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Tamara Toumanova (Georgian: თამარა თუმანოვა; 2 March 1919 – 29 May 1996) was a Russian-born Georgian-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.
Tamara Toumanova. Actress: Torn Curtain. Known as "The Black Pearl of the Russian Ballet," she was born on a train while her mother was fleeing Russia in search of her husband. They lived in refugee camps in Russia, Shanghai and Cairo before settling in Paris.
- January 1, 1
- Tyumen, Russia
- January 1, 1
- Santa Monica, California, USA
May 31, 1996 · Tamara Toumanova, a child-prodigy ballerina of the 1930's who became familiar to American audiences as one of the most glamorous stars of 20th-century dance, died on Wednesday at the Santa...
Tamara Toumanova was a Russian-born ballerina and actress who performed with Balanchine's Ballets Russes and appeared in films such as Days of Glory and Torn Curtain. She was born on a train in 1919 and died in 1996 in California.
- March 2, 1919
- May 29, 1996
Toumanova, Tamara (1919–1996) Internationally known dancer, choreographer, and Hollywood film actress who, as one of the three "baby ballerinas" of the 1920s, became the personification of a Russian prima ballerina.
May 29, 1996 · Learn about the life and career of Tamara Toumanova, a Russian-born ballerina who danced with Ballets Russes and Hollywood. She was a student of Olga Preobrajenska, a muse of Balanchine and Massine, and a co-star of Hitchcock.
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May 29, 1996 · Tamara Toumanova was a Russian American prima ballerina and actress who appeared in six Hollywood films. She was a star of George Balanchine's ballets and a rival of Anna Pavlova.
