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Biography
Dame Margaret Evelyn de Arias DBE, known by the stage name Margot Fonteyn, was an English ballerina. She spent her entire career as a dancer with the Sadler's Wells Ballet Company, now known as the Royal Ballet, eventually being appointed prima ballerina assoluta of the company by Queen Elizabeth II.
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Awards & recognition
- Benjamin Franklin Medal · 1974
- Pro Finlandia Medal of the Order of the Lion of Finland · 1960
- Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire
