Maya Plisetskaya
- Born
- 20 November 1925
- Died
- 2 May 2015 (aged 89)
- Place of birth
- Moscow, USSR [now Russia]
- Known for
- Actor
- Also known as
- Maïa Plissetskaïa, М. Плисецкая, M. Plisetskaya
Maya Plisetskaya was a Soviet ballet dancer, choreographer, ballet director, and actress. In post-Soviet times, she held both Lithuanian and Spanish citizenship. She danced during the Soviet era at the Bolshoi Theatre under the directorships of Leonid Lavrovsky, then of Yury Grigorovich. In 1960 she became prima ballerina assoluta of the company.
