French film star Marina Vlady dies at 88
French actress Marina Vlady, who appeared in more than 80 films and won Cannes’ Best Actress prize in 1963, has died aged 88, her family said. She worked with Jean-Luc Godard and Orson Welles, and also recorded two albums with her sisters.
French actress Marina Vlady has died at the age of 88, her family said in a statement. She died at home surrounded by relatives and her animals, according to the statement reported by Channels Television. Vlady appeared in more than 80 films and won the Best Actress award at the Cannes Film Festival in 1963 for “The Conjugal Bed”.
The role also earned her a Golden Globe. Her film work included collaborations with French New Wave director Jean-Luc Godard and American filmmaker Orson Welles. In 1965, she took an English-language role in Welles’s Shakespearean film “Chimes at Midnight”.
Vlady also pursued music, recording two albums with her sisters. She was the daughter of a former dancer and a former French army aviator who sang at the opera. Her children described her life as long and beautiful in a statement announcing her death.
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