Acting
Marina Vlady
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. 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".
Filmography
Marina Vlady, an Actress During the Cold War
Film · 2026
The Wild Palms
Film · 2025
Les Rois de la comédie
Film · 2023
Godard Cinema
Film · 2023
Hossein, Ronet, Trintignant : Confidences de trois acteurs inoubliables
Film · 2021
Parajanov. A Ticket to Eternity
Film · 2018
The Scientist, The Imposter and Stalin: How to Feed the People
Film · 2018
Finding Babel
Film · 2016
Miraculous Spiral
Film · 2016
Marcello Mastroianni, the Ideal Italian
Film · 2015
Marcello Mastroianni, latin lover
Film · 2015
3 femmes en colère
Film · 2013
The Bardot mystery
Film · 2012
A Few Days of Respite
Film · 2011
Resurrection
Series · 2011
Vladimir Vysotsky and Marina Vlady. Last Kiss
Film · 2008
The Case of the Grinning Cat
Film · 2006
Nissim dit Max
Film · 2004
Resurrection
Film · 2001
Victoire, ou la douleur des femmes
Series · 2000
Mosfilm, miroir d'un empire
Film · 1999
One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevich
Film · 1999
Not All Dads Pee Standing Up
Film · 1998
Alekan le magnifique
Film · 1998
Vivement dimanche
Series · 1998
Wind Over the City
Film · 1996
Dans un grand vent de fleurs
Series · 1996
Son of Gascogne
Film · 1995
Paradjanov, le dernier collage
Film · 1995
To Remember
Series · 1993
The Dream of Russia
Film · 1992
Bloodsuckers
Film · 1991
Mountain of Diamonds
Film · 1991
The Burning Shore
Series · 1991
Mountain of Diamonds
Series · 1991
Film sur Georges Perec
Film · 1990
The Flavor of Corn
Film · 1989
Splendor
Film · 1989
Follow Me
Film · 1989
Katia & Volodia
Film · 1989
The Exile and Death of Andrei Tarkovsky
Film · 1988
Tottering in the Dark
Film · 1987
Nulle part ailleurs
Series · 1987
Matin Bonheur
Series · 1987
Sacrée soirée
Series · 1987
Twist Again in Moscow
Film · 1986
Exploits of a Young Don Juan
Film · 1986
Bordello
Film · 1985
Tangos, the Exile of Gardel
Film · 1985
In Search of Captain Grant
Series · 1985
Ακυβέρνητες Πολιτείες
Series · 1985
Bis später - ich muss mich erschiessen
Film · 1984
Les Beaux Quartiers
Film · 1983
La Chambre des dames
Series · 1983
The Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan
Film · 1982
Champs-Elysées
Series · 1982
The Games of Countess Dolingen
Film · 1981
L'Œil du maître
Film · 1980
Duets on Sofa
Film · 1979
Hypochondriac
Film · 1979
The Thief of Baghdad
Film · 1978
The Bermuda Triangle
Film · 1978
The Two of Them
Film · 1978
Ciné regards
Series · 1978
Let Joy Reign Supreme
Film · 1975
Seven Deaths by Prescription
Film · 1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Series · 1975
Apostrophes
Series · 1975
Les Charmes de l'été
Series · 1975
Spécial cinéma
Series · 1974
The Conspiracy
Film · 1973
Everybody He Is Nice, Everybody He Is Beautiful
Film · 1972
La Nuit bulgare
Film · 1972
Sappho
Film · 1971
Samedi soir
Series · 1971
Pour un sourire
Film · 1970
Let's Have a Riot
Film · 1970
Winter Wind
Film · 1969
Time to Live
Film · 1969
Subject for a Short Story
Film · 1969
2 or 3 Things I Know About Her
Film · 1967
The Mona Lisa Has Been Stolen
Film · 1966
O.S.S. 117: Mission to Tokyo
Film · 1966
Cinéma: Marina Vlady, 1966
Film · 1966
The Nameless Star
Film · 1966
A Royal Regatta
Film · 1966
Chimes at Midnight
Film · 1965
Run for Your Wife
Film · 1965
Dim Dam Dom
Series · 1965
The Little Misses
Film · 1964
The Conjugal Bed
Film · 1963
Don't Tempt the Devil
Film · 1963
Enough Rope
Film · 1963
The Cage
Film · 1963
Sweet and Sour
Film · 1963
Adorable Liar
Film · 1962
Pride
Film · 1962
The Seven Deadly Sins
Film · 1962
Climates of Love
Film · 1962
The Steppe
Film · 1962
Canzoni di ieri, canzoni di oggi, canzoni di domani
Film · 1962
Girl in the Window
Film · 1961
Princess of Cleves
Film · 1961
Take Me As I Am
Film · 1960
Blonde in a White Car
Film · 1959
The Verdict
Film · 1959
Double Agents
Film · 1959
Stars Meet in Moscow
Film · 1959
Provisional Liberty
Film · 1958
Crime and Punishment
Film · 1956
The Blonde Witch
Film · 1956
Forgive Our Trespasses
Film · 1956
Cinépanorama
Series · 1956
The Wicked Go to Hell
Film · 1955
Le Crâneur
Film · 1955
Girl on the Third Floor
Film · 1955
Days of Love
Film · 1954
Sie
Film · 1954
Sins of Casanova
Film · 1954
Before the Deluge
Film · 1954
La Belle au bois dormant
Film · 1954
Symphony of Love
Film · 1954
The Age of Indiscretion
Film · 1953
The Hunt
Film · 1953
The Unfaithfuls
Film · 1953
Cavalcade of Song
Film · 1953
The Devil's Daughter
Film · 1952
Luxury Girls
Film · 1952
Dans la vie tout s'arrange
Film · 1952
Black Feathers
Film · 1952
Pardon My French
Film · 1951
Due sorelle amano
Film · 1950
Summer Storm
Film · 1949
Une famille un peu ukrainienne
Film