Margot Lander(1910-1961)
- Actress
Margot Lander is generally considered by ballet aficionados as among
the most important--if not THE most important--Danish ballerinas of the
20th century. A student at the Royal Danish Ballet School in 1917,
after she graduated she came back to the school in 1928, became a
principal in 1933 and in 1942 was awarded the position of prima
ballerina. She was married to ballet director Harold Lander from
1932-1950. After the divorce she retired from the field, and died in
1961.
