Dame Margot Fonteyn Autographs, Memorabilia & Collectibles
DAME MARGOT FONTEYN
Born: May 18, 1919 in Reigate, Surrey, England, United Kingdom
Died: February 21, 1991 in Panama City, Panama
Died: February 21, 1991 in Panama City, Panama
One of the world's greatest ballet dancers, Dame Margot Fonteyn (1919-1991), born Margaret Hookham in Surrey, England, joined the Royal Ballet (then Sadler's Wells Theatre) as a teenager. By 1939, Fonteyn, whose name had been changed because Britain's popular ballerinas were either Russian or French, was a star. Known for her lyric grace, her fame only escalated with her 1949 tour of the U.S., where she performed Aurora in Sleeping Beauty. In the 1940s, she danced regularly with Robert Helpmann, but it wasn't until 1962, when she was considering retirement, that she was matched with her best known partner, Soviet-born dancer Rudolf Nureyev. On March 1, 1962, Fonteyn and Nureyev debuted in Giselle, and the duo would later originate the title roles Kenneth MacMillan's Romeo and Juliet (Fonteyn and Nureyev also starred in the 1966 film version of the ballet and in the 1967 film adaptation of Swan Lake). In 1955, Fonteyn married Panamanian diplomat Roberto "Tito" Arias, to whom she was wed until his death in 1989. Fonteyn, who was created Dame of the Order of the British Empire in 1956, gave her last performance in 1979.
1958 The Nutcracker (Performer), 1937 Le lac des cygnes (Performer), 1991 Rudolf Nureyev (in person), 1990 The Tales of Helpmann (in person), 1984 In Concert at the Met (in person), 1976 V.I.P.-Schaukel (in person), 1969 Release (in person), 1967 The London Palladium Show (in person), 1965 The Hollywood Palace (in person), 1967 Schwanensee (Performer), 1960 The Royal Ballet (Performer), 1955-1957 Producers' Showcase (Performer), 1989 The Margot Fonteyn Story (in person), 1972 I Am a Dancer (in person), 1951-1965 The Ed Sullivan Show (in person), 1963 An Evening with the Royal Ballet (in person), 1958 Three Seasons (in person), 1981 Celebration: The History of the Sadlers Wells Royal Ballet (in person), 1966 Romeo and Juliet (Performer), 1935 Escape Me Never (Performer), 1948 The Little Ballerina (in person), 1985 That's Dancing! (Other), 1986 The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts (in person), 1964 Ninety Years On (Performer), 1970 The Dean Martin Comedy Hour (in person), 1961 The Bell Telephone Hour (in person), 1956 Val Parnell's Sunday Night at the London Palladium (in person), 1991 The Very Best of the Ed Sullivan Show 2 (Other)
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MARGOT FONTEYN. Signature: "Margot Fonteyn", 5½x4¼ album leaf. Unknown signature on verso. One of the world's greatest ballet dancers, Dame Margot Fonteyn (1919-1991), born Margaret Hookham in Surrey, England, joined the Royal Ballet (then Sadler's Wells Theatre) as a teenager. read more...Sale Price $198.00
$220.00
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MARGOT FONTEYN. Signature: "Margot Fonteyn de Arias", 4¼x2½. Also signed: "Anita Hookham", probably a relative as Fonteyn was born Margaret Hookham. Fonteyn has signed with her official name after being created Dame of the Order of the British Empire in 1956. read more...Sale Price $198.00
$220.00
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MARGOT FONTEYN. Signature: "Margot Fonteyn/1977", 5x3 card. One of the world's greatest ballet dancers, Dame Margot Fonteyn (1919-1991), born Margaret Hookham in Surrey, England, joined the Royal Ballet (then Sadler's Wells Theatre) as a teenager. read more...Sale Price $198.00
$220.00
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MARGOT FONTEYN and PEARL ARGYLE Signatures from the two ballerinas on a green album leaf Signatures: "Margot Fonteyn" and "Pearl Argyle", 4¾x3¼ album leaf. read more...Sale Price $234.00
$260.00
