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Marina Vlady

Marina Vlady

Actor · Died September 24, 2026, aged 88 · Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, France

Marina Vlady (born Marina de Poliakoff-Baidaroff; 10 May, 1938 - died 24 September, 2026) was a French actress who made her film debut at 11. She has appeared in more than 100 feature films and television productions. She arrived as the blond bombshell and was the main attraction in "La sorcière" (1956). Catherine Marina de Poliakoff-Baïdaroff was born in Clichy on 10 May 1938, to White Russian immigrant parents. Her father, Vladimir Poliakoff, was an opera singer, and her mother, Militza, was a dancer. Her sisters, now all deceased, were the actresses Odile Versois, Hélène Vallier and Olga Baïdar-Poliakoff. The sisters began acting as children and, for a while, pursued a ballet career. Vlady won the Best Actress Award at the 1963 Cannes Film Festival for The Conjugal Bed. In 1965, she was a member of the jury at the 4th Moscow International Film Festival. She starred in Jean-Luc Godard's Two or Three Things I Know About Her (1967), and later portrayed the insightful and protective stepmother in the Italian film The Flavor of Corn (1986). A rare English language role was as Kate Percy in Orson Welles' Chimes at Midnight (1966). Her television credits include the 1983 mini-series La Chambre des Dames. In 1971, Vlady signed the Manifesto of the 343, which publicly declared she had an abortion as a way to advocate for abortion, even though the procedure was illegal in France at the time. Vlady and her partner Léon Schwartzenberg participated in the protests against deportations of Arab workers from France. She accepted a role in a film about a gay couple from Iran. From 1955 to 1959, Vlady was married to actor/director Robert Hossein. From 1963 to 1966, she was married to Jean-Claude Brouillet, a French entrepreneur, owner of two airlines and member of the French Resistance. Vlady's third husband was the Soviet poet and songwriter, Vladimir Vysotsky; they were married and lived in Moscow from 1969 until his death in 1980. Vlady wrote Vladimir, or the Aborted Flight, a memoir of her relationship with Vladimir Vysotsky. For a decade, the couple maintained a long-distance relationship as Vlady compromised her career in France in order to spend more time in Moscow, and his friends pulled strings for him to travel abroad. She eventually joined the Communist Party of France, which essentially gave her an unlimited-entry visa into the Soviet Union, and provided Vysotsky with some immunity against prosecution by the government. The problems of his long-distance relationship with Vlady inspired several of Vysotsky's songs. She also lived with French oncologist Léon Schwartzenberg from 1980 until his death in 2003. Vlady died on 24 September 2026, aged 88. According to a statement by her children, she died "at home, surrounded by her loved ones and her animals".

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Born
May 10, 1938
Died
September 24, 2026 (aged 88)
From
Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine, France
Works as
Actor
Titles
21 on MovieCove · 102 credits in all
Links
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Known for

TMDB popularity, last 37 days to Oct 26Down 58% in 30 days

What are Marina Vlady's films like?

Across their 23 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

Genres

Comedy7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 51st percentile
: browse their Comedy movies
Drama7 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 61st percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Drama movies
Documentary3 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 89th percentile, at or above their average across these genres
: browse their Documentary movies
Action2 titlesTypical Midcredits score: 31st percentile
: browse their Action movies

Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.

Themes

share of theme weight
Bonds
22%
Self
15%
Morality
15%
Survival
15%
Power
14%
Ideas
10%
Society
8%
Romantic love5 titles, browse their movies with this themeSurvival5 titles, browse their movies with this themeIdentity4 titles, browse their movies with this themeCorruption3 titles, browse their movies with this themeArt3 titles, browse their movies with this themeJustice3 titles, browse their movies with this themeDeception2 titles, browse their movies with this themeClass3 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 23 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Serious: How heavy the subject matter and outlook get. Browse their serious movies.
Tone · Weight
lightdark

A split, not a type: Light 9 · Serious 6 · Dark 8

Stylized: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their stylized movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 7 · Stylized 11 · Heightened 5

Charged: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their charged movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 7 · Charged 15 · Intense 1

Steady: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their steady movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 16 · Shifting 5 · Whiplash 2

Some laughs: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their some laughs movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

A split, not a type: Straight-faced 13 · Some laughs 7 · Funny 3

Slow burn: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their slow burn movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

Slow burn 16 · Even-paced 6 · Relentless 1

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

Casual 7 · Engaged 11 · Full focus 5

Affecting: How much it costs you emotionally; whether you need recovery time. Browse their affecting movies.
Demand · Emotional cost
easyheavy

A split, not a type: Easy watch 10 · Affecting 8 · Heavy 5

Open-ended: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their open-ended movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

A split, not a type: Resolved 15 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 7

Roles they play

8 analyzed roles

Usually the Ally: 3 of 8 analyzed roles.

