The biography of women like Marina Vlady is always fascinating. A wonderful actress and wonderful mother, in our country she is not so famous. Few have heard about Vladi’s work in the cinema. But many know her as the wife of a brilliant poet and singer, bard Vladimir Vysotsky.
Parents of the actress
Marina Vladimirovna Vladi has Russian roots. Vladi is the pseudonym of the actress, which she took in memory of her father. Her real name is Polyakova-Baidarova. She was born in Clichy-la-Garenne, a commune located near Paris, 6 kilometers from the Louvre. This event occurred on May 10, 1938. Marina became the fourth, youngest daughter in the family of opera artist Vladimir Polyakov-Baidarov and ballerina Militsa Envald. Vladi’s father left Russia during the First World War, and his mother’s family after the revolution. There, in exile, they met.
Marina Vladi, whose biography speaks for itself, simply had to become an actress. Having been born in a family directly connected with the art world, she could not choose another path for herself. All daughters followed in the footsteps of their parents and connected their lives with creativity. The two older sisters of Vladi became actresses (Tatyana and Militsa), and Olga became a television director.
Movie debut
Marina wanted to become a dancer, like her mother. She began to study at the choreographic school at the Paris Opera, but the offer to play a cameo role in the film "Summer Thunderstorm" forever changed her fate. The girl, at age 11 for the first time filming the movie, no longer wanted to dance, now her dream was the world of cinema. After this work, Marina Vladi, whose filmography was quickly replenished, starred in several modest roles, until she gained enough acting experience for serious work. In 1953, she starred in two melodramas, which made it possible to talk about her as a talented aspiring actress - in First Love and First-Class Girl.
The first success and popularity in the USSR
After the film "Before the Flood" to Vlad came success. At the age of 17, she was offered to star in the film adaptation of Kuprin’s novel “Olesya” - the film “The Witch”. This role brought the young actress a resounding success and incredible popularity in the Soviet Union. She was a French actress, and this added her exotic look to Soviet audiences. But there was also something of her own, dear.
In France, Vladi is becoming a new type, combining fragility and an unbending will to live at the same time.
Marina Vladi, whose filmography includes more than 100 films, can rightfully be proud of her creative career. Such a number of roles amazes and confirms how talented the actress is Marina Vladi. The biography, unfortunately, talks rather poorly about her roles, only casually mentioning the most famous works of the artist in the cinema.
Marriage
Marina Vladi, whose biography is full of interesting facts, has always made a strong impression on men. She did not have the fatal beauty of Carmen, they were attracted by her angelic, weightless beauty: radiant eyes, golden hair, emotionality, and at the same time fragility. This is exactly what Marina Robert Hossein first saw, an actor known in our country for a series of films about Angelica. He played one of the main roles in them - the Count of Toulouse, singer and scientist Geoffrey de Peyrac. These films were a resounding success not only in the Soviet Union. According to the actor, women all over the world went crazy. And he suddenly met his Angelica in life. It happened at a reception in the Polyakovs house. Vlad was then 11 years old. All four sisters were considered incredibly beautiful, but Hossein was fascinated only by Marina. Of course, the age difference did not allow to think about any relationship, but the image of a fragile girl for a long time sunk into the soul of the actor.
They met again when Vladi was 16 years old. And Robert completely lost his head. He bought all the magazines with photos of Marina, disappeared as a guest in the Polyakov family. On the set of the film “Bastards Go to Hell” they walked for a long time along the beach. And although Marina Vladi repeatedly told Osseyn that he was not her type, the actor managed to get the girl’s consent to the marriage.
Marina Vladi and Robert Hossein got married during the filming of the film "Crime and Punishment", where they again starred together. The actors have been married for 4 years, starred in 9 joint films, Marina gave birth to two sons. But it was a difficult year, full of disagreements and reconciliations. Hossein, recalling the marriage with Vladi, admits that his main mistake was the consent to live in the house of his wife's family. She did not want to leave her parents and sisters, with whom she was very close, and he could not insist on living separately. And this inability to be alone destroyed all relationships. In 1959, after one long quarrel, the couple finally broke up.
