Maya Plisetskaya
Acting
November 20, 1925
Died at age 89
May 2, 2015
Date of Death
Moscow, USSR [now Russia]
23 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.
