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Preobrajenska, Olga b. February 7, 1871 d. December 27, 1962
Ballet Dancer. Olga Preobrajenska (Preobrazhenskaya) was born in St. Petersburg in 1871. She studied at the Imperial Ballet School in St. Petersburg. Her teachers included Petipa, Ivanov and Anna Johansson, and later Cecchetti and Beretta. She graduated in 1889 to join the Mariinsky Theatre. Promoted to soloist in 1896 and prima ballerina in 1900. Danced all the leading roles at the Mariinsky. Her best roles were in Coppelia, Raymonda, Sleeping Beauty, La Fille mal gardée and Don Quixote. From...[Read More] (Bio by: Medora)
Cimetière de Sainte Genevieve Des Bois, Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois, Departement de l'Essonne, Ile-de-France, France
Queneau, Raymond b. February 21, 1903 d. October 25, 1976
Noted Writer.
Cimetière de Juvisy-Sur-Orge, Juvisy-sur-Orge, Departement de l'Essonne, Ile-de-France, France
Remizov, Aleksei b. July 6, 1877 d. November 26, 1957
Author. One of the leading Russian modernists of the early 20th Century. A great experimenter in prose, he blended archaic, formal and colloqial Russian into an ornate style. Most characteristic were his contemporary reworkings of old religious and folk legends, with their bizarre flights of fancy and violent humor. Aleksei Mikhailovich Remizov was born in Moscow. As a university student he got involved in Socialist activities and was banished to Siberia for eight years, where he acquired...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Cimetière de Sainte Genevieve Des Bois, Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois, Departement de l'Essonne, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Plan V, Grave 5466
Ricci, Nina b. January 14, 1883 d. November 29, 1970
Fashion stylist.
Cimetière de Courances, Courances, Departement de l'Essonne, Ile-de-France, France
Tarkovsky, Andrei b. April 4, 1932 d. December 29, 1986
Filmaker.
Cimetière de Sainte Genevieve Des Bois, Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois, Departement de l'Essonne, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Section J1, Grave 7259
Tcherepnin, Nikolai b. May 15, 1873 d. June 27, 1945
Composer, Conductor. He is best known for his stage music, which blended a robust Russian spirit with the delicacy of French Impressionism. His ballet "Le Pavillion d'Armide" (1907) was the first ever staged by Serge Diaghilev's Ballets Russes in 1909. The son of a prominent physician, Tcherepnin was born in St. Petersburg and studied with Rimsky-Korsakov at the Conservatory there. He gained initial notoriety for his colorful orchestral pieces "Prelude por la Princesse Lointaine" (1898) and "...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Cimetière de Sainte Genevieve Des Bois, Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois, Departement de l'Essonne, Ile-de-France, France
Teffi (Lokhvitskaya), Nadezhda (Nadezhda) b. May 21, 1872 d. October 6, 1952
Humorist. She is regarded as the foremost chronicler of Russian emigre life in Paris in the years following the 1917 Revolution. Her sharply comic tales feature Field Marshals reduced to driving taxicabs, ex-noblemwomen dressing up as gypsies to serve tea in cafes, and other castaway members of Russia's former elite, all of whom absurdly cling to the affectations of their old way of life. Because she satirized the aimlessness and sterility of Russian life in exile, Teffi was one of the very...[Read More] (Bio by: Robert Edwards)
Cimetière de Sainte Genevieve Des Bois, Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois, Departement de l'Essonne, Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Grave 3059
Ventura, Lino b. July 14, 1919 d. October 22, 1987
Actor. Born in Parma, Italy, he was one of France's most beloved character performers from the 1950s to the 1980s. He began his career in gangster movies, making his big screen debut in "Touchez Pas au Grisbi" (1953). A veteran of over 75 films, his credits include "Action Immediate" (1956), "Les Petits Matins" (1961), "The Adventures" (1967), "Le Silencieux" (1972), "Le Ruffian" (1982) and "La Rumba" (1987). He remained active until his death from a heart attack at the age of 68 in Saint Cloud...[Read More] (Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith)
Cimetière du Val-St-Germain, Le Val-Saint-Germain, Departement de l'Essonne, Ile-de-France, France
Vyroubova, Nina b. June 4, 1921 d. June 24, 2007
Ballerina. French dancer considered to be one of the finest ballerinas of the 20th Century. Born in Gurzuf, in the Crimea, she came to France at age three with her mother to escape the Russian Revolution and studied with émigré Russian ballerinas who had also relocated to Paris. Her first leading role came at age 16, when she played Swanilda in "Coppélia" at Caen. She was well-known for her ability to fit into almost any style while imparting her personal interpretations. Equally successful...[Read More] (Bio by: Fred Beisser)
Cimetière de Sainte Genevieve Des Bois, Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois, Departement de l'Essonne, Ile-de-France, France
Yaroslavna, Anna Agnesa b. 1023 d. 1075
Queen. She was the daughter of Yaroslav of Kiev and the wife of Henry the First of France. (Bio by: girlofcelje (inactive))
Abbaye De Villiers, La Ferte-Alais, Departement de l'Essonne, Ile-de-France, France
Youssoupov, Felix b. March 23, 1887 d. September 27, 1967
Russian Prince. He killed Rasputin.
Cimetière de Sainte Genevieve Des Bois, Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois, Departement de l'Essonne, Ile-de-France, France

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