Acting
Maya Plisetskaya
Also Known As: Maïa Plissetskaïa, М. Плисецкая, M. Plisetskaya
Birth Date
November 20, 1925
Death Date
May 2, 2015
(passed away at 89)
Place of Birth
Moscow, USSR [now Russia]
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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.
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Le Grand Échiquier
Self
1972 • 5 episodes
Anna Karenina
princess Betsy
1967
Ballerina
Herself
1970
Tchaikovsky
Desire
1970
The Little Humpbacked Horse
Queen Maiden
1962
Anna Karenina
Anna Karenina
1975
Yevgeny Svetlanov. A Memory...
2008
Carmen Suite
Carmen
1978
Maya Plisetskaya
Self
1964
The Little Humpbacked Horse
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M.K.C. Zodiakas
Муза
1985
Stars of the Russian Ballet
Zarema (segment "Fountains of Bakhchisarai")
1954
Lady with a Lapdog
1986
Khovanshchina
1959
New Year's Abduction
Plisetskaya
1970
Maya Plisetskaya – (Un)known
Self
1987
World's Young Ballet
1969
Mariinsky Theatre
Self
2008
Swan Lake
Odette / Odile
1957
Fantasia
1976