Maria Tallchief
✓ Source-basedstableAmerican ballerina (1925-2013)
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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.
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Photos 8
Tallchief with Erik Bruhn in 1961
Tallchief as the Sugar Plum Fairy and Nicholas Magallanes as her cavalier The Nutcracker (1954)
Tallchief in a 1955 promotion for the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo
Tallchief on the front cover of Dance Magazine in 1954
Publisher Rudolf Orthwine presents Tallchief with a Dance Magazine award on April 28, 1961
Filmography 2
Million Dollar Mermaid
Dancing for Mr. B: Six Balanchine Ballerinas7 credits on file
Television 5
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Kennedy Center Honors
The Dinah Shore Chevy Show
Your Show of Shows
The Bell Telephone HourAwards 4
In their orbit 2
Connected to Maria 6
Mervyn LeRoyAlso in Million Dollar Mermaid (1952)
David BrianAlso in Million Dollar Mermaid (1952)
Victor MatureAlso in Million Dollar Mermaid (1952)
Willis BoucheyAlso in Million Dollar Mermaid (1952)
Esther WilliamsAlso in Million Dollar Mermaid (1952)
Howard FreemanAlso in Million Dollar Mermaid (1952)About this person
Country
United StatesCategory
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1925 to 2013 · aged 88
Written about in
27 languages
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