Actor
Odile Versois
Born June 14, 1930 in Paris, FranceDied June 23, 198036 films
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.
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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 1980 in Paris of cancer shortly after her 50th birthday.
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First watchDrummer-Crab19776.5as The wife at the bistro of the former gendarme"Le Crabe Tambour" ("Drummer Crab") is the nickname for the mysterious central character, Willsdorff (Jacques Perrin), an Alsatian, whose doomed, out-of-date career is recalled through the…View filmEssential films
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36 films as actor- 1977Drummer-CrabThe wife at the bistro of the former gendarme
- 1976Stationschef Fallmerayer
- 1975Van der Valk and the ScapegoatMiss Lindberg
- 1973Un monsieur bien rangéViviane
- 1972ÉglantineMarguerite
- 1968The Diary of an Innocent BoyLa conseillère
- 1965Dernier tiercéJacqueline
- 1963Because, Because of a WomanNathalie
- 1963Incident in Saigon
- 1963Le mari ne compte pasMme Denise Grosjean, épouse de Léon
- 1962CartoucheIsabelle de Ferrussac
- 1961The Secret of the Blue MenSuzanne
- 1960La dragée hauteEvelyne Barsac
- 1959Ombre chèreIrène
- 1959Blonde in a White CarHélène
- 1958Passport to ShameMarie Louise 'Malou' Beaucaire
- 1957King in ShadowQueen Mathilde
- 1956CheckpointFrancesca
- 1956Les insoumisesHélène
- 1955Girl on the Third Floor(uncredited)
- 1955To Paris with LoveLizette Marconne
- 1954The Young LoversAnna Szobek
- 1953A Day to RememberMartine Berthier
- 1953Mina de VanghelMina de Vanghel
- 1953Les Crimes de l'amourMina de Vanghel (segment 'Mina de Vanghel')
- 1952Grand galaAnna
- 1952His First AffairDomenica Léandri
- 1951Beautiful LoveHelga Jorgensen
- 1950Into the BlueJackie
- 1950Mademoiselle Josette, ma femmeJosette
- 1950The Elders of Saint-LoupCatherine Jacquelin
- 1950Paolo e FrancescaFrancesca da Rimini
- 1949Summer StormMarie-Lou
- 1949La sposa non può attendereMaria
- 1949Fantomas Against FantomasLa jeune fille
- 1948The Last VacationJuliette Lherminier