Margot Fonteyn

margot was born

May 18, 1919

in Reigate, Surrey, to an English father and an Irish and Brazilian mother. Her given name was margret but later changed her name to margot for a stage name.

moving and coming back

Nov 25, 1926

When she was four her mother signed her up for ballet classes with her older brother. At age eight, Margot made the long journey to China with her mother and father, who had taken employment with a tobacco company there; her brother Felix remained at his school. For six years Margot lived in Tientsin then in Shanghai, where she studied ballet with the Russian émigré teacher George Goncharov. Her mother brought her back to London when she was 14 in order to pursue a ballet career. Continuing to w

patnership

Aug 25, 1940

In the 1940s, she and Robert Helpmann formed a very successful dance partnership, and they toured together for several years.

Romeo and Juliet (Royal Ballet)- Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn

Jul 21, 1950

first movie with Rudolf Nureyev

award

Nov 24, 1950

Margot was awarded the CBE wich is a high award

another award

Nov 24, 1956

she was awarded the DBE fro her dancing which is a high award also

retired

Nov 24, 1971

Margot retired and returned to live with her husband whom was parralized from a shooting accident.

death

Feb 21, 1991

margot was 71 when she past away. her death cause was cancer. They say that she had bad feet but you could not take your eyes off her when she was on stage.