---
name: "Léonide Massine"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/leonide-massine"
fi1m_id: "leonide-massine"
imdb_id: "nm0557441"
tmdb_id: 88937
wikidata_id: "Q359383"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "9 August 1896"
died: "15 March 1979"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T21:21:34.458166+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Léonide Massine

## Identity

Léonide Massine

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/leonide-massine
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** leonide-massine
- **IMDb ID:** nm0557441
- **TMDB ID:** 88937
- **Wikidata ID:** Q359383
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9onide_Massine, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q359383, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0557441/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/88937

Actor. Born 9 August 1896 in Moscow, Russian Empire [Russia]. Died 15 March 1979.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 9 August 1896, Moscow, Russian Empire [Russia]
- **Died:** 15 March 1979
- **Also known as:** Leonid Feodorovic Miassin, Леони́д Фёдорович Мя́син
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/L%C3%A9onide_Massine, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q359383, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0557441/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/88937

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Red Shoes*](https://film.one/film/the-red-shoes.md) (92)

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## Biography

Léonide Massine, also known as Leonid Fyodorovich Myasin, was a Russian dancer, choreographer and actor. Born in Moscow in 1896, he trained at the Imperial Theatre School and became a principal dancer with Sergei Diaghilev’s Ballets Russes, later creating numerous ballets including the first symphonic ballet, *Les Présages*.

Massine appeared in two films directed by Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger. He played Grischa Ljubov in *The Red Shoes* (1948) and took multiple roles in *The Tales of Hoffmann* (1951). He continued choreographing and dancing until his death in 1979.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, britannica.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Red Shoes* (1948), Fi1m 92, as Grischa Ljubov — [page](https://film.one/film/the-red-shoes.md)

## Complete filmography (9)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Honeymoon* (1959), as The Spectre (in 'El Amor Brujo')
- *Neapolitan Carousel* (1954), as Antonio 'Pulcinella' Petito
- *Aida* (1953), as Uncredited
- *The Tales of Hoffmann* (1951), as Spalanzani / Schlemil / Franz
- *The Red Shoes* (1948), as Grischa Ljubov — Fi1m 92, [page](https://film.one/film/the-red-shoes.md)
- *Spanish Fiesta* (1942), as Jealous Suitor
- *The Gay Parisian* (1942), as The Peruvian · Choreographer
- *The Blue Danube* (1932), as Dancer
- *Parade*, Choreographer

## Gallery

- ![Léonide Massine](https://film.one/media/person/59024/gallery-9927e8d7c487.jpg) Léonide Massine — Léon Bakst, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c4/Massine%2C_Leonide_%281895-1979%29_-_1914_-_Ritratto_da_Leon_Bakst.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Promoting the ballet Parade for Diaghilev Ballets Russes at the en:Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, 1917. The dancer is Maria Chabelska (1899-1980). Photographer, ](https://film.one/media/person/59024/gallery-8dc540e8a1d6.jpg) Promoting the ballet Parade for Diaghilev Ballets Russes at the en:Théâtre du Châtelet in Paris, 1917. The dancer is Maria Chabelska (1899-1980). Photographer,  — Harry Lachman, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Ballerina_poses_for_Harry_Lachmann_for_Diaghilev_Ballets_Russes_in_Paris_1917.jpg/1280px-Ballerina_poses_for_Harry_Lachmann_for_Diaghilev_Ballets_Russes_in_Paris_1917.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Sujet : Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) -- Portraits Massine, Leonide (1895-1979) -- Portraits Kochno, Boris (1904-1990) -- Portraits Portraits du théâtre (1939)](https://film.one/media/person/59024/gallery-465b79757ce7.jpg) Sujet : Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) -- Portraits Massine, Leonide (1895-1979) -- Portraits Kochno, Boris (1904-1990) -- Portraits Portraits du théâtre (1939) — Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/39/Henri_Matisse%2C_L%C3%A9onide_Massine%2C_et_Boris_Kochno_dans_salle_de_r%C3%A9p%C3%A9tition_de_l%27Op%C3%A9ra_de_Monte-Carlo_-_btv1b7002242j.jpg/1280px-Henri_Matisse%2C_L%C3%A9onide_Massine%2C_et_Boris_Kochno_dans_salle_de_r%C3%A9p%C3%A9tition_de_l%27Op%C3%A9ra_de_Monte-Carlo_-_btv1b7002242j.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Sujet : Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) -- Portraits Massine, Leonide (1895-1979) -- Portraits Kochno, Boris (1904-1990) -- Portraits Portraits du théâtre (1939)](https://film.one/media/person/59024/gallery-1f6bb743bb03.jpg) Sujet : Matisse, Henri (1869-1954) -- Portraits Massine, Leonide (1895-1979) -- Portraits Kochno, Boris (1904-1990) -- Portraits Portraits du théâtre (1939) — Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/Henri_Matisse%2C_L%C3%A9onide_Massine_et_Boris_Kochno_dans_la_salle_de_r%C3%A9p%C3%A9tition_de_l%27Op%C3%A9ra_de_Monte-Carlo_-_btv1b70022414.jpg/1280px-Henri_Matisse%2C_L%C3%A9onide_Massine_et_Boris_Kochno_dans_la_salle_de_r%C3%A9p%C3%A9tition_de_l%27Op%C3%A9ra_de_Monte-Carlo_-_btv1b70022414.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Joseph Enrietti Photographie Henri Matisse et Léonide Massine et le Rossignol mécanique à Monte-Carlo 1920 Exposition Ballets russes Bibliothèque-musée de l'Opé](https://film.one/media/person/59024/gallery-401118b4f9b4.jpg) Joseph Enrietti Photographie Henri Matisse et Léonide Massine et le Rossignol mécanique à Monte-Carlo 1920 Exposition Ballets russes Bibliothèque-musée de l'Opé — Jean-Pierre Dalbéra from Paris, France, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/24/Henri_Matisse_et_L%C3%A9onide_Massine_%28Ballets_russes%2C_Op%C3%A9ra%29_%284565877526%29.jpg/1280px-Henri_Matisse_et_L%C3%A9onide_Massine_%28Ballets_russes%2C_Op%C3%A9ra%29_%284565877526%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Sujet : Massine, Leonide (1895-1979) -- Portraits Portraits du théâtre (1914)](https://film.one/media/person/59024/gallery-10962e4ea294.jpg) Sujet : Massine, Leonide (1895-1979) -- Portraits Portraits du théâtre (1914) — Boissonnas et Eggler (Firme). Photographe, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b5/La_l%C3%A9gende_de_Joseph_-_L%C3%A9onide_Massine_dans_le_r%C3%B4le_de_Joseph_-_btv1b70025949.jpg/1280px-La_l%C3%A9gende_de_Joseph_-_L%C3%A9onide_Massine_dans_le_r%C3%B4le_de_Joseph_-_btv1b70025949.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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