Biography
Ileana Leonidoff (3 March 1893 – 1 January 1968) is a pseudonym for Elena Sergeevna Pisarevskaya (Russian: Елена Сергеевна Писаревская), a Russian-born emigrée who first made a career in Italy in silent films and then as a noted dancer and choreographer. She was the founder and lead dancer of the Dance School of Teatro dell'Opera di Roma. During World War II, she fled to South America, first teaching in Argentina and then in Ecuador in 1950. She was the first director of the Ballet Oficial de Bolivia, then served as the director of the Guayaquil Ballet in Ecuador, and became the founder of the Ballet School of Trujillo, Peru. She was honored as a knight of the Order of the Condor of the Andes in 1953.
Filmography
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Movies 5
Attila (1918)
Maria di Magdala (1918)
Thaïs (1917)
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1893-03-03
Deathday1968-01-01 (74 years old)
Birth NameElena Sergeevna Pisarevskaya
CitizenshipsRussian Empire, Soviet Union
AwardsGrand Officer of the Order of the Condor of the Andes
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