
Acting
Born
November 20, 1925
Died
May 2, 2015(age 89)
Birthplace
Moscow, USSR [now Russia]
Gender
Female
Also known as
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.