Tamara Toumanova
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Tamara Toumanova (Russian:Тамара Туманова, Georgian:თამარა თუმანოვა, Armenian:Թամար Թումանեան; born Tamara Vladimirovna Khassidovitch; March 2, 1919 – May 29, 1996) was a Russian-born American prima ballerina and actress. A child of exiles in Paris after the Russian Revolution of 1917, she made her debut at the age of 10 at the children's ballet of the Paris Opera.