Ally
3 of 8
Shapeshifter
2 of 8
Hero
1 of 8
Shadow
1 of 8
Herald
1 of 8
Show the 8 roles

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
11
Warm
9
Melancholic
8
Contemplative
8
Absurd
5
Other
15

How their films linger

Thought-provoking10 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFun6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet6 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHopeful5 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteHaunting4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteFeel-good3 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

How their films end

  • Happy6
  • Bittersweet7
  • Tragic2
  • Ambiguous8

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Marina Vlady's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 6 of their 21 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on The Criterion Channel (3).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Marina Vlady's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

102 credits, 21 with a MovieCove page; 32 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.

  • The Wild Palms (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2025)

    as Juliette Jeanson

  • Hossein, Ronet, Trintignant : Confidences de trois acteurs inoubliables (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)

    Actor

  • The Scientist, The Imposter and Stalin: How to Feed the People (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)

    as (voice)

  • 3 femmes en colère (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)

    as Alice Trajan

  • The Bardot mystery (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)

    Actor

  • Resurrection (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    Show 2 episodes · as Zia Duchessa

  • A Few Days of Respite (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)

    as Yolande

  • Resurrection (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2001)

    as Zia Duchessa

  • Victoire, ou la douleur des femmes (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2000)

    Show 3 episodes · as Natacha

  • Not All Dads Pee Standing Up (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1998)

    as Zoé

  • Wind Over the City (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    as Simone

  • Dans un grand vent de fleurs (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1996)

    Show 7 episodes · as Alexandrine Garlande

  • To Remember (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1993)

    Show 1 episode · as Narrator

  • O-Roshiya-koku suimu-tan(1992)

    as Yekaterina II - empress

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • Mountain of Diamonds (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    as Anna

  • Mountain of Diamonds (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Show 4 episodes · as Anna

  • Bloodsuckers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    as Sugrobina

  • The Burning Shore (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1991)

    Show 4 episodes · as Anna

  • Follow Me (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    as Ljuba

  • Katia & Volodia (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    as (voice)

  • The Flavor of Corn (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    as Duilio's Stepmother

  • Splendor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1989)

    as Chantal

  • Tottering in the Dark (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1987)

    as Maria

  • What Every Frenchwoman Wants(1986)

    as Mme Muller

    Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films

  • Twist again à Moscou(1986)

    as Natacha Tataïev

    Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all films

  • Tangos, the Exile of Gardel (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    as Florence

  • Bordello (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    as Rosa Vonaparte

  • In Search of Captain Grant (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 1 episode · as Marco Vovchok

  • Ακυβέρνητες Πολιτείες (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1985)

    Show 14 episodes · as Rapesku

  • Bis später - ich muss mich erschiessen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1984)

    as Margarita Ivanovna

  • La Chambre des dames (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    Show 10 episodes · as Mathilde Brunel

  • Les Beaux Quartiers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1983)

    as Mme Beurdeley

  • The Secrets of the Princesse de Cadignan (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1982)

    as La marquise d'Espard

  • The Games of Countess Dolingen(1981)

    as La mère de la petite fille

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • L'Œil du maître (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1980)

    as Isabelle de Brabant

  • Hypochondriac (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    as Lucrezia

  • Duets on Sofa (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    as Jacqueline, the dentist

  • Starting Point (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1979)

    Songs

  • The Bermuda Triangle(1978)

    as Kim

    Midcredits score: 4th percentile of all films

  • The Thief of Baghdad(1978)

    as Perizadah

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all films

  • The Two of Them(1977)

    as Mária

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • 7 morts sur ordonnance(1975)

    as Mme Losseray

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • Let Joy Reign Supreme(1975)

    as The Marchioness of Parabère

    Midcredits score: 78th percentile of all films

  • Les Charmes de l'été (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1975)

    Show 5 episodes · as Pauline, la dame en blanc

  • Le complot(1973)

    as Christiane

    Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films

  • Everybody He Is Nice, Everybody He Is Beautiful (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    as Millie Thulle

  • La Nuit bulgare (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1972)

    as Marthe Tarset

  • Sappho (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1971)

    as Françoise Legrand

  • Pour un sourire (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    as Véronique

  • Let's Have a Riot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1970)

    as Imma the cashier

  • Winter Wind(1969)

    as Maria

    Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all films

  • Subject for a Short Story (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1969)

    as Lika Mizinova

  • Le temps de vivre(1969)

    as Marie

    Midcredits score: 30th percentile of all films (provisional, few ratings)

  • 2 or 3 Things I Know About Her(1967)

    as Juliette Jeanson

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all films

  • The Nameless Star (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1966)

    as Mona

  • Atout coeur à Tokyo pour OSS 117(1966)

    as Eva Wilson

    Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films

  • Il ladro della Gioconda(1966)

    as Nicole

    Midcredits score: 11th percentile of all films

  • Chimes at Midnight(1965)

    as Kate Percy

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all films

  • Run for Your Wife (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1965)

    as Nicole

  • The Little Misses (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1964)

    Actor

  • Sweet and Sour (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    as La radio taxi girl

  • The Cage (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    as Isabelle

  • Don't Tempt the Devil (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    as Catherine Dupré

  • The Conjugal Bed(1963)

    as Regina

    Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all films

  • Enough Rope (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1963)

    as Ellie

  • Climates of Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    as Odile Marcenat

  • Pride (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    as Catherine

  • The Seven Deadly Sins(1962)

    as Catherine Lartigue - la Femme (segment "L'orgueuil")

    Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all films

  • The Steppe (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    as Comtesse Dranitsky

  • Adorable Liar (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    as Juliette

  • Canzoni di ieri, canzoni di oggi, canzoni di domani (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1962)

    Actor

  • La ragazza in vetrina(1961)

    as Else

    Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all films

  • Princess of Cleves(1961)

    as Princess of Clèves

    Midcredits score: 47th percentile of all films

  • Take Me As I Am (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1960)

    as Hélène Chalmers

  • The Verdict (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    as Catherine Desroches

  • Double Agents (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    as Elle

  • Blonde in a White Car (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1959)

    as Eva Lecain

  • Provisional Liberty (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1958)

    as Eva

  • Crime and Punishment (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    as Lili Marcellin

  • Forgive Our Trespasses (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    as Dédée

  • The Blonde Witch (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1956)

    as Aino [Ina, US version]

  • The Wicked Go to Hell (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    as Eva

  • Girl on the Third Floor (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    as Sophie Brulard

  • Le Crâneur (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1955)

    as Juliette

  • Sins of Casanova(1955)

    as Fulvia

    Midcredits score: 23rd percentile of all films

  • Days of Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    as Angela Cafalla

  • Sie (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    as Celine

  • Symphony of Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    as Caroline Esterhazy

  • La Belle au bois dormant (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    as La Princesse

  • Before the Deluge (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1954)

    as Liliane Noblet

  • The Hunt (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    as Lucia Giardano

  • Cavalcade of Song (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    as La fanciulla amata

  • The Age of Indiscretion (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    as Annette

  • The Unfaithfuls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1953)

    as Marisa

  • The Devil's Daughter (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    as Graziella, figlia del conte Terzi

  • Black Feathers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    as Gemma Vianello

  • Luxury Girls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    as Eljay

  • Dans la vie tout s'arrange (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1952)

    as La petite Jacqueline (as Marina)

  • Pardon My French (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1951)

    as Jacqueline

  • Due sorelle amano (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1950)

    as Quarta sorella

  • Summer Storm (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1949)

    as Marie-Tempête

  • Une famille un peu ukrainienne (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Actor

Career shape

Star power in the 95th percentile of 239,109 people with a billed film role, over a full career of 102 titles, 101 of them dated from 1949 to 2025; peak year 1966.

Biggest box office

Chimes at Midnight (1965)

$127K worldwide

Highest rated

One Day in the Life of Andrei Arsenevitch (1987)

Midcredits 96th

Most popular right now

What Every Frenchwoman Wants (1986)

Film career

19492025

Peak 1966 · back in prominent film roles after a quiet stretch. Top draw in 1 MovieCove title. Film roles by billing, audience size and rating; 25+ votes. A show carries a single first-air date, so shows are not on the curve.

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting101 of 102: 101 only acting, 0 with another role · typical Midcredits score48thOther crew1 of 102: 1 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

1940s1 · acting1950s26 · acting1960s24 · acting1970s15 · 14 acting · 1 crew1980s17 · acting1990s9 · acting2000s2 · acting2010s5 · acting2020s2 · acting

Billing

usually 4th · top billed in 8% of 13 roles
6373

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored. Billing is TMDB cast order for roles with 25+ votes, billed in the top 30; the columns are the share of top-billed roles in each era, 5-year spans from the year on the label, merged until each holds at least 5 roles.

How do Marina Vlady's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 48th percentile, the median of all 21; across their 23 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 56th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

56thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 23

Approval · how many liked their films

42ndpercentile
Typical film, the median of 23

Reach · how many have seen their films

45thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 23

Midcredits score across 21 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up3
  • 50th to 74th6
  • 25th to 49th9
  • Below 25th3

Shape of the crowd

7 of their 21 titles are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved1
  • Universally Panned1
  • Crowd Pleaser7
  • Broadly Agreed5
  • Mixed7

Most divisive · actor

What Every Frenchwoman Wants (1986)

82nd percentile spread · 17% rated it 4 or lower

Most loved · actor

Chimes at Midnight (1965)

Midcredits 94th · 80% liked

Reviewers score the acting 64/100 in their films, across 14 reviewed titles; fans 75, detractors 46. The element that speaks to their work as an actor.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Marina Vlady's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 48 · moderateMedian of all films: 32

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Marina Vlady work with?

People who share at least 2 of Marina Vlady's MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Jacques Rouffio shares the most, 3.

Directors

Writers

Actors

Composers and cinematographers

Producers

Mixed roles