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My Take
Marina Vlady strikes me as one of European cinema's quietly formidable figures. Born near Paris with Russian roots, she won Best Actress at Cannes in 1963 and was later honored with the Pushkin Medal and France's Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, a span that bridges two cultures few performers ever straddle. I'm especially drawn to her work with Godard in Two or Three Things I Know About Her, where intelligence reads on her face as clearly as emotion. That she also became a writer and sculptor tells me acting was only one room in a much larger creative house. A genuine artist, not just a star.
Overview
Marina Vlady (born Marina Catherine de Poliakoff-Baydaroff; 10 May 1938) is a French actress. Her film credits include The Conjugal Bed (1963), Two or Three Things I Know About Her (1967), The Flavor of Corn (1986) and Orson Welles' Chimes at Midnight (1966). She wrote about her ten-year, long-distance relationship with third husband Vladimir Vysotsky in the memoir Vladimir, or the Aborted Flight.
Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Marina Vlady
- Name (Japanese)
- マリナ・ヴラディ
- Reading
- まりな・ゔらでぃ
- Born
- May 10, 1938 (age 88)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Taurus / Tiger
- Origin
- Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, France
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- 2 cm
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- actor / singer / writer / film actor / sculptor
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Private
Awards & achievements
- 1963 Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actress
- Pushkin Medal
- 1994 Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres
- 1954 Prix Suzanne Bianchetti
- 1970 Étoile de cristal
- 2008 Prix Reconnaissance des cinéphiles
- Ordre des Arts et des Lettres
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
5. Works & records
| Category | Title | Role | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Notable work | Toi, le venin | — | |
| Notable work | La Princesse de Clèves | — | |
| Notable work | The Conjugal Bed | — | |
| Notable work | Two or Three Things I Know About Her | — | |
| Notable work | Let Joy Reign Supreme | — |
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-02
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.