Zizi jeanmaire biography sample

French ballerina and film actress.Name variations: Renée Jeanmaire; Zizi Petit. Born Renée Jeanmaire in Paris, France, on April 29, 1924; 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, 1954; children: one daughter, Valentine Petit.

Selected films:

Hans Christian Andersen(US, 1952); Anything Goes (US, 1956); Folies-Bergère (1956); Charmants Garçons (1957); Guinguette (1958); Un Deux Trois (Les Collants noirs or Black Tights, 1960).

Born in Paris, France, in 1924, 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 spe