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Belita
Sign in to saveAlso known as Maria Belita Gladys Olive Lyne Jepson-Turner, Jepson-Turner, Belita Gladys Olive Lyne, Belita Gladys Olive Lyne Jepson-Turner, Maria Belita Jepson-Turner, Belita Jepson-Turner
Belita Gladys Lyne Jepson-Turner (21 October 1923 – 18 December 2005), known professionally as Belita, was a British Olympic figure skater, dancer, and film actress.
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 7
Top works
- Howling Magic
- Willing to Tease
- Alisin's Wonderland
- Double Your Trouble
- Torrid Teasers Vol 6
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Film & TV
Garlogs, Nether Wallop, England, UK
Belita Jepson-Turner (21 October 1923-18 December 2005), known professionally as Belita, was a British Olympic figure skater, dancer and film actress.
Known for
- The Key — Canteen Hostess (uncredited)1958
- Invitation to the Dance — The Femme Fatale1956
- Never Let Me Go — Valentina Alexandrovna1953
- The Man on the Eiffel Tower — Gisella Heurtin1949
- Aquashow's Sports Serenade1949
- The Hunted — Laura Mead1948
- The Gangster — Nancy Starr1947
- Suspense — Roberta Leonard, aka Roberta Elva1946
- Lady, Let's Dance — Belita1944
- Silver Skates — Belita1943
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 2,535
- Total plays
- 5,199
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Key facts
- Person.name
- Belita
- Person.image
- Belita 1940b.jpg
- Person.image_size
- 250px
- Person.caption
- Belita in 1940
- Person.birth_name
- Belita Gladys Lyne Jepson-Turner
- Person.birth_place
- Garlogs, Nether Wallop, England
- Person.death_place
- Montpeyroux, Hérault, France
- Person.yearsactive
- 1947–1963
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Nether Wallop
- Place of death
- Montpeyroux
- Occupation
- figure skater
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Sport
- figure skating
- Image
- Belita Cine M. 435.jpg
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- Commons category
- Belita
- date of birth
- 1923-10-21
- date of death
- 2005-12-19
- sports discipline competed in
- ladies' singles
- start of work period
- 1947-00-00
- nickname
- The Ice Maiden
- maintained by WikiProject
- WikiProject Figure Skating
- end of work period
- 1963-00-00
Sources (2)
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Early years
- Film career
- Retirement
- Personal life
- Filmography
- Notes
- References
- External links
Belita Gladys Lyne Jepson-Turner (21 October 1923 – 18 December 2005), known professionally as Belita, was a British Olympic figure skater, dancer, and film actress.
==Early years== Belita was born at the Garlogs house in Nether Wallop, Hampshire, to Major William Jepson-Turner and wife Gladys Olive Jepson-Turner née Lyne-Stivens. She skated (as Belita Jepson-Turner) for the United Kingdom in the 1936 Winter Olympics, where she placed 16th in the singles, then her career turned towards Hollywood. She had classical Russian ballet training which carried over into her skating. As a young ballerina, she was partner to Anton Dolin, appearing with the Dolin-Markova Ballet.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Belita” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.