Actor
Active 1945–present · Awards: Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Critics' Circle Award for Distinguished Service to the Arts, Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Award
Dame Alicia Markova DBE was a British ballerina and a choreographer, director and teacher of classical ballet. Most noted for her career with Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes and touring internationally, she was widely considered to be…