Mary Teissier | |
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| Born | Maria Petrovna Perevostchikova 27 December 1917 Odesa, Ukraine |
| Died | 1 August 1990 (aged 72) Châteauneuf-Grasse, France |
| Occupation(s) | Socialite, interior designer, art collector |
| Spouse | Lucien Teissier |
| Partner | J. Paul Getty |
| Children | 2 |
| Relatives | Count Aleksey Belevsky-Zhukovsky (grandfather) Grand Duke Alexei Alexandrovich of Russia (great-grandfather) Alexandra Zhukovskaya (great-grandmother) |
Mary Teissier (born Maria Petrovna Perevostchikova; 27 December 1917 – 1 August 1990) was a Ukrainian-French socialite, heiress, interior designer, and art collector. She is best known as the long-time mistress of American millionaire J. Paul Getty, with whom she lived at Sutton Place. When Getty died in 1976, she received the second-largest inheritance out of all of his mistresses. She was married to the Parisian socialite Lucien Teissier, with whom she owned the Villa San Michele in Tuscany. Through her mother, Teissier was a morganatic descendant of Emperor Alexander II and Empress Maria Alexandrovna of Russia.