Carmelita Maracci was born on July 17, 1911 in Goldfield, Nevada, USA. She is known for Limelight (1952) and The Three Caballeros (1944). She died on July 26, 1987 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
Choreographer. Her dances were a hybrid of ballet and Spanish dancing.
Among her students were Gerald Arpino, Erik Bruhn, Leslie Caron, Cynthia
Gregory, Robert Joffrey, Allegra Kent, 'Carmen de Lavallade', and Jerome Robbins.