Fonteyn, Margot, 1919-1991
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Biographical notes:
Margot Fonteyn (1919-1991) was an English ballerina. She spent her entire career as a dancer with the Royal Ballet (formerly the Sadler's Wells Theatre Company), eventually being appointed prima ballerina assoluta of the company by Queen Elizabeth II. She was born Margaret Evelyn Hookham on May 18, 1919, to Felix John Hookham and Hilda Acheseon Fontes. She studied at the Vic-Wells Ballet School and made her solo debut in 1935 under the stage name "Margot Fonteyn". She was best know for her artistic partnership with Russian dancer Rudolf Nureyev. She married Roberto Arias in 1955. In 1972, she semi-retired, only doing occassional performances until her death on February 21, 1991, at the age of 71.
Links to collections
Fonteyn, Margot, 1919-1991,. Interview with Margot Fonteyn.
New York Public Libraries for the Performing Arts, Dance Collection
Fonteyn, Margot, 1919-1991. Correspondence with Marian Anderson, n.d.
University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
McDowell, Henri. Papers, 1950-1979.
Museum of Performance & Design
Fonteyn, Margot, Dame, 1991-. Diamond night at the ballet with Dame Margot Fonteyn collection, 1982-[ongoing].
Museum of Performance & Design
Pudney, John, 1909-1977. Papers, 1850-1977 (bulk 1926-1976).
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
Martin, Alex. Miscellaneous manuscripts.
New York Public Libraries for the Performing Arts, Dance Collection
Fonteyn, Margot, 1919-1991. Correspondence, 1960. 2 items.
New York Public Libraries for the Performing Arts, Dance Collection
Fonteyn, Margot, 1919-1991. Correspondence.
New York Public Libraries for the Performing Arts, Dance Collection
Fonteyn, Margot, 1919-1991. Letter : London, to Grace Lovat Fraser, London, 1961 Nov. 17.
Bryn Mawr College, Mariam Coffin Canaday Library
Fonteyn, Margot, 1919-1991. John Gruen presents Great artists of the dance : Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev.
New York Public Library System, NYPL
Guest, Ivor Forbes. Correspondence with Lillian Moore, 1954. 2 folders (18 items).
New York Public Libraries for the Performing Arts, Dance Collection
Doreen Marsh Scrapbook Collection, c1940-1959
Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance: Laban Archive
George Balanchine archive, 1924-1989 (inclusive), 1961-1983 (bulk).
Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
Rudolf Nureyev, 17.3.1938 - 6.1.1993, Lake Baikal, Paris [manuscript].
Libraries Australia
Guest, Ivor Forbes. Correspondence with Lillian Moore, 1956. 3 folders (25 items).
New York Public Libraries for the Performing Arts, Dance Collection
PACT Ballet, Johannesburg. [Souvenir program, Sleeping beauty.
New York Public Libraries for the Performing Arts, Dance Collection
Gore Vidal papers, 1850-2020 (inclusive), 1936-2008 (bulk)
Houghton Library
Vera Zorina papers
Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
Guest, Ivor Forbes. Correspondence with Lillian Moore, 1955. 5 folders (37 items).
New York Public Libraries for the Performing Arts, Dance Collection
Elvin, Violetta Prokhorova,. Interview with Violetta Elvin.
New York Public Libraries for the Performing Arts, Dance Collection
Czinner, Paul, 1890-1972. Ballet in motion pictures. Royal Ballet [Programs].
New York Public Libraries for the Performing Arts, Dance Collection
The Lilian Scott Wood Collection, 1910-1976
The Royal Ballet School, White Lodge Museum
Parmenia Migel papers, 1945-1990.
Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
White, Franklin, 1924-. Interview with Franklin White.
New York Public Libraries for the Performing Arts, Dance Collection
Horton, Donald H. Donald H. Horton collection ca. 1939-ca. 1990.
Ohio State University Libraries
Deakin, Natasha,. Interview with Natasha Deakin.
New York Public Libraries for the Performing Arts, Dance Collection
Margot Fonteyn collection, [ca. 1959-ongoing].
Museum of Performance & Design
Leslie, Caird. Letter, 1969 Aug. 26, New York, to Marian Horosko, [New York] [7] p. on 6 l.
New York Public Libraries for the Performing Arts, Dance Collection
Meehan, John, 1950-. Interview with John Meehan.
New York Public Libraries for the Performing Arts, Dance Collection
Nerina, Nadia,. Interview with Nadia Nerina.
New York Public Libraries for the Performing Arts, Dance Collection
The Bell Telephone Hour collection of sound recordings [sound recording], 1940-1968
The New York Public Library. Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
Arthur Unger collection of recorded interviews [sound recording]
The New York Public Library. Rodgers and Hammerstein Archives of Recorded Sound.
Stravinsky-Diaghilev Foundation research files, 1920-1989.
Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
Stravinsky-Diaghilev Foundation research files, 1920-1989.
Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
De Warren, Robert,. Interview with Robert de Warren.
New York Public Libraries for the Performing Arts, Dance Collection
Larsen, Gerd,. Interview with Gerd Larsen.
New York Public Libraries for the Performing Arts, Dance Collection
Howard D. Rothschild collection on, Ballets Russes, of Serge Diaghilev: Photographs and scrapbooks, 1909-1975.
Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
Guide to the Daily Worker and Daily World Photographs Collection, 1920-2001
Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives
Danilova, Alexandra, 1907-1997,. Interview with Alexandra Danilova.
New York Public Libraries for the Performing Arts, Dance Collection
American Ballet Theatre records, 1936-ca. 1967
The New York Public Library. Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
Harvard Theatre Collection of figurines
Houghton Library
Rowe, Marilyn, 1946-. Papers of Marilyn Rowe [manuscript].
