LC control no. | n 80098147 |
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Personal name heading | Hayden, Melissa |
Variant(s) | Herman, Mildred Coleman, Mildred Herman |
Birth date | 1928 |
Found in | Her Melissa Hayden, off stage and on, 1963. New York times WWW site, Aug. 10, 2006 (Melissa Hayden; b. Mildred Herman, April 25, 1923, Toronto; changed her name to Melissa Hayden when she joined Ballet Theater in 1945; d. yesterday [Aug. 9, 2006], Winston-Salem, N.C., aged 83; one of American ballet's greatest ballerinas, whose exultant, dramatic style defied the supposed impersonal mold of the "Balanchine dancer," making her one of New York City Ballet's first international stars) Info. converted from 678, 2012-10-02 (b. 1928) |