don Quixote1978Carmen SuiteCarmen1976FantasiaWriter1975Anna KareninaAnna Karenina · Choreographer1972Le Grand ÉchiquierTVSelf1970TchaikovskyDesire1970New Year's AbductionPlisetskaya1970BallerinaHerself1969World's Young Ballet1967Anna Kareninaprincess Betsy1966New Year's Calendar1964Maya PlisetskayaSelf1962The Little Humpbacked HorseQueen Maiden1959Khovanshchina1957Swan LakeOdette / Odile1954Stars of the Russian BalletZarema (segment "Fountains of Bakhchisarai")