Marina Vlady
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. Their long-distance relationship also inspired several of Vysotsky's songs. Vlady was also advocate for abortion at a time when the procedure was illegal in France and she participated in protests against deportations of Arab workers from France.
For her turn in The Conjugal Bed, Vlady won the Best Actress Award at the 1963 Cannes Film Festival.
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