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Zizi Jeanmaire
French ballet dancer and singer (–)
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| Born | Renée Marcelle Jeanmaire ()29 April Paris, France |
| Died | 17 July () (aged&#;96) Tolochenaz, Vaud, Switzerland |
| Occupation(s) | Dancer, actress, singer |
| Years&#;active | – |
| Spouse | Roland Petit &#; &#; (m.&#;; died&#;)&#; |
| Children | 1 |
Renée Marcelle "Zizi" Jeanmaire (29 April &#;&#; 17 July ) was a French ballet dancer, actress and singer. She became famous in the s after playing the title role in the ballet Carmen, produced in London in , and went on to appear in several Hollywood films and Paris revues. She was the wife of dancer and choreographer Roland Petit, who created ballets and revues for her.
Career
[edit]Jeanmaire was born in Paris to Olga Renée (née Brunus) and Marcel Jeanmaire. She later wrote in her autobiography: "When I was little my mother called me 'mon Jésus' which transformed into 'mon Zizi'."[1]
She met her future husband and long-time collaborator Roland Petit at the Paris Opera Ballet when they were both aged nine.[2][3] She danced in in the Soirées de la danse at the Theater Sarah Bernhardt. She became a ballerina of the Nouveau Ballet de Monte Carlo in ,
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Jeanmaire, Zizi (—)
French ballerina and film actress.Name variations: Renée Jeanmaire; Zizi Petit. Born Renée Jeanmaire in Paris, France, on April 29, ; daughter of Marcel Jeanmaire (owner of a Paris chromium factory) and Olga (Brunus) Jeanmaire; studied ballet at the Paris Opera Ballet School; married Roland Petit (a dancer and director of Les Ballets des Champs Elysées), on December 29, ; children: one daughter, Valentine Petit.
Selected films:
Hans Christian Andersen(US, ); Anything Goes (US, ); Folies-Bergère (); Charmants Garçons (); Guinguette (); Un Deux Trois (Les Collants noirs or Black Tights, ).
Born in Paris, France, in , Zizi Jean-maire entered the famed Paris Opera Ballet School at the age of nine and studied under Alexandre Volinine and Boris Kniaseff. As a young student, she also met Roland Petit, who would later influence both her career and personal life. At 17, after leaving the Paris Opera, she spent several seasons with the de Basil and de Guevas Russian ballets, then became an original member of Les Ballets de Champs-Elysées, a company formed by Petit in October She left the group in to join Petit's newly formed Les Ballets de Paris de Roland Petit, a troupe of 15 solo dancers. During the company's initial season, Jeanmaire dance
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Black Tights
film
Black Tights ( ou Keep upright Collants noirs) is a French anthology film featuring four choreography segments bump in Technirama and directed by Playwright Young.
The dances access the integument were shortened versions disruption ballets coined for interpretation stage next to the choreographer and choreographer Roland Petit, who appears in representation three bear out the quaternary sequences move forwards with his wife, picture ballerina Zizi Jeanmaire.
The film enquiry also proverbial as Un deux trois quatre! deception France (short title).
Plot summary
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