Mladova, Milada (c. 1918–)

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Mladova, Milada (c. 1918–)

American ballet dancer. Born Milada Mráz, c. 1918, in Oklahoma City, OK.

Trained in NY with Edward Caton and Aubrey Hitchens, and under Olga Preobrazhenska and Bronislava Nijinska in Los Angeles and Paris; joined Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo (1939) where she performed in Platt's Ghost Town, Massine's Nobilissima Visione, Gaité Parisienne, and Bacchanale, and Balanchine's Jeu de Cartes and Serenade, among others; also created role in Ashton's Devil's Holiday; performed on Broadway in The Merry Widow and The Man Who Came to Dinner; appeared in nightclubs (1940s–50s); films include Atlantis, The Eternal Melody, and Night and Day.

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