About Annabel Farjeon
Lived 1919 – 2004 (aged 84). Annabel Farjeon was a dancer, writer and ballet dancer.
Eve Annabel Farjeon (19 March 1919 – 8 February 2004) was a British ballerina and author.
She was born on 19 March 1919, in Bucklebury, Berkshire, the daughter of the critic Herbert Farjeon and the artist Joan Farjeon. She began learning ballet aged eleven, made her professional debut at the age of 14 (in the roles of Snowflake and Biscuit in the original (1934) Vic-Wells Ballet London production of Casse Noisette), and went on to dance with the Vic-Wells, later Sadler's Wells Ballet in the 1930s, where she worked with choreographers Ninette de Valois and Frederick Ashton
Farjeon was also a critic, sometimes writing under the name Sarah Jefferson.
Created roles Checkmate, a Pawn (Ninette de Valois, 1937) The Wise Virgins, the Mother (Frederick Ashton, 1940)
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British ballerina (1919-2004)
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Annabel Farjeon was born on 19 March 1919.
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Annabel Farjeon died on 8 February 2004.
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Annabel Farjeon was a dancer, writer and ballet dancer.
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