7.0
Marina Vlady, an Actress During the Cold War
2026
Marina Vlady
Acting
Born May 10, 1938Died September 24, 2026Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, France
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. 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".
Movies
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The Wild Palms
2025
5.6
Godard Cinema
2023
6.3
Les Rois de la comédie
2023
0.0
Hossein, Ronet, Trintignant : Confidences de trois acteurs inoubliables
2021
7.3
The Scientist, The Imposter and Stalin: How to Feed the People
2018
8.0
Parajanov. A Ticket to Eternity
2018
6.3
Finding Babel
2016
6.5
Miraculous Spiral
2016
6.6
Marcello Mastroianni, the Ideal Italian
2015
Marcello Mastroianni, latin lover
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Marcello Mastroianni, latin lover
2015
5.6
3 femmes en colère
2013
10.0
The Bardot mystery
2012
1.0
A Few Days of Respite
2011
Vladimir Vysotsky and Marina Vlady. Last Kiss
0.0
Vladimir Vysotsky and Marina Vlady. Last Kiss
2008
6.9
The Case of the Grinning Cat
2006
7.0
Nissim dit Max
2004
6.2
Resurrection
2001
0.0
Mosfilm, miroir d'un empire
1999
7.5
One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevich
1999
0.0
Alekan le magnifique
1998
4.2
Not All Dads Pee Standing Up
1998
8.0
Wind Over the City
1996
5.1
Son of Gascogne
1995
7.0
Paradjanov, le dernier collage
1995
6.3
The Dream of Russia
1992
6.2
Mountain of Diamonds
1991
4.0
Bloodsuckers
1991
7.0
Film sur Georges Perec
1990
Follow Me
7.0
Follow Me
1989
7.0
Katia & Volodia
1989
6.3
The Flavor of Corn
1989
6.6
Splendor
1989
8.0
The Exile and Death of Andrei Tarkovsky
1988
Tottering in the Dark
10.0
Tottering in the Dark
1987
6.2
Exploits of a Young Don Juan
1986
6.1
Twist Again in Moscow
1986
6.8
Tangos, the Exile of Gardel
1985
5.5
Bordello
1985
Bis später - ich muss mich erschiessen
8.0
Bis später - ich muss mich erschiessen
1984
Les Beaux Quartiers
7.0
Les Beaux Quartiers
1983
9.0
The Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan
1982
3.3
The Games of Countess Dolingen
1981
L'Œil du maître
5.0
L'Œil du maître
1980
6.1
Hypochondriac
1979
4.8
Duets on Sofa
1979
4.1
The Bermuda Triangle
1978
5.5
The Thief of Baghdad
1978
6.1
The Two of Them
1978
6.1
Seven Deaths by Prescription
1975
6.4
Let Joy Reign Supreme
1975
5.7
The Conspiracy
1973
6.4
Everybody He Is Nice, Everybody He Is Beautiful
1972
8.0
La Nuit bulgare
1972
6.5
Sappho
1971
6.8
Pour un sourire
1970
7.1
Let's Have a Riot
1970
7.1
Winter Wind
1969
5.9
Subject for a Short Story
1969
7.7
Time to Live
1969
6.2
2 or 3 Things I Know About Her
1967
6.3
The Nameless Star
1966
8.0
A Royal Regatta
1966
6.8
O.S.S. 117: Mission to Tokyo
1966
0.0
Cinéma: Marina Vlady, 1966
1966
5.2
The Mona Lisa Has Been Stolen
1966
7.2
Chimes at Midnight
1965
6.3
Run for Your Wife
1965
0.0
The Little Misses
1964
5.1
Sweet and Sour
1963
6.8
The Cage
1963
6.2
Don't Tempt the Devil
1963
6.5
The Conjugal Bed
1963
5.8
Enough Rope
1963
10.0
Climates of Love
1962
0.0
Pride
1962
5.9
The Seven Deadly Sins
1962
6.2
The Steppe
1962
5.8
Adorable Liar
1962
0.0
Canzoni di ieri, canzoni di oggi, canzoni di domani
1962
6.1
Girl in the Window
1961
5.8
Princess of Cleves
1961
7.3
Take Me As I Am
1960
7.0
The Verdict
1959
5.6
Double Agents
1959
0.0
Stars Meet in Moscow
1959
6.8
Blonde in a White Car
1959
5.0
Provisional Liberty
1958
7.0
Crime and Punishment
1956
6.0
Forgive Our Trespasses
1956
6.1
The Blonde Witch
1956
6.4
The Wicked Go to Hell
1955
5.8
Girl on the Third Floor
1955
5.4
Le Crâneur
1955
4.0
Sins of Casanova
1954
6.7
Days of Love
1954
8.0
Sie
1954
7.2
Symphony of Love
1954
5.0
La Belle au bois dormant
1954
6.6
Before the Deluge
1954
9.0
The Hunt
1953
9.0
Cavalcade of Song
1953
8.5
The Age of Indiscretion
1953
5.7
The Unfaithfuls
1953
7.0
The Devil's Daughter
1952
6.0
Black Feathers
1952
9.0
Luxury Girls
1952
7.5
Dans la vie tout s'arrange
1952
7.0
Pardon My French
1951
0.0
Due sorelle amano
1950
7.0
Summer Storm
1949
Une famille un peu ukrainienne
0.0
Une famille un peu ukrainienne
TV Shows
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Resurrection
9.0
Victoire, ou la douleur des femmes
3.6
Vivement dimanche
8.0
Dans un grand vent de fleurs
7.0
To Remember
0.0
Mountain of Diamonds
0.0
The Burning Shore
5.7
Sacrée soirée
6.1
Nulle part ailleurs
0.0
Matin Bonheur
7.6
In Search of Captain Grant
9.5
Ακυβέρνητες Πολιτείες
6.0
La Chambre des dames
6.8
Champs-Elysées
5.0
Ciné regards
Les Charmes de l'été
0.0
Les Charmes de l'été
6.0
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
8.5
Apostrophes
9.5
Spécial cinéma
Samedi soir
6.0
Samedi soir
8.0
Dim Dam Dom
8.7