Elaine Fifield

Elaine Fifield (28 October 1930 - 11 May 1999) was an Australian ballerina, perhaps best known for creating the title role in John Cranko's comic ballet Pineapple Poll in 1951.

Early life Elaine Fifield was born in Sydney, New South Wales on 28 October 1930. She trained at the Scully School and with Leon Kelloway, in Australia. She also appeared as a dancer in the 1948 Crown Film Unit film, Steps of the Ballet, also with choreography by Howard, and music by Arthur Benjamin, directed by Muir Mathieson.

In 1954 moved to The Royal Ballet, In 1957, she returned to Australia and joined the Borovansky Ballet, which was to form the basis of The Australian Ballet. In 1960, she married the plantation owner Les Farley, by whom she had two more daughters.