Rachel Messerer
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Ra Messerer, 1924
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| Born |
March 4, 1902 Vilnius, Lithuania |
| Died | March 20, 1993 (aged 91) Moscow, Russia |
| Other names | Ra Messerer |
| Occupation | silent film actress |
| Years active | 1925-1930 |
| Spouse(s) | Michael Plisetski |
Rachel Messerer-Plisetskaya (Russian: Рахиль Михайловна Мессерер-Плисецкая; stage-name — Ra Messerer); (4 March 1902 – 20 March 1993) — was a Russian silent film and theatre actress.
Rachel Messerer was born in Vilnius into the Lithuanian Jewish family of dentist Mikhail Messerer and his wife Sima Shabad, and was one of nine children. Every child got a biblical name: Pnina, Azariah, Mattany, Rachel, Assaf, Elisheva, Shulamith, Emanuel, Abinadab and Erella.
Rachel, her brother Azari Azarin (an actor), sister Sulamith Messerer (ballerina) and brother Asaf Messerer (ballet dancer, choreographer) became famous and started a dynasty of outstanding ballet dancers and ballet masters.
She married well-known Russian diplomat Mikhail Plisetski (1899–1938) and they had three children: famous ballerina Maya Plisetskaya (1925-2015), talented balletmaster Alexander Plisetski (1931–1985) and principal dancer Azari Plisetski (1937). And granddaughter (1971-) Anna Plisetskaya, another ballerina.
Rachel Messerer graduated from Institute of Cinematography in 1925 (class of Lev Kuleshov).
During the early years of Soviet system, Rachel starred at the “Bukhkino” and “The Star of the East” studios. Ra Messerer’s film career was rather short, because soon after the wedding she devoted herself to the family and her husband, who represented the Soviet Government in Spitsbergen, being the Consul General in Barentsburg and chief of coal mines.
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