Odile Versois
Odile Versois ( born June 14, 1930 in Paris as Tania de Poliakoff - Baïdaroff, † June 23, 1980 in Paris) was a French actress.
Life
Odile Versois was born in 1930 in Paris as the daughter of opera singer Vladimir de Poliakoff and the dancer Militza Enwald. Both parents came from Russia and emigrated from there in the wake of the October Revolution in France. She received training in classical dance and was from 1936 to 1946 under the name Tania Baydarova member of the Ballet of the Paris Opera. Then she turned to the film and already her first role in Les Vacances Dernières brought her 18 years of the Prix Suzanne Bianchetti as best young actress a. In the 1950s, her career was at its peak and they also got several commitments abroad, first in Italy and later particularly in the UK. The German public is Odile Versois primarily for her role as Danes Queen remembered that without crown a liaison with the influential at the court physician Dr. Struensee (played by OW Fischer) ruler enters Harald Braun's historical drama, which has to pay for it with his life. During the 1960s she rarely appeared on the canvas, instead she played in numerous television productions and also appeared frequently at the theater on.
Odile Versois was first married to actor Jacques Dacqmine and then with Francois Pozzo di Borgo, with whom she had four children. Her sisters Marina Vlady ( born 1938 ), Helene Vallier ( 1932-1988 ) and Olga Baidar - Poliakoff ( 1928-2009 ) are or were also actresses.
Odile Versois died in 1980 from cancer and is buried at the Russian Orthodox cemetery in the Paris suburb of Sainte -Geneviève -des- Bois.