Lydia Lopokova
Russian ballet dancer (1892–1981) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Lydia Lopokova, Baroness Keynes (born Lidiya Vasilyevna Lopukhova, Russian: Лидия Васильевна Лопухова; 21 October 1891 – 8 June 1981)[1] was a Russian ballerina famous during the early 20th century.
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The Lady Keynes | |
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Born | Lidiya Vasilyevna Lopukhova (1891-10-21)21 October 1891 |
Died | 8 June 1981(1981-06-08) (aged 89) Seaford, East Sussex, England |
Occupation | Ballerina |
Title | Lady Keynes |
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Relatives | Fyodor Lopukhov (brother) |
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Lopokova trained at the Imperial Ballet School. She toured with the Ballets Russes in 1910, and rejoined them in 1916 after an interlude in the United States.
Lopokova married the renowned English economist John Maynard Keynes in 1925 and was also known as the Lady Keynes. She largely disappeared from public view after Keynes's death in 1946 and spent her remaining years in Sussex.