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Biography of Marina Vlady - Actress
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Marina Vlady (Marina De Poliakoff-Baidaroff) (born 10 May 1938) is a France|French actor|actress. She won the Best Actress Award at the 1963 Cannes Film Festival for her performance in The Conjugal Bed. She married Vladimir Vysotsky in 1969. Marina Vlady was the sister of actresses Odile Versois and Helene Vallier; her father was a noted artist of Russian heritage. Like her siblings, she began acting in childhood and for a while pursued a ballet career. Projecting a more Wiktionary:sensual|sensual, alluring image than her sisters, she gained international renown (and a Cannes Festival award) for her work in 1963's The Conjugal Bed. One of her few English language|English roles was Kate Percy in Orson Welles' Chimes at Midnight. Her TV credits include the 1983 mini series La Chambre des Dames. Marina Vlady was at one time the wife of actor/film director|director Robert Hossein. ==External links== *imdb name|id=0900557|name=Marina Vlady France-actor-stub

