Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
November 20, 1925
Died
May 2, 2015 (89 years old)
Place of Birth
Moscow, USSR [now Russia]
Also Known As
- Maïa Plissetskaïa
- М. Плисецкая
- M. Plisetskaya
Maya Plisetskaya
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.
