Sono Osato

Sono Osato was born on Aug 29, 1919 in USA. Sono Osato's big-screen debut came with The Kissing Bandit directed by Laslo Benedek in 1948.

Although she never adopted a Russian stage name, Sono Osato made her reputation as a ballerina with Wassily de Basil's Ballets Russes (nicknamed 'Nonotchka' by other members of the troupe). She was born in Omaha, of mixed ethnic parentage: her father Shoji was a Japanese photographer, her Irish-French Canadian mother an aspiring actress of somewhat Bohemian temperament. Strong-willed, (