But such a beautiful woman could not remain alone for a long time. The second husband of Vladi was the pilot Jean Bruyet, the owner of the airline. From him, Marina has a son. This marriage was also short-lived, and lasted 3 years.
Interrupted flight
The happiest and at the same time difficult years of the actress's life are associated with her third marriage. Vladimir Vysotsky and Marina Vlady at the time of their acquaintance were famous people and established personalities. Having met in 1967, they no longer parted for 12 years. The difficult life for two countries was hard for the actress, but for the sake of Vysotsky she was ready for endless flights and long partings. Vladi said that the poet was not only her husband for her (they married in 1970), but also a friend. They starred together in the film and recorded several collaborative songs.
It is interesting that Marina Vlady, whose height is about 173 centimeters, was taller than Vysotsky (his height is 170 cm). But none of them were complex about this.
Over time, problems arose not only with rare encounters. The authorities of the poet did not recognize, he was practically forbidden to engage in creativity. In the USSR, he felt like a prisoner, but he could not live in France either. He liked to be there, but in this country he felt like a stranger. How to find a compromise, Vysotsky and Marina Vladi did not know.
July 29, 1980 he was supposed to fly to Paris, to her, but on the 25th the poet was gone.
The book of Marina Vladi about Vysotsky
After the poet’s death, 9 years passed before Vladi was able to gather her thoughts and write an autobiographical book, Vladimir, or Interrupted Flight. The book turned out to be very frank. Vladi honestly wrote the whole truth about the last years of the bard's life and how he slowly killed himself. The actress has always been straightforward in her assessments, and after the release of the novel, many were offended by her for the truth written in the book. For Vysotsky's fans, this work was shocking - no one knew then, except his family and friends, what problems he had in his life.
Literary work of Marina Vlady
After the book about Vysotsky, another talent appeared in Marina Vlady - writing. She has already published many published works. This is a book written with the sisters “Grandmother”, “My Cherry Orchard”, “On the Beach”, “Tales for the Militsa”. Vladi’s work as a writer has been awarded several European awards.
Children
Marina Vlady, whose biography is rich in both happy and tragic events, is the mother of three adult sons. She rarely sees them, because they live in different parts of the world. The children insisted that there should always be a mobile phone near Vladi, although she does not like all these technical innovations. In 1996, the eldest son of the actress, Igor, was in a terrible car accident. He still has not recovered from the consequences of the accident. In that crash, the granddaughters of Vlad died. This amazing woman has had to face death so many times that she is not afraid of anything in this life.
The husbands of Marina Vladi, and in her life there were 4 marriages, were all unique people. The last wife of the actress was the famous French specialist in oncology Leon Schwarzenberg. Tarkovsky, being treated by him, introduced his doctor to Vlad. She then could not move away from the death of Vysotsky, was in severe depression. Leon as a doctor helped her cope with this condition. Their relationship began as a friendship, then grew into a strong love, and ended in 2003 with the death of Schwarzenberg. In a cruel irony of fate, he died of the same disease that he treated in his patients - cancer.
Marina Vladi now
Marina Vladi remained the last in the family. Tatyana died at the age of 50 of cancer, Militsa - at the age of 57 from a stroke. The eldest of the sisters, Olga, lived a long life. She died in 2009.
Now the actress lives in the suburbs of Paris. She continues to write books, still plays in the theater.
One of Vladi’s last acting films was the role in the film directed by Hakkar “A few days of respite” in 2010.
The last mention of the actress in the press was the other day. Marina Vlady has sued the publishing house "Komsomolskaya Pravda" 1 million rubles for an article that contained information defaming her. It seems that even at the age of 75, the personal life of the famous actress interests many.