Svetlana Beriosova; Ballerina

Svetlana Beriosova, 66, ballerina known for her leading roles in “Swan Lake,” “The Sleeping Beauty” and “Giselle.” Born in Lithuania, she was trained by her father, Russian ballet master Nicholas Berizoff. The dancer made her debut in 1941 in New York as Clara in “The Nutcracker” with Massine’s Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. Beriosova also danced with the Ottawa Ballet, the Cuevas Grand Ballet in Monte Carlo and the Metropolitan Ballet in London, but spent most of her career, from 1949 until 1975, with Sadler’s Wells Theatre Ballet, which became England’s Royal Ballet. George Balanchine created the leading role of his “Trumpet Concerto” for her. She also danced the title role in “Antigone” and was principal dancer in Kenneth MacMillan’s “Diversions,” which included speaking in French. With the Sadler’s Wells troupe, Beriosova danced in Los Angeles’ old Philharmonic Auditorium in 1951, appearing in her famed role as Odette in “Swan Lake.” A reviewer described her on stage as “a fairy princess come to life.” On Tuesday in London of cancer.

Fred Lapsys; Medical Director

Fred Lapsys, 47, medical director and chief of staff at Kaiser Permanente Los Angeles. Lapsys, a graduate of USC Medical School, joined Kaiser as an intern in 1979 and was made an assistant area medical director in 1989 and medical director in 1995, although he continued to see patients each week. He was a member of the American Academy of Family Physicians and was on the faculty at USC’s Department of Family Medicine. In Pasadena on Nov. 3 of the complications of pancreatic cancer.

Bobo Lewis; Stage, Film Actress

Bobo Lewis, 72, stage actress who also appeared in such films as “One True Thing.” Born in Miami, Lewis spent most of her life in New York, where she studied acting and worked for 25 years with the Circle Repertory Company. She earned a Drama Desk Award in 1978 for her role as a teacher in the original Broadway production of “Working,” based on the book by Studs Terkel. Over the years, Lewis took many Shakespearean roles across the country, including at the Rhode Island Shakespeare Festival, the New Jersey Shakespeare Festival and the Seattle Repertory. She also made guest appearances on television series such as “That Girl” and “Bewitched” and was Midge Smoot on the PBS children’s show “Shining Time Station.” She was in the television specials “Li’l Abner,” as Nightmare Alice, in 1971 and in “Punch & Judy Get Divorced,” as the Baby, in 1992. For the big screen, Lewis portrayed Muriel in this year’s “One True Thing,” about a mother’s death, was Anna in “The Paper” in 1994, and had character roles in such films as “Running on Empty” in 1988, “Arthur” in 1981 and “It’s a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World” in 1963. On Nov. 6 in New York of cancer.