Tamara Tchinarova, also known as Tamara Finch, was a Romanian-born émigré Russian and French ballerina who contributed significantly to the development of Australian dance companies and was a Russian/English interpreter for touring ballet companies. She was a dance writer and author, as Tamara Finch, of a number of non-fiction books. She was the first wife of actor Peter Finch.
Tchinarova in the ballet Les Presages, Sydney, between 6 Dec. 1936 & Jan. 1939
Tamara Tchinarova (left) and Nina Youshkevitch (centre) standing with an unknown woman at Bungan Beach, NSW, 1936 or 1937
Frederick George Peter Ingle Finch was an English-Australian actor of theatre, film and radio.
Finch in 1955
With Diane Cilento during filming of Passage Home (1955)