Maria Gambarelli | |
Birth Date: | 7 April 1900 |
Birth Place: | La Spezia, Liguria, Kingdom of Italy |
Death Date: | 4 February 1990 (aged 89) |
Death Place: | Huntington, New York, U.S. |
Othername: | Gamby |
Occupation: | Dancer, Actress |
Yearsactive: | 1908–1968[1] |
Spouse: | [2] [3] |
Maria Gambarelli (7 April 1900 – 4 February 1990) was an Italian-American ballerina and actress. She was born in La Spezia, but raised in the United States. Between 1938 and 1941 she was prima ballerina at the Metropolitan Opera.[4] She was considered to be the greatest dancer trained at the Metropolitan Opera ballet school.[5]