Sono Osato
Sono Osato. Actress: Sunday Showcase. Although she never adopted a Russian stage name, Sono Osato made her reputation as a ballerina with Wassily de Basil's Ballets Russes (nicknamed 'Nonotchka' by other members of the troupe). She was born in Omaha, of mixed ethnic parentage: her father Shoji was a Japanese photographer, her Irish-French Canadian mother an aspiring actress of somewhat Bohemian temperament. Strong-willed, (Agnes de Mille described her as "brave...
Sono Osato. Actress: Sunday Showcase. Although she never adopted a Russian stage name, Sono Osato made her reputation as a ballerina with Wassily de Basil's Ballets Russes (nicknamed 'Nonotchka' by other members of the troupe). She was born in Omaha, of mixed ethnic parentage: her father Shoji was a Japanese photographer, her Irish-French Canadian mother an aspiring actress of somewhat Bohemian temperament. Strong-willed, (Agnes de Mille described her as "brave...
