With heavy hearts, we announce the passing of this wonderful actress who broke so many barriers 💔 Full story below:

Her defining international breakthrough came in 1963.

Vlady starred opposite Ugo Tognazzi in Marco Ferreri’s The Conjugal Bed, known in French as Le Lit conjugal.

Her performance earned her the Best Actress prize at the Cannes Film Festival, one of the greatest honors of her career.

Two years later, she appeared as Lady Percy in Orson Welles’ Shakespearean production Chimes at Midnight, also known as Falstaff.

She later became the central figure in Jean-Luc Godard’s 1967 film Two or Three Things I Know About Her, further cementing her association with some of the most influential filmmakers of the era.

Vlady’s life away from the screen was equally remarkable.

She also pursued music, recording with her sisters, and became known for her political and social activism.

Her causes included opposition to the Algerian War, women’s reproductive rights, support for undocumented migrants and the fight for housing rights.

Her family specifically highlighted that activism following her death, recalling her involvement with causes ranging from the Manifesto of the 343 to the rights of undocumented migrants and the Droit au logement housing movement.

Later in her life, Vlady and her partner, physician and political activist Léon Schwartzenberg, became closely associated with the fight for housing rights.

But perhaps no relationship in Vlady’s personal life attracted more fascination than her marriage to Soviet singer, actor and poet Vladimir Vysotsky.

Their relationship unfolded largely across borders at a time when Vysotsky’s ability to leave the Soviet Union was heavily constrained.

Their love story became part of both artists’ legacies, inspiring some of Vysotsky’s work and later becoming the subject of Vlady’s memoir about their relationship.

Vlady’s personal life intersected repeatedly with the artistic and intellectual world that surrounded her.

Robert Hossein was her first husband, while Vysotsky became her third. She later shared her life with Schwartzenberg.

Yet reducing Marina Vlady to her famous relationships would overlook the extraordinary scope of her own career.

She was an actress who began working as a child and ultimately appeared in more than 80 films.

She was a Cannes Best Actress winner.

She worked with Orson Welles and Jean-Luc Godard.