# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/maria-tallchief
# Generated: 2026-08-14T13:24:58.775Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/maria-tallchief"
name: "Maria Tallchief"
slug: "maria-tallchief"
description: "Maria Tallchief, born Elizabeth Marie Tall Chief, was an Osage ballerina. She was America's first major prima ballerina and the first Native American to hold the rank. Together with Georgian-American choreographer George Balanchine, she is widely considered to have revolutionized American ballet."
tagline: "American ballerina (1925–2013)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Maria_Tallchief_1961.png?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1925-01-24"
deathDate: "2013-04-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0
  historical:           22.16373866666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  55
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0848126"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump