Odile Versois
| Odile Versois | |
|---|---|
 Versois in The Bride Can't Wait (1949) | |
| Born |
Étiennette de Poliakoff-Baydaroff 15 June 1930 Paris, France |
| Died |
23 June 1980 (aged 50) Paris, France |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1948–1980 |
| Spouse(s) |
Jacques Dacqmine (divorced) François Pozzo di Borgo (divorced) |
| Children | 4 |
Odile Versois (born Étiennette de Poliakoff-Baydaroff; 15 June 1930 – 23 June 1980) was a French actress who appeared in 47 film and television productions between 1948 and 1980. Versois was the sister of actresses Marina Vlady, Hélène Vallier and Olga Baïdar-Poliakoff. Their father, Vladimir, was a noted opera singer of Russian descent, and their mother, Militza Envald Voropanoff, was a dancer. Born in Paris, she began acting as a child and for a while pursued a ballet career.[1]
Personal life
Versois married actor Jacques René Dacqmine (30 November 1923 – 29 March 2010; The Queen's Necklace) in 1951 but the couple divorced a year later. She had four children by her second husband, comte François Reynier Ambroise Henri Pozzo di Borgo, whom she married in 1953 but also divorced. She died in Paris of cancer shortly after her 50th birthday.[2]
Selected filmography
- The Last Vacation (1948)
- The Bride Can't Wait (1949)
- Into the Blue (1950)
- Legend of Love (1950)
- A Day to Remember (1953)
- The Young Lovers (1954)
- To Paris with Love (1955)
- Checkpoint (1956)
- Michel Strogoff (1956)
- Passport to Shame (1958)
- Toi, le venin (1958)
- Cartouche (1962)
- Because, Because of a Woman (1963)
- Benjamin (1968)
- Le Crabe-tambour (1977)
- Julien Fontanes, magistrat (1980)
External links
- Odile Versois at AllMovie
- Odile Versois profile, Cinememorial.com (French)
- Odile Versois profile, Premiere.fr (French)
References
- ↑ Some sources cite Tatiana as her birth name and her date of birth as 14 June, not 15 June.
- ↑ Odile Versois at the Internet Movie Database