Carmelita Maracci was born on 17 July 1911 in Goldfield, Nevada, USA. She is known for Limelight (1952) and The Three Caballeros (1944). She died on 26 July 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.