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Marina Vlady
Actor

Marina Vlady

10 May 1938Born
24 Sep 2026Died
88Age at death
101Credits

Biography

Marina Vlady (born Marina de Poliakoff-Baidaroff; 10 May, 1938 - died 24 September, 2026) was a French actress who made her film debut at 11. She has appeared in more than 100 feature films and television productions. She arrived as the blond bombshell and was the main attraction in "La sorcière" (1956).

Catherine Marina de Poliakoff-Baïdaroff was born in Clichy on 10 May 1938, to White Russian immigrant parents. Her father, Vladimir Poliakoff, was an opera singer, and her mother, Militza, was a dancer. Her sisters, now all deceased, were the actresses Odile Versois, Hélène Vallier and Olga Baïdar-Poliakoff.

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The sisters began acting as children and, for a while, pursued a ballet career.

Vlady won the Best Actress Award at the 1963 Cannes Film Festival for The Conjugal Bed. In 1965, she was a member of the jury at the 4th Moscow International Film Festival.

She starred in Jean-Luc Godard's Two or Three Things I Know About Her (1967), and later portrayed the insightful and protective stepmother in the Italian film The Flavor of Corn (1986). A rare English language role was as Kate Percy in Orson Welles' Chimes at Midnight (1966).

Her television credits include the 1983 mini-series La Chambre des Dames.

In 1971, Vlady signed the Manifesto of the 343, which publicly declared she had an abortion as a way to advocate for abortion, even though the procedure was illegal in France at the time.

Vlady and her partner Léon Schwartzenberg participated in the protests against deportations of Arab workers from France. She accepted a role in a film about a gay couple from Iran.

From 1955 to 1959, Vlady was married to actor/director Robert Hossein. From 1963 to 1966, she was married to Jean-Claude Brouillet, a French entrepreneur, owner of two airlines and member of the French Resistance.

Vlady's third husband was the Soviet poet and songwriter, Vladimir Vysotsky; they were married and lived in Moscow from 1969 until his death in 1980. Vlady wrote Vladimir, or the Aborted Flight, a memoir of her relationship with Vladimir Vysotsky. For a decade, the couple maintained a long-distance relationship as Vlady compromised her career in France in order to spend more time in Moscow, and his friends pulled strings for him to travel abroad. She eventually joined the Communist Party of France, which essentially gave her an unlimited-entry visa into the Soviet Union, and provided Vysotsky with some immunity against prosecution by the government. The problems of his long-distance relationship with Vlady inspired several of Vysotsky's songs.

She also lived with French oncologist Léon Schwartzenberg from 1980 until his death in 2003.

Vlady died on 24 September 2026, aged 88. According to a statement by her children, she died "at home, surrounded by her loved ones and her animals".

Known for

Filmography

The 80 most recent of 101 credits.

