Annabel Farjeon

Eve Annabel Farjeon (19 March 1919 – 8 February 2004) was a British ballerina and author.

She was born on 19 March 1919, in Bucklebury, Berkshire, the daughter of the critic Herbert Farjeon and the artist Joan Farjeon. She began learning ballet aged eleven, and went on to dance with the Vic-Wells Ballet and then the Sadler's Wells Ballet.

Farjeon was also a critic, sometimes writing under the name Sarah Jefferson.

Created roles

• Checkmate, a Pawn (Ninette de Valois, 1937)
• The Wise Virgins, the Mother (Frederick Ashton, 1940)

List of selected publications

• Farjeon, Annabel (1986). Morning Has Broken: A Biography of Eleanor Farjeon. Julia MacRae (Franklin Watts). ISBN 978-0-86203-225-8. (Full text on Internet Archive)