Maria Gambarelli

{{Short description|Italian-American ballerina and actress}}

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| name = Maria Gambarelli

| image = File:Maria Gambarelli White.jpg

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| birth_date = 7 April 1900

| birth_place = La Spezia, Liguria, Kingdom of Italy

| death_date = 4 February 1990 (aged 89)

| death_place = Huntington, New York, U.S.

| othername = Gamby

| occupation = Dancer, Actress

| yearsactive = 1908–1968{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/04/24/nyregion/reflections-on-a-stagestruck-life.html|title = Reflections on a Stagestruck Life|newspaper = The New York Times|date = 24 April 1988|last1 = Delatiner|first1 = Barbara}}

| spouse = {{marriage|Edward Fenton|1935}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1990/02/09/obituaries/maria-gambarelli-fenton-89-a-metropolitan-opera-ballerina.html|title=Maria Gambarelli Fenton, 89, A Metropolitan Opera Ballerina|newspaper=The New York Times|date=9 February 1990|last1=Dunning|first1=Jennifer}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1970/08/01/archives/even-on-waterfront-people-like-to-own-pools.html|title = Even on Waterfront, People Like to Own Pools|newspaper = The New York Times|date = August 1970|last1 = Cook|first1 = Joan}}

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Maria Gambarelli (7 April 1900 – 4 February 1990) was an Italian-American ballerina and actress. She was born in La Spezia, but raised in the United States. Between 1938 and 1941 she was prima ballerina at the Metropolitan Opera.The Italian American Experience: An Encyclopedia p.165 She was considered to be the greatest dancer trained at the Metropolitan Opera ballet school.{{Cite web|title=Maria Gambarelli {{!}} Broadway Photographs|url=https://broadway.cas.sc.edu/content/maria-gambarelli|access-date=2021-03-20|website=broadway.cas.sc.edu}}