Mary Paischeff

Mary Paischeff (6 August 1899 — 7 November 1975) was a Finnish ballet dancer, notable for being the first contracted dancer of the ballet section of the Opera of Finland (later to become the Finnish National Ballet), as well as the company's first principal dancer.

She danced the lead role in the first fully Finnish ballet production, as Odette/Odile in Swan Lake, opposite George Gé, which premiered on 17 January 1922.

Paischeff trained in Petrograd in Russia, moving back to Finland after the start of the Russian Revolution.

Paischeff was awarded the medal of the Order of the Lion of Finland in 1956.