Irina Baronova
Irina Mikhailovna Baronova FRAD (Russian: Ирина Михайловна Баронова; 13 March 1919 – 28 June 2008) was a Russian ballerina and actress who was one of the Baby Ballerinas of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, discovered by George Balanchine in Paris in the 1930s. She created roles in Léonide Massine's Le Beau Danube (1924), Jeux d'enfants (1932), and Les Présages (1933); and in Bronislava Nijinska's Les Cent Baisers (1935).
Irina Baronova FRAD | |
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| Ирина Баронова | |
Baronova, c. 1937 | |
| Born | Irina Mikhailovna Baronova 13 March 1919 Petrograd, Soviet Russia |
| Died | 28 June 2008 (aged 89) |
| Occupation | Ballerina |
| Spouses | German Sevastianov (divorced)Cecil Tennant (died 1967) |
| Children | 3; including Victoria Tennant |
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