French actress and writer Marina Vlady, widow of Soviet poet Vladimir Vysotsky, died on September 24 in France at the age of 88. In recent years, she lived quietly in Paris and rarely appeared in public. Vlady passed away at her home, surrounded by family and pets.
Her death was announced by her children. The official cause was not disclosed, but on September 25, Vysotsky's son Nikita told TASS that Vlady had been ill for a long time. He did not provide further details about her illness.
In her final years, Vlady largely withdrew from public life. After the death of her fourth husband, oncologist Léon Schwartzenberg, in 2003, she continued to focus on literature. She wrote short stories, novels, memoirs, and essays, and worked with materials related to Vladimir Vysotsky. After the poet's death, she published a memoir titled "Vladimir, or a Flight Interrupted" and created a play of the same name.
Vysotsky's son Nikita said he last saw Vlady about 15–20 years ago. He noted her contribution to preserving the memory of his father.
Marina Vlady was the stage name of Ekaterina-Maria Polyakova-Baydarova. She was born on May 10, 1938, in Clichy, France, to a family of Russian émigrés. Vlady began her acting career as a child, landing her first role at age 10. Over her career, she appeared in approximately 100 films.
Vlady worked with Jean-Luc Godard, Orson Welles, and other renowned directors. Her notable works include "The Sorceress," "Two or Three Things I Know About Her," "The Princess of Cleves," and "Midnight Bells." In 1963, she won the Best Actress award at the Cannes Film Festival for her role in Marco Ferreri's "The Conjugal Bed" (also known as "The Queen Bee"). In 1965, she served on the jury of the Moscow International Film Festival.
Vlady met Vladimir Vysotsky in 1967. They married in 1970 and remained together until the poet's death in 1980. The couple had no children. Before marrying Vysotsky, she was married to director Robert Hossein and pilot Jean-Claude Brouillet, and after the poet's death, she married Léon Schwartzenberg. Vlady had three sons from previous marriages.
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