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- Birth nameNini Arlette Theilade
- Nini Theilade was born on June 15, 1915 in Poerwokerto, Banjoemas, Dutch East Indies [now Purwokerto, Central Java, Indonesia]. She was an actress, known for A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935), The Song to Her (1934) and The Big Bluff (1933). She was married to Arne Buchter-Larsen and Peter Loopuyt. She died on February 13, 2018 in Svendborg, Denmark.
- SpousesArne Buchter-Larsen(December 5, 1967 - June 18, 1987) (his death)Peter Loopuyt(July 13, 1940 - 1965) (his death, 2 children)
- Joined the Ballets Russe de Monte Carlo in 1938 and danced as a lead dancer with the troupe through the war years.
- Her mother was the grand-daughter of the sultan of Jocjacarta, Java and her father descended through two generations of Danish clergymen.
- Ballerina, choreographer and dance teacher, a child prodigy.
- Studied ballet in Paris with Swedish ballerina Carina Ari and with Nadia Burosova.
- Discovered by Max Reinhardt when she was 14 and cast as a fairy ballerina in his version of A Midsummer Night's Dream.
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