Rudolf Nureyev

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

42

Gender

Male

Birthday

1938-03-17

Day of death

1993-01-06 (54 years old)

Place of Birth

Irkutsk, USSR [now Russia]

Rudolf Nureyev

Biography

Rudolf Khametovich Nureyev (17 March 1938 – 6 January 1993) was a Tatar dancer from the former Soviet Union, considered one of the most celebrated ballet dancers of the 20th century. Nureyev's artistic skills explored expressive areas of the dance, providing a new role to the male ballet dancer who once served only as support to the women. He defected to the West, despite KGB efforts to stop him. According to KGB archives studied by Peter Watson, Nikita Khrushchev personally signed an order to have Nureyev killed Description above from the Wikipedia article Rudolf Nureyev, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia​

Known For

  • The Dick Cavett Show

    The Dick Cavett Show

  • Omnibus

    Omnibus

  • Le Grand Échiquier

    Le Grand Échiquier

  • The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

  • The Muppet Show

    The Muppet Show

  • Midi trente

    Midi trente

  • The Nutcracker

    The Nutcracker

  • The Hollywood Palace

    The Hollywood Palace

  • Nureyev

    Nureyev

  • Valentino

    Valentino

  • Please Turn the Page

    Please Turn the Page

  • Love at First Sight

    Love at First Sight

  • Cinderella

    Cinderella

  • Wedden, dat..?

    Wedden, dat..?

  • Swan Lake

    Swan Lake

  • The Dame Edna Experience

    The Dame Edna Experience

  • Exposed

    Exposed

  • Hervé Guibert, la mort propagande

    Hervé Guibert, la mort propagande

  • That's Dancing!

    That's Dancing!

  • Rudolf Nureyev alla Scala

    Rudolf Nureyev alla Scala

  • Venezia, carnevale, un amore

    Venezia, carnevale, un amore

  • Don Quixote

    Don Quixote

  • I Am a Dancer

    I Am a Dancer

  • The World of Jim Henson

    The World of Jim Henson

  • Romeo and Juliet

    Romeo and Juliet

  • Marius Petipa, le maître français du ballet russe

    Marius Petipa, le maître français du ballet russe

  • Nureyev Unzipped

    Nureyev Unzipped

  • Petrushka

    Petrushka

  • The Special London Bridge Special

    The Special London Bridge Special

  • Political Portraits

    Political Portraits

  • Swan Lake

    Swan Lake

  • Lieder, Arien und Geschichten

    Lieder, Arien und Geschichten

  • Nureyev: Dancing Through Darkness

    Nureyev: Dancing Through Darkness

  • An Evening With The Royal Ballet

    An Evening With The Royal Ballet

  • The Sleeping Beauty

    The Sleeping Beauty

  • Singer Presents Burt Bacharach

    Singer Presents Burt Bacharach

  • The Margot Fonteyn Story

    The Margot Fonteyn Story

  • The Day of the Oath

    The Day of the Oath

  • A Life for Ballet

    A Life for Ballet

  • The Sleeping Beauty

    The Sleeping Beauty

  • The Afternoon of a Faun

    The Afternoon of a Faun

  • When the Spirit Soars in Flight

    When the Spirit Soars in Flight