Maria Karnilova
Maria Karnilova
Maria Karnilovawas an American dancer and actress. She was briefly known professionally as Maria Karniloff...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionStage Actress
Date of Birth3 August 1920
CountryUnited States of America
ballet dancing folk school student
At 7, I was at the barre and dancing at folk festivals. Then I was a student with the ballet school of the Metropolitan Opera.
gave learned
My mother never learned English, but in Russia, the greatest thing was to give a child to the arts. And so they gave me to the ballet.
became forgot next playing walked
Once on stage, I was thinking of something else, and I forgot my line. I became so frightened. The girl I was playing with also became so frightened, she couldn't give me the next line. I just walked off stage.
conscious plays supposed
If you relax too much, the subconscious plays the role; the conscious does something else, rather than the other way around, which is the way it's supposed to be.