Viola Essen

Viola Essen
Born
Violeta Colchagoff

August 11, 1925
Saint Louis, Missouri
DiedJanuary 16, 1970 (age 44)
Occupation(s)Dancer, actress
Spouse5, including Gabriel Dell

Viola Essen (August 11, 1925 – January 16, 1970[1]), was an American ballet dancer. She was a student of Mikhail Mordkin, and an original member of the Ballet Theatre, precursor to the American Ballet Theatre.

  1. ^ Birth and death dates as given on IMDB and IBDB. Viola Colchagoff appears in the 1930 United States Federal Census, in her parents' household in Manhattan; she is listed as a six-year-old, which suggests that her birth year may have been slightly earlier than 1925; via Ancestry.