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

  • Midi trente

    Midi trente

  • The Dick Cavett Show

    The Dick Cavett Show

  • Le Grand Échiquier

    Le Grand Échiquier

  • The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

  • Omnibus

    Omnibus

  • Please Turn the Page

    Please Turn the Page

  • The Muppet Show

    The Muppet Show

  • The Hollywood Palace

    The Hollywood Palace

  • Romeo and Juliet

    Romeo and Juliet

  • Cinderella

    Cinderella

  • Wedden, dat..?

    Wedden, dat..?

  • Political Portraits

    Political Portraits

  • Love at First Sight

    Love at First Sight

  • I Am a Dancer

    I Am a Dancer

  • The Nutcracker

    The Nutcracker

  • Swan Lake

    Swan Lake

  • The Day of the Oath

    The Day of the Oath

  • The Dame Edna Experience

    The Dame Edna Experience

  • Valentino

    Valentino

  • That's Dancing!

    That's Dancing!

  • The World of Jim Henson

    The World of Jim Henson

  • Hervé Guibert, la mort propagande

    Hervé Guibert, la mort propagande

  • Exposed

    Exposed

  • Petrushka

    Petrushka

  • Don Quixote

    Don Quixote

  • Venezia, carnevale, un amore

    Venezia, carnevale, un amore

  • Lieder, Arien und Geschichten

    Lieder, Arien und Geschichten

  • Rudolf Nureyev alla Scala

    Rudolf Nureyev alla Scala

  • Nureyev Unzipped

    Nureyev Unzipped

  • Swan Lake

    Swan Lake

  • An Evening With The Royal Ballet

    An Evening With The Royal Ballet

  • Marius Petipa, le maître français du ballet russe

    Marius Petipa, le maître français du ballet russe

  • A Life for Ballet

    A Life for Ballet

  • The Special London Bridge Special

    The Special London Bridge Special

  • Nureyev

    Nureyev

  • Singer Presents Burt Bacharach

    Singer Presents Burt Bacharach

  • Nureyev: Dancing Through Darkness

    Nureyev: Dancing Through Darkness

  • The Margot Fonteyn Story

    The Margot Fonteyn Story

  • The Sleeping Beauty

    The Sleeping Beauty

  • When the Spirit Soars in Flight

    When the Spirit Soars in Flight

  • The Sleeping Beauty

    The Sleeping Beauty

  • The Afternoon of a Faun

    The Afternoon of a Faun