Libraries Australia
Jenner, Ann,. Interview with Ann Jenner.
New York Public Libraries for the Performing Arts, Dance Collection
Page, Ruth,. Interview with Ruth Page.
New York Public Libraries for the Performing Arts, Dance Collection
Reynolds, Nancy,. Interview with Richard Ellis and Christine Du Boulay.
New York Public Libraries for the Performing Arts, Dance Collection
S. L. (Sergei Leonidovich) Grigoriev papers, 1889-1972.
Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
Larsen, Gerd,. Interview with Gerd Larsen.
New York Public Libraries for the Performing Arts, Dance Collection
A diamond night at the ballet (Benefit perfomance) [programs].
New York Public Library System, NYPL
The Georgina Green Collection, 1957-1991
The Royal Ballet School, White Lodge Museum
Dance scrapbooks, c1951-1978
Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance: Laban Archive
John Pudney Papers TXRC95-A1., 1850-1977, (bulk 1926-1976)
Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
Ambrose DuBek dance photograph collection, 1952-1963 and undated.
Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
Ballet du Centenaire (Company), Monte Carlo. [Programs]
New York Public Libraries for the Performing Arts, Dance Collection
Somes, Michael, 1917-1994,. Interview with Michael Somes.
New York Public Libraries for the Performing Arts, Dance Collection
Seymour, Lynn, 1939-. Interview with Lynn Seymour.
New York Public Libraries for the Performing Arts, Dance Collection
Park, Merle,. Interview with Merle Park.
New York Public Libraries for the Performing Arts, Dance Collection
Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993,. Interview with Rudolf Nureyev.
New York Public Libraries for the Performing Arts, Dance Collection
Franklin, Frederic, 1914-. Interview with Frederic Franklin.
New York Public Libraries for the Performing Arts, Dance Collection
Guest, Ivor Forbes. Correspondence with Lillian Moore, 1960. 5 folders (40 items).
New York Public Libraries for the Performing Arts, Dance Collection
Walter Terry papers, 1913-1982
The New York Public Library. Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
Howard D. Rothschild collection on, Ballets Russes, of Serge Diaghilev: Manuscripts and objects, 1908-1969 (inclusive), 1908-1929 (bulk).
Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
John Eldon Thayer collection of motion picture memorabilia, 1916-1979.
Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
Gordon Anthony Ballet and Theatrical Photograph Albums, 1935-1946
University of California, Los Angeles. Library Special Collections.
Records of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, circa 1936-1978
The New York Public Library. Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
Ballet in motion pictures. I am a dancer. [Programs].
New York Public Libraries for the Performing Arts, Dance Collection
The Claudia Mair Williams Collection, 1958-1991
The Royal Ballet School, White Lodge Museum
Stravinsky-Diaghilev Foundation research files, 1920-1989.
Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University
Related names in SNAC
associatedWith
Anthony, Gordon
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Balanchine, George.
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Claudia Mair Williams
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Danilova, Alexandra, 1907-1997,
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Deakin, Natasha,
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Denham, Sergei, 1896-1970
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De Warren, Robert,
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DuBek, Ambrose.
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Elvin, Violetta Prokhorova,
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Franklin, Frederic, 1914-
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Fraser, Grace Lovat.
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Green, Georgina. Dance ephemera collector
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Grigoriev, S. L. (Sergei Leonidovich), 1883-1968
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Gruen, John.
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Guest, Ivor Forbes.
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Jenner, Ann,
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Larsen, Gerd,
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Leslie, Caird.
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Marsh, Doreen
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Martin, Alex.
associatedWith
McDowell, Henri.
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Meehan, John, 1950-
correspondedWith
Migel, Parmenia.
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Nerina, Nadia,
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Nureyev, Rudolf, 1938-1993.
associatedWith
Page, Ruth,
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Park, Merle,
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Poole, David.
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Pudney, John, 1909-1977
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Pushkin, Aleksandr (Aleksandr Ivanovich), 1907-1970.
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Rothschild, Howard D.
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Rowe, Marilyn, 1946-
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Scott Wood, Lilian. Ballet ephemera collector
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Seymour, Lynn, 1939-
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Somes, Michael, 1917-1994,
correspondedWith
Terry, Walter
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Thayer, John Eldon, 1899-1980
associatedWith
Unger, Arthur
associatedWith
Vidal, Gore, 1925-
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White, Franklin, 1924-
correspondedWith
Zorina, Vera.
associatedWith
Balanchine, George.
associatedWith
DuBek, Ambrose.
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Grigoriev, S. L. (Sergei Leonidovich), 1883-1968
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Howard D. Rothschild, collector.
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Pudney, John, 1909-1977.
correspondedWith
Terry, Walter
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American Ballet Theatre
correspondedWith
American Ballet Theatre
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Ballet du Centenaire (Company), Monte Carlo.
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Communist Party of the United States of America.
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PACT Ballet, Johannesburg.
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Stravinsky-Diaghilev Foundation.
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Subjects:
- Ballet
Occupations:
- Dancers
Places:
- Portland, Dorset (as recorded)
- South Africa (as recorded)
Variant Names
Hookham, Margaret, 1919-1991
Fonteyn de Arias, Margot, 1919-1991
Fontes, Margot, 1919-1991
Fonteyn-Arais, Margot, 1919-1991
Arias, Margot, 1919-1991
Fonteyn, Margot, 1919-1991
Arias, Margot Fonteyn
Dame Margot Fonteyn.
Hookham, Margaret, 1919-1991
Fonteyn de Arias, Margot, 1919-1991
Fontes, Margot 1919-1991
Fonteyn-Arais, Margot, 1919-1991
Arias, Margot, 1919-1991
Fonteyn, Margot
