# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/phyllis-spira
# Generated: 2026-08-13T07:33:41.332Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/phyllis-spira"
name: "Phyllis Spira"
slug: "phyllis-spira"
description: "Phyllis Spira was a South African ballet dancer who began her career with the Royal Ballet in England. Upon returning to South Africa, she spent twenty-eight years as prima ballerina of CAPAB Ballet, a professional company in Cape Town named for the Cape Performing Arts Board. In 1984 she was named the first South African Prima Ballerina Assoluta."
tagline: "South African ballet dancer (1943–2008)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Dancers-tale-10.png/330px-Dancers-tale-10.png"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "South Africa"
  isoCode: "ZA"
birthDate: "1943-10-18"
deathDate: "2008-03-11"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           43.83
  momentum:             4.459459459459458
  historical:           7.679302666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     50.00000000000001
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "فلس سپیرا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://af.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyllis_Spira"
    title: "Phyllis Spira"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%8A%D9%84%D9%8A%D8%B3_%D8%B3%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%A7"
    title: "فيليس سبيرا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyllis_Spira"
    title: "Phyllis Spira"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyllis_Spira"
    title: "Phyllis Spira"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phyllis_Spira"
    title: "Phyllis Spira"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%95%E3%82%A3%E3%83%AA%E3%82%B9%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%91%E3%82%A4%E3%83%A9"
    title: "フィリス・スパイラ"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pnb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%81%D9%84%D8%B3_%D8%B3%D9%BE%DB%8C%D8%B1%D8%A7"
    title: "فلس سپیرا"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ta.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B2%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B8%E0%AF%8D_%E0%AE%B8%E0%AF%8D%E0%AE%AA%E0%AE%BF%E0%AE%B0%E0%AE%BE"
    title: "பிலிஸ் ஸ்பிரா"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q7188627"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump