Nathalie Krassovska

Russian-born Nathalie Krassovska trained as a ballerina in Paris, and at age 19 joined the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. She appeared in numerous productions in Europe, and made a few appearances in U.S. films, but when she was offered a contract by producer David O. Selznick, she turned it down in order to continue her ballet career. She joined the London Ballet in 1950 and performed throughout Europe for the next ten years. She eventually moved to the U.S. and became an American citizen in 1964. She settled in Dallas, Texas, where she formed the Ballet Jeunnesse of Dallas in order to teach the art to young people. She died in Dallas of complications from surgery in 2005.

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Ballet dancer.
Was of Russian and Scottish ancestry