Trivia

She was the first wife of George Balanchine. She later married actor John Emery.

She published her autobiography in 1972 called "Split Seconds".

In her later years, she had several exhibitions of her paintings.

Her last performance was onscreen in Frevel (1983) (1984), credited simply as "Tamara".

Her family owned a miniature theater and a theater museum at their mansion. The museum is preserved and is currently known as The State Museum of Theater and Music.

She married Karp (also known as "Kapa" or "Kappa") Davidoff (né Garabed Tavitian; 1897-1982) after her divorce from Balanchine. Davidoff, an actor and fashion executive, had previously been married to a flier, Lucia Davidova; Geva and Davidova became friends, and were often publicly escorted together by Davidoff.

As a child Tamara Geva took ballet lessons for several years. At the Maryinsky ballet school she met the choreographer and dancer George Balanchine and she married him at the age of only 14 in 1921.