  1. TBAUne famille un peu ukrainienneFilm
  2. 2025The Wild PalmsFilm: Juliette Jeanson
  3. 2021Hossein, Ronet, Trintignant : Confidences de trois acteurs inoubliablesFilm
  4. 2018The Scientist, The Imposter and Stalin: How to Feed the PeopleFilm: (voice)
  5. 20133 femmes en colèreFilm: Alice Trajan
  6. 2012The Bardot mysteryFilm
  7. 2011ResurrectionSeries: Zia Duchessa (2 episodes)
  8. 2011A Few Days of RespiteFilm: Yolande
  9. 2001ResurrectionFilm: Zia Duchessa
  10. 2000Victoire, ou la douleur des femmesSeries: Natacha (3 episodes)
  11. 1998Not All Dads Pee Standing UpFilm: Zoé
  12. 1996Wind Over the CityFilm: Simone
  13. 1996Dans un grand vent de fleursSeries: Alexandrine Garlande (7 episodes)
  14. 1993To RememberSeries: Narrator (1 episode)
  15. 1992The Dream of RussiaFilm: Yekaterina II - empress
  16. 1991Mountain of DiamondsFilm: Anna
  17. 1991Mountain of DiamondsSeries: Anna (4 episodes)
  18. 1991BloodsuckersFilm: Sugrobina
  19. 1991The Burning ShoreSeries: Anna (4 episodes)
  20. 1989Follow MeFilm: Ljuba
  21. 1989Katia & VolodiaFilm: (voice)
  22. 1989The Flavor of CornFilm: Duilio's Stepmother
  23. 1989SplendorFilm: Chantal
  24. 1987Tottering in the DarkFilm: Maria
  25. 1986Exploits of a Young Don JuanFilm: Mme Muller
  26. 1986Twist Again in MoscowFilm: Natacha Tataïev
  27. 1985Tangos, the Exile of GardelFilm: Florence
  28. 1985BordelloFilm: Rosa Vonaparte
  29. 1985In Search of Captain GrantSeries: Marco Vovchok (1 episode)
  30. 1985Ακυβέρνητες ΠολιτείεςSeries: Rapesku (14 episodes)
  31. 1984Bis später - ich muss mich erschiessenFilm: Margarita Ivanovna
  32. 1983La Chambre des damesSeries: Mathilde Brunel (10 episodes)
  33. 1983Les Beaux QuartiersFilm: Mme Beurdeley
  34. 1982The Secrets of the Princesse de CadignanFilm: La marquise d'Espard
  35. 1981The Games of Countess DolingenFilm: La mère de la petite fille
  36. 1980L'Œil du maîtreFilm: Isabelle de Brabant
  37. 1979HypochondriacFilm: Lucrezia
  38. 1979Duets on SofaFilm: Jacqueline, the dentist
  39. 1978The Bermuda TriangleFilm: Kim
  40. 1978The Thief of BaghdadFilm: Perizadah
  41. 1978The Two of ThemFilm: Mária
  42. 1975Seven Deaths by PrescriptionFilm: Mme Losseray
  43. 1975Let Joy Reign SupremeFilm: The Marchioness of Parabère
  44. 1975Les Charmes de l'étéSeries: Pauline, la dame en blanc (5 episodes)
  45. 1973The ConspiracyFilm: Christiane
  46. 1972Everybody He Is Nice, Everybody He Is BeautifulFilm: Millie Thulle
  47. 1972La Nuit bulgareFilm: Marthe Tarset
  48. 1971SapphoFilm: Françoise Legrand
  49. 1970Pour un sourireFilm: Véronique
  50. 1970Let's Have a RiotFilm: Imma the cashier
  51. 1969Winter WindFilm: Maria
  52. 1969Subject for a Short StoryFilm: Lika Mizinova
  53. 1969Time to LiveFilm: Marie
  54. 19672 or 3 Things I Know About HerFilm: Juliette Jeanson
  55. 1966The Nameless StarFilm: Mona
  56. 1966O.S.S. 117: Mission to TokyoFilm: Eva Wilson
  57. 1966The Mona Lisa Has Been StolenFilm: Nicole
  58. 1965Chimes at MidnightFilm: Kate Percy
  59. 1965Run for Your WifeFilm: Nicole
  60. 1964The Little MissesFilm
  61. 1963Sweet and SourFilm: La radio taxi girl
  62. 1963The CageFilm: Isabelle
  63. 1963Don't Tempt the DevilFilm: Catherine Dupré
  64. 1963The Conjugal BedFilm: Regina
  65. 1963Enough RopeFilm: Ellie
  66. 1962Climates of LoveFilm: Odile Marcenat
  67. 1962PrideFilm: Catherine
  68. 1962The Seven Deadly SinsFilm: Catherine Lartigue - la Femme (segment "L'orgueuil")
  69. 1962The SteppeFilm: Comtesse Dranitsky
  70. 1962Adorable LiarFilm: Juliette
  71. 1962Canzoni di ieri, canzoni di oggi, canzoni di domaniFilm
  72. 1961Girl in the WindowFilm: Else
  73. 1961Princess of ClevesFilm: Princess of Clèves
  74. 1960Take Me As I AmFilm: Hélène Chalmers
  75. 1959The VerdictFilm: Catherine Desroches
  76. 1959Double AgentsFilm: Elle
  77. 1959Blonde in a White CarFilm: Eva Lecain
  78. 1958Provisional LibertyFilm: Eva
  79. 1956Crime and PunishmentFilm: Lili Marcellin
  80. 1956Forgive Our TrespassesFilm: Dédée

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