Olga Lepeshinskaya (dancer)

Olga Lepeshinskaya
Lepeshinskaya as Swanilda, Coppélia, 1957
Born
Olga Vasilyevna Lepeshinskaya

(1916-09-28)28 September 1916
Died20 December 2008(2008-12-20) (aged 92)
Alma materMoscow State Academy of Choreography
Occupation(s)Prima ballerina, teacher
Years active1935–2008
Spouse
    • Leonid Raykhman
    (m. 1956; died 1962)
Awards

Olga Vasilyevna Lepeshinskaya (Russian: Ольга Васильевна Лепешинская; 28 September [O.S. 15 September] 1916 20 December 2008) was a Soviet ballerina. She was named a People's Artist of the USSR in 1951.