Biography of margot fontaine

British star of the Royal Ballet and one of the world's leading ballerinas from the 1930s through the 1970s. Name variations: Peggy Hookham; Margot de Arias. Pronunciation: Fon-TAIN. Born Margaret Hookham on May 18, 1919, at Reigate, Surrey, England; died on February 21, 1991, in Panama City, Panama, of cancer; daughter of Felix John Hookham (an engineer) and Hilda Fontes Hookham; educated by governesses, tutors, and in local schools in England and China to 1933, then studied ballet at Vic-Wells Ballet School, 1933–34; married Roberto Arias (an attorney and Panamanian diplomat), on February 6, 1955 (died 1989); no children.

Began dance training (1924); moved to U.S.