Marina Vlady died
Marina Vladi has performed roles in dozens of films shot in France, Italy, the USSR/Russia and other countries. Her partners were Marcello Mastroiani, Robert Ossein and Vladimir Vysotsky. She was married from 1970 to 1980
French actress, singer and writer of Russian origin Marina Vladi has died at the age of 88, her family told AFP.
The cause of death of the actress is not specified.
Ekaterina Marina Polyakova-Baydarova, later known as Marina Vladi, was born on May 10, 1938 in the French city of Clichy-la-Garenne. She made her debut as an actress in the 1949 film Summer Thunderstorm.
Since the early 1950s, she has been offered leading roles. By the end of the 1970s, the filmography of Marina Vladi already had more than 60 films shot in France, Italy and the USSR. Her filming partners included Marcello Mastroiani and Vladimir Vysotsky, whom she married from 1970 until his death in 1980.
In 1992, Marina Vladi played Empress Catherine II in the Russian-Japanese film Dreams of Russia, the film also starred Oleg Yankovsky.
In 2012, Vladi was awarded the Pushkin Medal and the Henri-Langlois Award for a successful and long film career.
Her last work was the 2018 film You Will Live, My Daughter.
