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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. In 1979, he defected to the United States.
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.
Alexander Godunov. Actor: Die Hard. 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".
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.
Alexander Godunov was a dancer of handsome stature and blond good looks. He possessed a virtuoso technique and enjoyed a career of glamorous highlights in ballet and film; but his...
May 14, 2024 · Alexander Godunov 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.
May 19, 2000 · The agile body of dancer Alexander Godunov, carefully sculpted from years of rigorous training, was his ticket to U.S. acclaim. Which made it all the more unbelievable when, on May 18, 1995, that...
