Odile Versois

Odile Versois
Versois in The Bride Can't Wait (1949)
Born	Étiennette de Poliakoff-Baydaroff (1930-06-15)15 June 1930 Paris, France
Died	23 June 1980(1980-06-23) (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.^[1] Born in Paris, she began acting as a child and for a while pursued a ballet career.^[2]

Personal life

Versois married actor Jacques René Dacqmine (1923–2010; 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.^[when?] She died in 1980 in Paris of cancer shortly after her 50th birthday.^[3]

Filmography

References

External links

• Odile Versois at AllMovie
• Odile Versois profile, Cinememorial.com (in French)
• Odile Versois profile, Premiere.fr (in French)

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