Maya Plisetskaya
Acting
November 20, 1925
Died May 2, 2015 (89 years old)
Moscow, USSR [now Russia]
21
Acting 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.
Known For
Filmography
Mariinsky Theatre
2008
as Self
Yevgeny Svetlanov. A Memory...
2008
Maya Plisetskaya - Diva of Dance
2006
Maya Plisetskaya – (Un)known
1987
as Self
Lady with a Lapdog
1986
M.K.C. Zodiakas
1985
as Муза
6
Carmen Suite
1978
as Carmen
3
Fantasia
1976
7
Anna Karenina
1975
as Anna Karenina
6.6
Le Grand Échiquier
1972
as Self
8
Tchaikovsky
1970
as Desire
5.2
New Year's Abduction
1970
as Plisetskaya
7
Ballerina
1970
as Herself
World's Young Ballet
1969
Anna Karenina
1967
as princess Betsy
5.4
New Year's Calendar
1966
Maya Plisetskaya
1964
as Self
The Little Humpbacked Horse
1962
as Queen Maiden
10
Khovanshchina
1959
6.2
Swan Lake
1957
as Odette / Odile
10
Stars of the Russian Ballet
1954
as Zarema (segment "Fountains of Bakhchisarai")
6.2