Maya Plisetskaya
Actor · Cinematography · Writer · Choreographer
Born Nov 20, 1925 · Moscow, USSR [now Russia]
Active 1954–2015 · Awards: Order of the Rising Sun, 3rd class, Order of Lenin, Hero of Socialist Labour, Commander of the Order of Isabella the Catholic, Golden Medal for Merit to Culture, People's Artist of the USSR, Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 1st class, Order "For Merit to the Fatherland", 2nd class
Maya Plisetskaya was a Soviet ballet dancer, choreographer, ballet director, and actress. In post-Soviet times, she held both Lithuanian and Spanish citizenship.
Filmography
Swan Lake (1957) — Odette / OdileThe Little Humpbacked Horse (1962) — Queen MaidenAnna Karenina (1967) — princess BetsyAnna Karenina (1975) — Anna Karenina · ChoreographerNew Year's Abduction (1970) — PlisetskayaKhovanshchina (1959)Fantasia (1976) — WriterStars of the Russian Ballet (1954) — Zarema (segment "Fountains of Bakhchisarai")Tchaikovsky (1970) — DesireM.K.C. Zodiakas (1985) — МузаCarmen Suite (1978) — CarmenNew Year's Calendar (1966)Maya Plisetskaya - Diva of Dance (2006)Bolshoi Ballet: Don Quixote (1978)Lady with a Lapdog (1986)The Little Humpbacked HorseWorld's Young Ballet (1969)Yevgeny Svetlanov. A Memory... (2008)Das Ewige Antlitz (2012) — Cinematography