Margot Fonteyn collection, [ca. 1959-ongoing].

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Margot Fonteyn collection, [ca. 1959-ongoing].

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/430357700

Collection contains clipping, misc., photograph, program, publicity and souvenir book files.

1 box.

Museum of Performance & Design

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SNAC Resource ID: 7494908

Museum of Performance & Design

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Fonteyn, Margot, 1919-1991

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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 artis...