Lila Zali was born on July 22, 1918 in Tiflis, Georgia [now Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia]. She was an actress. She was married to Nicholas Kolia Levienne. She died on January 4, 2003 in Laguna Beach, California, USA.
Her father was an opera tenor who died of typhoid.
Founded a ballet company in 1962 called Laguna Beach Civic Ballet on a
shoestring budget of $1,500. The name was changed to Ballet Pacifica a
few years later.