Elaine Fifield (28 October 1930 - 11 May 1999) was an Australian ballerina, perhaps best known for creating the title role in John Cranko's comic ballet Pineapple Poll in 1951.
[1] Elaine Fifield was born in Sydney, New South Wales on 28 October 1930.
Her work there included lead dancer in Selina (1948), a ballet choreographed by Andrée Howard to the music of Rossini, scenario and design by Peter Williams.
[3] She also appeared as a dancer in the 1948 Crown Film Unit film, Steps of the Ballet, also with choreography by Howard, and music by Arthur Benjamin, directed by Muir Mathieson.
[1] In 1952, she married the musician and ballet conductor John Lanchbery, they had a daughter, and the marriage ended in divorce.