Irina Baronova
Russian ballerina and actress (1919–2008) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Mikhailovna and the family name is Baronova.
Irina Mikhailovna Baronova FRAD (Russian: Ирина Михайловна Баронова; 13 March 1919 – 28 June 2008) was a Russian ballerina and actress who was one of the Baby Ballerinas of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, discovered by George Balanchine in Paris in the 1930s.[1] She created roles in Léonide Massine's Le Beau Danube (1924), Jeux d'enfants (1932), and Les Présages (1933); and in Bronislava Nijinska's Les Cent Baisers (1935).
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Ирина Баронова | |
Born | Irina Mikhailovna Baronova 13 March 1919 |
Died | 28 June 2008(2008-06-28) (aged 89) |
Occupation | Ballerina |
Spouses | German Sevastianov (divorced)Cecil Tennant (died 1967) |
Children | 3; including Victoria Tennant |
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