Acting · Moscow, USSR [now Russia] · Born November 20, 1925
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.
MovieMariinsky Theatre
2008
as Self
MovieYevgeny Svetlanov. A Memory...
2008
MovieMaya Plisetskaya - Diva of Dance
2006
MovieMaya Plisetskaya – (Un)known
1987
as Self
MovieLady with a Lapdog
1986
MovieM.K.C. Zodiakas
1985
as Муза
MovieBolshoi Ballet: Don Quixote
1978
MovieCarmen Suite
1978
as Carmen
MovieFantasia
1976
MovieAnna Karenina
1975
as Anna Karenina
TVLe Grand Échiquier
1972
as Self
MovieTchaikovsky
1970
as Desire
MovieNew Year's Abduction
1970
as Plisetskaya
MovieBallerina
1970
as Herself
World's Young Ballet
1969
MovieAnna Karenina
1967
as princess Betsy
MovieNew Year's Calendar
1966
MovieMaya Plisetskaya
1964
as Self
MovieThe Little Humpbacked Horse
1962
as Queen Maiden
MovieKhovanshchina
1959
MovieSwan Lake
1957
as Odette / Odile
MovieStars of the Russian Ballet
1954
as Zarema (segment "Fountains of Bakhchisarai")
The Little Humpbacked Horse
