Marina Vlady died

Franco-Russian actress, singer and writer Marina Vladi (Ekaterina-Marina Polyakova-Baydarova) has died at the age of 88. This was reported by the leading national media, including Le Figaro. The circumstances of Ms Vlady's death have not been reported. She has lived in Paris in recent years.

Marina Vladi, daughter of immigrants from Russia, was born in Klishy on May 10, 1938. She got her first role at the age of 10 in Jean Gueret’s film Summer Thunderstorm.

At the age of 17, she married director Robert Ossein and starred in several of his films. In 1963, she won the prize for Best Actress at the Cannes Film Festival for the film Bee Queen directed by Marco Ferreri. She has worked with directors such as Jean-Luc Godard, Orson Welles and Andre Michel. Ms. Vlady is Commander of the Order of Arts and Letters of France.

In 1970, Marina Vladi married Vladimir Vysotsky. She helped organize his tours in France and the United States and record records abroad. Ms. Vladi remained with Vladimir Vysotsky until the death of the artist in 1980. She later published a book of memoirs "Vladimir, or Interrupted Flight".

Andrei Kelekeev