TUTU FILM LIST

Ballerinas in Tutus

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Tutus are short (classical) unless noted

1987

 ADVENTURES IN BABYSITTING -- Getting ready for her date a la froufrou!! ELISABETH SHUE

1956

 THE AMBASSADOR'S DAUGHTER -- 50s bouffant plus ballet tutus.               OLIVIA de HAVILLAND

1937

 BALLERINA - French ("La mort du cygne") -- YVETTE CHAUVIRÉ

1965

BALLERINA -- Royal Danish Ballet METTE SOERENSEN

2007

 BALLET SHOES      Still-clips                                         EMILIA FOX &
EMMA WATSON  

1953

 THE BAND WAGON -- Miss Charisse dancing in a tutu. CYD CHARISSE

1944

  

BATHING BEAUTY -- Toward the middle, there is a scene with a myriad of pretty girls in identical, very impressive tutus and, for those who want to know, Red Skelton joins them in ballet lessons, dressed as they are, in tutus!    

 ESTHER WILLIAMS

2000

 BILLY ELLIOT -- Does a love of ballet make you gay? Does it matter if your best friend is a crossdresser? Plenty of young tutus here!  Broadway closing picture (8 Jan12)   Placard   Stillclip NICOLA BLACKWELL
2021 BIRDS OF PARADISE DIANA SILVERS and KRISTINE FROSETH
2010 BLACK SWAN   Stillclip  Another  A third  Trailer NATALIE PORTMAN
1935 BROADWAY MELODY OF 1936       ELEANOR POWELL
1963 BYE BYE BIRDIE    Stillclip    ANN-MARGRET
2000 CENTER STAGE -- TVM AMANDA SCHULL
1953 THE CLOWN JANE GREER
2008

THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON

 CATE BLANCHETT

2009

 LA DANSE: LE BALLET DE L'OPÉRA DE PARIS                       Stillclip  #1    #2     Placard      

(VARIED)
1998 DEGAS AND THE DANCER ALISON PILL
2001 THE DEEP END TILDA SWINTON
1967 DOCTOR DOOLITTLE -- Toward the beginning, note the pretty pink ballerina at the carnival! SAMANTHA EGGAR
19?? DRAGTIME -- HBO Special "Undercover" --male ballerina [unknown]
1966 EL FANTÁSTICO MUNDO del DOCTOR COPPELIUS - a/k/a "Dr. Coppulius" -Spanish   Stillclip   Text CLAUDIA CORDAY
1968 FUNNY GIRL     Lobby Card  BARBRA STREISAND
1953 GIVE A GIRL A BREAK             MARGE CHAMPION &
 DEBBIE REYNOLDS
1955 THE GLASS SLIPPER  LESLIE CARON
2002 GLEASON -- TVM  Fluffy stage tutus GRETCHEN EGOLF
1932 GRAND HOTEL      Still clips   #1    #2
1952 HANS CHRISTIAN ANDERSEN
FILM CLIP of the wedding ballerina (long "hoops")		 RENEE-JEANMARIE

1967

 IN LIKE FLINT                                                      YVONNE CRAIG
1944 IN OUR TIME -- A scene featuring a gorgeous tutu IDA LUPINO
1956 INVITATION TO THE DANCE -- Short sequences involving tutu'd ballerina
1940 I WAS AN ADVENTURESS     Lobby Card VERA ZORINA
1952 LIMELIGHT                                                             CLAIRE BLOOM
1994 THE LITTLE RASCALS -- Sugar Plum Fairies                   [unknown]
1952 LOVE IS BETTER THAN EVER -- Ms. Taylor en tutu!  Gorgeous! ELIZABETH TAYLOR  
1956 MEET ME IN LAS VEGAS                          CYD CHARISSE
1952 MILLION DOLLAR MERMAID
1943 MISSION TO MOSCOW  [Performer unidentified]
1971 THE MUSIC LOVERS -- "Swan Lake" GLENDA JACKSON
1953 NEVER LET ME GO GENE TIERNEY
1949 THE RED DANUBE JANET LEIGH
1948 THE RED SHOES   Moving gif, dancing in "Swan Lake" MOIRA SHEARER

1945

 RHAPSODY IN BLUE                                                JOAN LESLIE
1937 SHALL WE DANCE ?                                                 GINGER ROGERS
1990 SILENCE LIKE GLASS -- Beginning    JAMI GERTZ
1953 THE STORY OF THREE LOVES (Part One)                             MOIRA SHEARER
1950 SUMMER INTERLUDE a/k/a ILLICIT INTERLUDE and SUMMERPLAY
Swedish Long Romantic Tutus		 MAJ-BRITT NILSON
1960 SILVESTERPUNSCH - East German CHRISTEL BODENSTEIN
1977 THE TURNING POINT LESLIE BROWNE
1947 THE UNFINISHED DANCE CYD CHARRISE
1948
WORDS AND MUSIC        Promo photo #1   Promo photo #2   Stillclip        
CYD CHARRISE, among others
1945 ZIEGFELD FOLLIES - Dropped-waist tutus!    CYD CHARISSE