French actress Marina Vlady, who starred in more than 80 films and won the Best Actress prize at the Cannes Film Festival, has died aged 88.
Vlady died at her home, surrounded by her family and animals, her children said in a statement.
She had a career spanning several decades and worked with prominent filmmakers including French New Wave director Jean-Luc Godard and Hollywood actor and director Orson Welles.
Her children described her life as “a long and beautiful life, well lived”.
Vlady won the Best Actress award at the 1963 Cannes Film Festival for her performance in The Conjugal Bed. The role also earned her a Golden Globe.
Two years later, she took a rare English-language role in Welles’s Shakespearean drama Chimes at Midnight, released in 1965.
Born to a former dancer and a former French army aviator who also sang at the opera, Vlady also pursued music alongside her acting career.
She recorded two albums with her sisters, adding another dimension to a career that made her a notable figure in French cinema.
