Birthday:
Nov 20, 1925
Place of Birth: Moscow, USSR [now Russia]
Place of Birth: Moscow, USSR [now Russia]
Maya Plisetskaya
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.
Filmography
| Movie | Cast | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Новогодний календарь | 1966 | |
| Swan Lake | Odette / Odile | 1957 |
| Mariinsky Theatre | Self | 2008 |
| Anna Karenina | princess Betsy | 1967 |
| Carmen Suite | Carmen | 1978 |
| The Little Humpbacked Horse | Queen Maiden | 1962 |
| Tchaikovsky | Desire | 1970 |
| M.K.C. Zodiakas | Муза | 1985 |
| Anna Karenina | Anna Karenina | 1975 |
| Khovanshchina | 1959 | |
| Stars of the Russian Ballet | Zarema (segment "Fountains of Bakhchisarai") | 1954 |
| New Year's Abduction | 1970 | |
| Maya Plisetskaya - Diva of Dance | 2006 | |
| Fantasia | 1976 | Series | Cast | Year |
| Le Grand Échiquier | Self | 1972 |
