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Stage Name			Birth Name
Tamara Geva			Tamara Gevegeva

Russian Born Ballet Dancer Tamara Geva came to the USA with Nikita Balieff's Chauve Souris. Florenz Ziegfeld signed her for 'Whoopee' with Eddie Cantor and Ruth Etting. She danced/sang in 'Three's a Crowd' with Fred Allen, Clifton Webb and Libby Holman.

Upon having trouble with Balanchine, her husband, she finally reconciled with Balanchine and he cast her in his new Company. The American Ballet (Later the New York City Ballet) & Rodgers & Hart's 'On Your Toes' with Ray Bolger.

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Birth Place	Birth Date	Spouse	Offspring
Petrograd, Russia	3/17/1907 - 12/9/1997	George Balanchine (1923)	n/a
		John Emery

Dance Types/ Ballets	Dance Partners	Music Titles
Apache Dance	Clifton Webb (1932)	n/a
Ballet	Paul Haakon
Ballroom
Pastorale
Prince Igor
Princess Aurora

Night Clubs	Theaters	Stage
n/a	Cosmopolitan Theatre (1927)	1927 - Chauve-Souris
	Imperial Theatre (1932)	1928 - Whoopie
	New Amsterdam Theatre (1928)	1930 - Three's A Crowd
	Selwyn Theatre (1930)	1932 - Flying Colors ( Webb)
	Royale Theatre (1933)	1933 - A Divine Drudge
	Broadhurst Theatre (1934)	1934 - The Red Cat
	Adelphi Theatre (1935)	1935 - Alma Mater (Haakon)
	Biltmore Theatre (1950)	1936 - On Your Toes
	Ethel Barrymore Theatre (1953)	1950 - Pride's Crossing
		1953 - Misalliance

Films	Television	Other
1927 - Ein Sommernachtstraum	1950 - Adventures of Ellery Queen	1/1951 - Theater Arts Mag.
1928 - Night Club		$ 1972 Split Seconds (Geva)
1931 - The Girl Habit
1934 - The Big Moment
1937 - Manhattan Merry Go Round
1942 - Night Plane from Chungking
$ 1942 - Orchestra Wives
$ 1946 - Spectre Of The Rose (chor)
1948 - The Gay Intruders

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