Marina Vlady, French-Russian actress, has died at the age of 88
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- The French-Russian actress, singer and writer Marina Vlady died today, Thursday 24 September, at the age of 88, as announced by her family to Agence France Presse.
- She is known for her role in 'A modern story - The queen bee' (1963) by Marco Ferreri, which earned her the award for best performance at the Cannes Film Festival.
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Why It Matters
Marina Vlady, daughter of Russian immigrants who fled the 1917 Revolution, was born in Clichy in 1938. She began as a dancer at the Paris Opera, then turned to acting, landing her first role at 10 years old. She married Robert Hossein at 17 and worked with directors such as Marco Ferreri and Jean-Luc Godard.
The French-Russian actress, singer and writer Marina Vlady died today, Thursday 24 September, at the age of 88: this was announced by her family to the France Presse agency. The role played in A modern story - The queen bee (1963) by Marco Ferreri earned her the award for best interpretation at the Cannes Film Festival.
The daughter of Russian immigrants who fled the 1917 Revolution, Marina Vlady was born in Clichy, France, on May 10, 1938. After starting as a young dancer at the Paris Opera, she soon abandoned dancing to devote herself to acting. He got his first role at just 10 years old in Jean Gehret's film Orage d'été (1949). Directed by director Robert Hossein - who she married at just 17 years old - she starred in several of his films and together with him formed one of the most famous couples in cinema of the time. In the Sixties he starred, among other things, in Two or Three Things I Know About Her by Jean-Luc Godard.
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