Margot Fonteyn Filmography

Born:: May 18, 1919 in Reigate, Surrey, England
Occupation:: Actor
Birth name:: Margaret Hookham
Biography:: Discovered in her teens by ballet dancer/choreographer Sir Frederick Ashton, Margot Fonteyn performed with such prestigious companies as Sadler's Wells and the Royal Ballet of Great Britain. Teamed with Ashton on-stage from the mid-'30s, she was instrumental in developing the "English" style of...Read More

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The Art of the Pas de Deux, Vol. 2

Synopsis: The pas de deux -- a dance for a ballerina and danseur noble, comprised of an entrée, adagio, a variation for each performer, and a coda -- represents one of ballet's most revered and enduring forms. The home video release The Art of the Pas de Deux pays homage to that form by Read More

2006
Nureyev

Actors: Margot Fonteyn, Ninette de Valois, Merle Park, Sylvia Guillem, Rudolf Nureyev

Synopsis: Directed by Patricia Foy, this documentary chronicles the ups and downs of the revolutionary ballet star Rudolf Nureyev's career, from his poverty-ridden childhood, to his life as a ballet student, to the defection which led him to some of the greatest roles he would take on. This DVD also Read More

1991
The Margot Fonteyn Story

Actors: Ninette de Valois, Frederick Ashton, Robert Helpmann, Rudolf Nureyev

Synopsis: The Margot Fonteyn Story is the only authorized documentary about British ballerina Dame Margot Fonteyn, released during the year of her death. Fonteyn herself serves as the narrator, recalling the high points of her nearly 50-year career in dance. Features interviews with Rudolf Nureyev, Robert Helpmann Read More

1989
Fonteyn and Nureyev: The Perfect Partnership

Actors: Robert Powell

Synopsis: This performance video from Kultur is a collection of highlights from famous dance partners Margot Fonteyn and Rudolf Nureyev. Clips include Le Corsaire, Les Sylphides, and Romeo and Juliet. Narrated by Robert Powell. ~ Andrea LeVasseur, All Movie Guide Read More

1985
Romeo and Juliet

Synopsis: A superb performance of Prokofiev's ballet, choreographed and performed by Nureyev and the ballet company of La Scala in Milan. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

1982
Celebration: The History of the Sadler Wells Royal Ballet

Synopsis: This historic film footage, presents the history of the Sadler Wells Royal Ballet, including a clip of the 16-year-old Fonteyn. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

1981
Magic of Dance

Crew: Screenwriter

Synopsis: Visit the theaters which gave the fledgling art of ballet its beginning. Dame Margot serves as host. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

1979
I Am a Dancer

Synopsis: Britain's Bryan Forbes and France's Pierre Jourdan collaborated on the direction of the feature-length documentary I Am a Dancer. Rudolph Nureyev, the celebrated Russian ballet star who defected to the West in 1961, is the subject of the film. Seldom sitting still long enough to be interviewed for Read More

1972
Swan Lake (Vienna State Opera Ballet)

Actors: Rudolf Nureyev, Margot Fonteyn

Synopsis: Swan Lake is a filmed record of the Tchaikovsky ballet, brilliantly brought to life by Rudolph Nureyev and Dame Margot Fonteyn. Backed by the Vienna State Opera Ballet, the peerless dance duo perform with the enthusiasm and freshness of newcomers, but with the flawlessness that can only stem from Read More

1967
Romeo and Juliet

Actors: Rudolf Nureyev, Margot Fonteyn, David Blair, Desmond Doyle, Julia Farron

Synopsis: Writer/director Paul Czinner, who in 1936 adapted Shakespeare's As You Like It to the screen, was the guiding force behind the 1966 feature Romeo and Juliet. Unlike Czinner's earlier Shakespeare film, however, not a word of the Bard's text is spoken in the 1966 production. Rather, this is a filmed Read More

1966
An Evening with the Royal Ballet

Actors: Rudolf Nureyev, Margot Fonteyn, David Blair, Graham Usher, Antoinette Sibley

Synopsis: Listed as sole director of the British documentary Evening with the Royal Ballet in many sources, Anthony Asquith was actually co-director. Asquith's collaborator on this project was Anthony Havelock-Allen, who also produced the film. Starring Rudolph Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn, highlights of An Read More

1963
The Royal Ballet

Actors: Margot Fonteyn, Michael Somes

Synopsis: An excellently filmed performance of three separate ballet segments, The Royal Ballet begins each segment with a synopsis of the story about to be unveiled, and then the curtains open on the stage of the Royal Opera House at Covent Garden. Stars of each performance are Dame Margot Fonteyn and Michael Somes Read More

1959
Cinderella (Sadler's Wells Ballet)

Actors: Margot Fonteyn, Michael Somes

Synopsis: Choreographer Sir Frederick Ashton's take on Perrault's the timeless fairy tale is captured live at the Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet in this performance starring Dame Margot Fonteyn in the title role. Originally telecast on April 19, 1957 on NBC, this particular incarnation of the Cinderella fable Read More

1957
The Sleeping Beauty (Sadler's Wells Ballet)

Actors: Margot Fonteyn, Michael Somes, Beryl Grey, Frederick Ashton, Brian Shaw, Rowena Jackson

Synopsis: In this performance of Tchaikovski's symphonic three-act ballet adapted for television and choreographed by Sir Frederick Ashton, Dame Margot Fonteyn, Michael Somes, and Dame Beryl Grey headline as conductor Robert Irving leads the Sadler's Wells Royal Ballet. ~ Jason Buchanan, All Movie Guide Read More

1955
The Little Ballerina

Actors: Yvonne Marsh, Doreen Richards

Synopsis: Prolific British second-feature director Lewis Gilbert made his cinematic debut with The Little Ballerina. Yvonne Marsh stars as a girl of modest means who hopes to get into the Sadlers-Wells ballet troupe. Her only hope is to win a scholarship, and to this end she pleads directly to the troupe's Read More

1947