Irina Baronova

Irina Mikhailovna Baronova FRAD (Russian: Ири́на Миха́йловна Баро́нова; March 13, 1919 – June 28, 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).

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Irina Baronova
Birth dateMarch 13, 1919
Birth nameIrina Mikhailovna Baronova
Birth place
Russian Empire , Saint Petersburg
Date of deathJune 28, 2008
Place of death
Byron Bay New South Wales
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