Tamara Toumanova

Tamara Toumanova

出生 : 1919-03-02, Tyumen, Russia

死亡 : 1996-05-29

略歴

From Wikipedia Tamara Toumanova (March 2, 1919 – May 29, 1996) was a prominent Russian American prima ballerina and actress. A child of exiles in Paris after the Russian Revolution of 1917, she made her debut at the age of 10 at the children's ballet of the Paris Opera. She became known internationally as one of the Baby Ballerinas of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, after being discovered by her fellow émigré, ballet master and choreographer George Balanchine. She was featured in numerous ballets in Europe. Balanchine also featured her in his productions at Ballet Theatre, New York, making her the star of his performances in the United States. While most of Toumanova's career was dedicated to ballet, she appeared as a ballet dancer in several films, beginning in 1944. She became a naturalized United States citizen in 1943 in Los Angeles, California. Toumanova appeared in six Hollywood films between 1944 and 1970, always playing dancers. She made her feature film debut in 1944, in Days of Glory, playing a Russian dancer being saved from the invading Germans in 1941 by Soviet partisan leader Gregory Peck (who also made his debut in that film). In 1953 she played Russian prima ballerina Anna Pavlova in "Tonight We Sing", and in 1954 she appeared in the biographical musical, "Deep in My Heart", as the French dancer Gaby Deslys. In 1956 she did a dance scene with Gene Kelly in his dance film, Invitation to the Dance. In 1966 she played the odious, unnamed lead ballerina in Alfred Hitchcock's political thriller Torn Curtain. In 1970 she played Russian ballerina "Madame Petrova" in Billy Wilder's The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes. In 1944 she married Casey Robinson, whom she met as the producer and screenwriter of Days of Glory, her first film. The union was childless. The couple divorced on October 13, 1955. She died in Santa Monica, California, on May 29, 1996, aged 77, from undisclosed causes. Before her death, she gave her Preobrajenska costumes to the Vaganova Choreographic Museum in St Petersburg, Russia. She was buried next to her mother Eugenia in Hollywood. In his obituary, British choreographer John Gregory was said to describe Toumanova as a "remarkable artist – a great personality who never stopped acting. It is impossible to think of Russian ballet without her.

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Tamara Toumanova

参加作品

That's Dancing!
From 'Tonight We Sing' (archive footage)
A documentary film about dancing on the screen, from it's orgins after the invention of the movie camera, over the movie musical from the late 20s, 30s, 40s 50s and 60s up to the break dance and the music videos from the 80s.
シャーロック・ホームズの冒険
Madame Petrova
ジョン・ワトスン医師の死後50年が経過し、遺言に従って銀行に保管されていた未発表の記録が公開された。19世紀末のロンドン。私立探偵シャーロック・ホームズはロシアのプリマバレリーナから強引な求婚を受ける。ホームズは探偵業の助手であるワトスン医師と同性愛の関係にあると偽り求婚から逃れたが、それを知ったワトソンを激怒させてしまう。この騒動から一息ついた彼らの元に、記憶喪失の女性が運び込まれた。ホームズの機転により記憶を取り戻した彼女ガブリエルの依頼で、ホームズ達は行方不明の彼女の夫を探し始める。
引き裂かれたカーテン
Ballerina
東側の軍事機密を探るために亡命者を装い、東ドイツに侵入した物理学者のマイケル。だが何も知らずについてきた婚約者セーラが、危険な目に遭うことに……。ヒッチコックによるスパイ・アクション。
Invitation to the Dance
The Streetwalker
Three completely different stories are told through dance.
Deep in My Heart
Gaby Deslys
Biographic movie about the American composer Sigmund Romberg.
Tonight We Sing
Anna Pavlova
Tonight We Sing is a 1953 musical biopic film, directed by Mitchell Leisen, based on the life and career of the celebrated impresario Sol Hurok. It stars David Wayne and Ezio Pinza.
Days of Glory
Nina
A heroic guerilla group fights back against impossible odds during the 1941 Nazi invasion of Russia.
Spanish Fiesta
Gypsy Fortune Teller
The Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo perform a ballet to Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's Capriccio Espagnol.