Overview
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Acting
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Birthday
Nov 20, 1925 (99 years old)
Death date
May 02, 2015
Maya Plisetskaya
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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.