Maya Plisetskaya
Born
November 20, 1925
Died
May 2, 2015 (89 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
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
Mariinsky Theatre
Self
0.0
2008
Maya Plisetskaya - Diva of Dance
0.0
2006
Maya Plisetskaya – (Un)known
Self
0.0
1987
Lady with the Dog
0.0
1986
M.K.C. Zodiakas
Муза
6.0
1985
Bolshoi Ballet: Don Quixote
0.0
1978
Carmen Suite
Carmen
3.0
1978
Fantasia
0.0
1976
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina
6.0
1975
Le Grand Échiquier
Self · (5 episodes)
8.0
1972
Tchaikovsky
Desire
4.6
1970
New Year's Abduction
6.0
1970
Anna Karenina
princess Betsy
5.6
1967
Новогодний календарь
0.0
1966
The Little Humpbacked Horse
Queen Maiden
0.0
1962
Khovanshchina
5.4
1959
Swan Lake
Odette / Odile
0.0
1957
Stars of the Russian Ballet
Zarema (segment "Fountains of Bakhchisarai")
5.0
1954