Maya Plisetskaya

Known For

Acting

Gender

Female

Birthday

1925-11-20

Deathday

2015-05-02 (89 years old)

Birth Place

Moscow, USSR [now Russia]

Height

Relationships

Māris Liepa (1956-01-01 - 1956-01-01), Rodion Shchedrin (1958-01-01 - 2015-01-01)

Father

Mikhail Plisetski

Mother

Rachel Messerer

Siblings

Alexander Plisetski, Azari Plisetski

Relatives

Sulamith Messerer

Citizenships

Soviet Union, Spain, Russia

Also Known As

Майя Плисецкая, Maïa Plissetskaïa

Awards

Golden Medal for Merit to Culture, Commander of the Order of the Grand Duke Gediminas, Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" I class, Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" II class, Barbara Radziwiłł medal, Order of the Rising Sun, 3rd class, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres, Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" III class, Order "For Merit to the Fatherland" IV class, Commander of the Order of Isabella the Catholic, Officer of the Legion of Honour, Triumph, Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts, Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts, Order for Merits to Lithuania, Order of the Lion of Finland, Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin", Knight of the Legion of Honour, Golden Mask, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, People's Artist of the USSR, Praemium Imperiale, Hero of Socialist Labour, Order of Lenin, Lenin Prize, People's Artist of the RSFSR, Merited Artist of the RSFSR