What is Tamara Toumanova?
{{Infobox artist | name = Tamara Toumanova | image = Georgian-American Ballerina Tamara Toumanova (Tumanishvili) - 1940s.jpg | image_size = 220px | alt = | caption = Tamara Toumanova in a promotional portrait | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birthdate|1919|3|2|mf=yes}} | birth_place = [[Siberia]] | death_date = {{death date and age|1996|5|29|1919|3|2|mf=yes}} | death_place = [[Santa Monica, California]], U.S. | field = [[Ballet]] | patrons = [[George Balanchine]]}} '''Tamara Toumanova''' ({{lang-ka|თამარა თუმანოვა;}} March 2, 1919 – May 29, 1996) was an [[United States|American]]<ref name=Examiner>[http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/page/4690318?zoomLevel=1 ''The Examiner''. Is ballet dancing slavery? April 19, 1952]</ref> [[ballerina]] and [[actress]] of [[Georgia (country)|Georgian]] [[ancestry|descent]]. Toumanova is notable for [[ballet]], and she also acted in several [[movie]]s. Tournova became an American [[citizen]] in 1943. She married her second husband, Casey Robinson, a Hollywood [[screenplay|script]] [[writer]] and [[film producer|producer]], in 1944.<ref name=Examiner/> == Life == Shortly after the [[Russian Revolution of 1917]], Toumanova's mother, Eugenia Toumanova, left [[Georgia (country)|Georgia, Russia]] looking for her first husband, Konstantin Zakharov. She was [[pregnant]] at the time. She gave birth to Toumanova in [[Siberia]]. It has been verified that Toumanova is of Georgian ancestry.<ref>Gottlieb, Robert 2004. ''George Balanchine: the ballet maker''. HarperCollins, p. 136; {{ISBN|0-06-075070-7}}</ref><ref>Cohen, Selma Jeanne (ed) 1998. ''International encyclopedia of dance''. Oxford University Press, vol. 6, p. 182f; {{ISBN|0-19-512310-7}}</ref><ref>Tracy & DeLano 1983. ''Balanchine's ballerinas: conversations with the muses''. Linden Press, p. 66; {{ISBN|067146146X}}</ref> Toumanova's parents became separated during the [[revolution]]. Toumanova was 18 months old before her parents were found each other. The family went fro