Tamara Toumanova

Biography

Tamara Toumanova was a Georgian American prima ballerina and actress who made her debut at age 10 in the Paris Opera's children's ballet. She became an international star with Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, starring in numerous European productions and in films such as "Days of Glory" (1944) and Alfred Hitchcock's "Torn Curtain" (1966). A naturalized US citizen since 1943, Toumanova appeared in six Hollywood films before her death in 1996.