Nathalie Krassovska(1918-2005)
- Actress
- Choreography
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.