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MARGOT FONTEYN. ALS: "Margot Fonteyn", 2p, 5¼x7. Pelham Crescent, no date, Friday. On imprinted sheet to "Dear Madame Brune Meschi". In full: "How very very sweet of you to send me that sweet Spanish gipsy (sic) read more...Sale Price $360.00
$400.00
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MARGOT FONTEYN. ALS: "Margot", 2p, 7¼x10½, front and verso. Cleveland, Ohio, no year, but probably 1960, October 15. On letterhead of the Auditorium Hotel to "Dear Mr. Daum read more...Sale Price $450.00
$500.00
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MARGOT FONTEYN. Photograph inscribed and signed: "To Jimmy Walker/Margot Fonteyn". B/w, 8x10. Pencil note (unknown hand) on verso states that this photograph was signed at Loew's Capitol Theatre at a matinee on Wednesday, November 2. read more...Sale Price $510.00
$600.00
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MARGOT FONTEYN. Photograph inscribed and signed: "To George Sanders/Margot Fonteyn/Best wishes. 1979". B/w, 3½x5½. Name and Giselle, the role in which she is depicted, imprinted at lower margin. Signed in the year she gave her last performance. read more...Sale Price $360.00
$400.00
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MARGOT FONTEYN. Photograph signed: "Margot Fonteyn". B/w, 3½x5½. Photograph by Mandinian. © Sadler's Wells Ballet. Captioned at lower margin. Depicts Fonteyn in Nocturne read more...Sale Price $432.00
$480.00
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MARGOT FONTEYN The ballet dancer is shown in full view in this 3½x5½ black and white photograph. Photograph signed: "Margot Fonteyn". B/w, 3½x5½ read more...Sale Price $432.00
$480.00
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MARGOT FONTEYN 3½x5½ black and white photograph, shown performing Photograph signed: "Margot Fonteyn/with best wishes" in black ink, B/w 3½x5½. One of the read more...Sale Price $432.00
$480.00
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MARGOT FONTEYN. Photograph signed: "Margot Fonteyn". B/w, 8x10. One of the world's greatest ballet dancers, Dame Margot Fonteyn (1919-1991), born Margaret Hookham in Surrey, England, joined the Royal Ballet (then Sadler's Wells Theatre) as a teenager. read more...Sale Price $432.00
$480.00
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MARGOT FONTEYN. Handkerchief signed: "Margot Fonteyn" at lower right portion. White cloth handkerchief, 9¾x9½, with white lace trim. One of the world's greatest ballet dancers, Dame read more...Sale Price $342.00
$380.00
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MARGOT FONTEYN Inscribed and signed copy of her autobiography Book inscribed and signed: "Walter Logan [?]/Margot Fonteyn", 296 pages, 6½½. New York: Alfred Knopf, 1976, hard cover, with dust jacket. read more...Sale Price $270.00
$300.00
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MARGOT FONTEYN The ballerina signs her name on a 5½x7 clipped magazine photograph, shown posed in the air Newspaper photograph signed: "Margot Fonteyn", in blue ink, 5½x7. read more...Sale Price $216.00
$240.00
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MARGOT FONTEYN and ROBERT HELPMANN, JR. Program signed: "Margot Fonteyn" and "Robert Helpmann" on inside pages picturing each star, 10p, 7½x9¾. Leicester, circa 1950 June 19-20. read more...Sale Price $459.00
$540.00
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JOHN RAITT and DAME MARGOT FONTEYN Original portrait of Fonteyn, drawn by John Raitt, signed by both! Original Art signed: "Margot Fonteyn", 5x8. Pencil drawing also signed by the artist "Raitt". read more...Sale Price $360.00
$400.00
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MARIA CALLAS, MARGOT FONTEYN and OTHERS. 12 signatures from performers and dancers at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden Program signed: "Maria read more...Sale Price $1,360.00
$1,600.00
