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Tamara Geva (Russian: Тамара Жева, born Tamara Levkievna Zheverzheeva, Russian: Тамара Левкиевна Жевержеева; 17 March 1906 – 9 December 1997) was a Soviet and later an American actress, ballet dancer, and choreographer.
Dec 11, 1997 · Tamara Geva, a Russian-born dancer and actress who was the first wife of the choreographer George Balanchine, died on Tuesday at her home in Manhattan. She was 91.
Dec 31, 2022 · Tamara Geva was a prodigious Soviet-American artist who reshaped the entire landscape of ballet, theater, and dance. Performing across the world throughout her career, Geva would ultimately be one of the first ambassadors of ballet in America.
Tamara Geva. The daughter of a Swedish mother (Tamara Urtahl, a Swede) and of a wealthy St. Petersburg manufacturer of Muslim heritage and patron of the arts who later became a free-thinker (Levko Zheverzheiev), Geva grew up in a vast 18th century mansion which included a private museum.
- January 1, 1
- St. Petersburg, Russian Empire [now Russia]
- January 1, 1
- New York City, New York, USA
Tamara Geva. Actress: Orchestra Wives. The daughter of a Swedish mother (Tamara Urtahl, a Swede) and of a wealthy St. Petersburg manufacturer of Muslim heritage and patron of the arts who later became a free-thinker (Levko Zheverzheiev), Geva grew up in a vast 18th century mansion which included a private museum.
- March 17, 1907
- December 9, 1997
Dec 9, 1997 · Geva is forever remembered for her starring role in On You Toes, and for her further successes in her career as an actress in musicals and films. Geva died December 9, 1997 at her home in Manhattan.
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Tamara Geva, the Russian-born dancer and actress who in 1936 galvanized Broadway audiences with On Your Toes' "Slaughter on Tenth Avenue" -- the first ballet to integrate dance into the...
