Zizi Jeanmaire (জিজি জিনমায়ার) was a French ballet dancer, actress and singer. She became famous in the 1950s after playing the title role in the ballet Carmen, produced in London in 1949, and went on to appear in several Hollywood films and Paris revues. She was the wife of dancer and choreographer Roland Petit, who created ballets and revues for her.

Has had a long, enduring professional and private relationship with dancer choreographer Roland Petit who created Les Ballet des Champs Elysees, and who choreographed all of her Hollywood musicals. They first met each other when both were 9 years old and students at the Paris Opera Ballet school.

"You talk like Marlene Dietrich You dance like Zizi Jeanmaire" is a line in Peter Sarstedt's 1969 hit song "Where Do You Go To

Energetic, passionate French ballerina from Les Ballet des Champs Elysees whose phenomenal success in Carmen led to a brief Hollywood career in the 50s. Shortly before leaving Paris, Petit had taken Jeanmaire to Antoine, the leading hairdresser of the day, who chopped off her long curls. The resulting cropped cut was copied by thousands of women worldwide. The brief corset-like costumes that Antoni Clavé designed for Carmen emphasised Jeanmaire’s feminine physique, which contrasted with her boyish cut to unforgettable effect.