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Yvette Chauviré

French ballet dancer (1917-2016) · France · Actors · Died at 99

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Yvette Chauviré was a French prima ballerina assoluta and actress. She is often described as France's greatest ballerina, and was the mentor of another pair of well-known prima ballerinas named, Sylvie Guillem and Marie-Claude Pietragalla. She was awarded the Légion d'Honneur in 1964.

A life in dates

2016Died19 October 20161992Comme les oiseaux...Film1972Le Grand ÉchiquierSeries1954Neapolitan CarouselFilm, donna Margherita1953AidaFilm, Uncredited1941Sins of YouthFilm, Gabrielle1937BallerinaFilm, Mademoiselle Beaupré1917Born22 April 1917

Also in Deutsch

Photos 3

Portrait d'Yvette Chauviré par Serge Ivanoff, Paris, 1944Portrait d'Yvette Chauviré par Serge Ivanoff, Paris, 1944With Italian ballet dancer Guido Lauri in Rome in the mid-50s.With Italian ballet dancer Guido Lauri in Rome in the mid-50s.

Filmography 5

COComme les oiseaux...1992
NCNeapolitan Carouseldonna Margherita1954
AIAidaUncredited1953
SYSins of YouthGabrielle1941
BABallerinaMademoiselle Beaupré1937

6 credits on file

Television 1

LÉLe Grand Échiquier1972

Awards

Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour
Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit
Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres

About this person

Country
France
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1917 to 2016 · aged 99

In common with Yvette

Maurice TourneurAlso in Sins of Youth (1941)Maurice BaquetAlso in Ballerina (1937)Enrico ViarisioAlso in Neapolitan Carousel (1954)Ebe StignaniAlso in Aida (1953)Alba ArnovaAlso in Aida (1953)Marie EpsteinAlso in Ballerina (1937)

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