According to Le Figaro, the information about the artist's death was confirmed by her relatives. In a family statement, there were words of gratitude for her "long, beautiful, and fulfilling life." ### From ballet to big cinema Marina Vlady was born on May 10, 1938, in Clichy near Paris. Her real name was Ekaterina-Marina Polyakova-Baidarova. She was the youngest of four daughters in a family of Russian émigrés who left Russia after the 1917 revolution. The pseudonym Vlady was chosen by the actress in memory of her father, Vladimir Polyakov-Baidarov. Initially, she trained in ballet, but she quickly chose theater and cinema. She received her first role as a child. A significant role in her early film career was played by Robert Hossein, who became her first husband. Together, they were considered one of the notable couples in French cinema of their time. In 1963, her role in Marco Ferreri's film "The Marriage Bed" earned Vlady the Best Actress award at the Cannes Film Festival. A year later, she was nominated for a Golden Globe. The actress also worked with Jean-Luc Godard and continued to act actively in the following decades. ### Love story with Vysotsky For millions of viewers, Marina Vlady will forever be associated with the name of Vladimir Vysotsky. They married in 1970, and their marriage lasted until Vysotsky's death in 1980. Before Vysotsky, Vlady was married to Robert Hossein, with whom she had two sons, and then to French aviator Jean-Claude Bruyère. Later, her fourth husband was oncologist Leon Schwarzenberg. They lived together for 23 years until his death in 2003. Since the 1980s, Marina Vlady appeared less frequently on screen.
