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Alexander Borisovich Godunov (Russian: Александр Борисович Годунов; November 28, 1949 – c. May 1995) was a Russian-American ballet dancer and film actor. A member of the Bolshoi Ballet , he became the troupe's Premier danseur .
May 19, 1995 · Alexander Godunov, the swashbuckling Russian ballet dancer and movie actor, was found dead yesterday at his home in West Hollywood, Calif. He was 45. Sheriff's Sgt. Bob Minutello told The ...
Alexander Godunov. Actor. IMDbPro Starmeter See rank. Play trailer 1:25. The Money Pit (1986) 1 Video. 14 Photos. He was born on Sakhalin Island at the far eastern end of the former Soviet Union and began studying dance at age 9 in the Riga State Ballet School. He later said his mother put him there to prevent his becoming "a hooligan".
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May 19, 1995 · Alexander Godunov, the lithe dancer with the long flaxen hair and a brooding manner who created an international stir when he defected from the Soviet Union in 1979, was found dead Thursday.
May 14, 2024 · Alexander Godunov (born November 28, 1949, Sakhalin Island, Soviet Union (now in Russia)—died May 18, 1995, Los Angeles, California, U.S.) was a Russian ballet dancer and actor who had a successful career with Moscow ’s Bolshoi Ballet before defecting to the United States during the company’s 1979 engagement in New York City.
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May 19, 2000 · Alexander Godunov remembered -- The Russian Ballet dancer-turned-actor 's career went down hill after he defected to the U.S. ... Says Rodkin: ”Alexander was a petulant, morose, passionate manic ...
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May 18, 1995 · Alexander Godunov, the actor and acclaimed former Bolshoi Ballet dancer, died today in his West Hollywood home. Police say the death will be listed as being from natural causes. Godunov spent 13 years with the Bolshoi before his 1979 defection to the U.S. He starred opposite Harrison Ford in "Witness," and became an American citizen in 1987.
