Margot

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This is the story of how the most famous dancer that England ever produced was deceived and betrayed by those closest to her; of hos a little girl called Peggy Hookham, brought up in Shanghai, told her mother she would one day become the greatest dancer in the world; and of how, in spite of being almost unable to walk, she was still performing when she was 67.

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(Director), Margot Fonteyn (Self)

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