Margot
A biographical look at the career of the acclaimed Margot Fonteyn. As a little girl called Peggy Hookham growing up in Shanghai, she told her mother she would one day become the greatest dancer in the world. Still performing at the age of 67 despite being almost unable to walk, hers is a story of courage and tenacity, of unbelievable devotion to her art and to those whom she loved. Those who ultimately left her penniless and alone, to be buried in a pauper’s grave.
Cast
Margot Fonteyn
Self (archive footage)
Storyline
A biographical look at the career of the acclaimed Margot Fonteyn. As a little girl called Peggy Hookham growing up in Shanghai, she told her mother she would one day become the greatest dancer in the world. Still performing at the age of 67 despite being almost unable to walk, hers is a story of courage and tenacity, of unbelievable devotion to her art and to those whom she loved. Those who ultimately left her penniless and alone, to be buried in a pauper’s grave.
Recommended
David Bowie: Five Years
2013
Britney: For the Record
2008
Adele One Night Only
2021
EPiC: Elvis Presley in Concert
2026
Louis Theroux: Twilight of the Porn Stars
2012
That's Entertainment!
1974
HOMECOMING: A film by Beyoncé
2019
Linkin Park: Live in Texas
2003
Whitney
2018
That's Entertainment, Part II
1976
The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story
2019
Tupac: Resurrection
2003
More Like This
Moving Together
2023
Café Müller
1985
Giselle
2014
The Happy Ones
2021
The Little Humpbacked Horse
1962
Strictly Come Dancing The Live Tour
2010
Billy Elliot
2000
Black Ballerina
2016
The Australian Ballet's The Nutcracker
2015
A Belated Premiere
2004
Swan Lake
1963
Appalachian Spring
1959