Tamara Toumanova

Tamara Toumanova

Рождение : 1919-03-02, Tyumen, Russia

Смерть : 1996-05-29

История

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.

Профиль

Tamara Toumanova

Фильмы

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.
Частная жизнь Шерлока Холмса
Madame Petrova
В один прекрасный вечер на пороге дома 221Б по Бэйкер-стрит появляется прекрасная бельгийка Габриэль Валладон и умоляет Холмса найти её пропавшего мужа. Хотя таинственный брат Майкрофт предупреждал Холмса не браться за это дело, Шерлок не отступает, и след приводит его в Шотландию, на берега знаменитого озера Лох-Несс, где Холмс и Ватсон лицом к лицу сталкиваются с легендарным чудищем...
Разорванный занавес
Ballerina
Майкл Армстронг — американский профессор физик разрабатывает новый вид ядерных ракет. Для того чтобы узнать секретную формулу конкурента — ученого Густава Линдта из Лейпцига, Армстронг временно переезжает в Восточную Германию.
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.
Дни славы
Nina
1941 год. Красная Армия, отступая, оставляет в лесах партизанские отряды. К одному из таких отрядов присоединяется красивая балерина Нина. Первоначально неумелая, но ряд горьких уроков постепенно делают из неё опытного бойца."Дни славы" - дебютный фильм для многих актёров, в том числе и для Грегори Пека, который позже стал одной из главных звёзд Голливуда, а также является одним из тех немногих, открыто просоветских фильмов, которые были сделаны в Голливуде во время Второй Мировой, когда Соединенные Штаты и Советский Союз были союзниками в борьбе против нацистской Германии...
Spanish Fiesta
Gypsy Fortune Teller
The Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo perform a ballet to Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov's Capriccio Espagnol.