Odile Versois

Odile Versois

Born: June 14, 1930
Died: June 23, 1980
in Paris, France
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.

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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Drummer-Crab
Title: Drummer-Crab
Character: L'épouse au bistrot de l'ancien gendarme
Released: November 9, 1977
Type: Movie
"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Crab") is the nickname for the mysterious central character, Willsdorff (Jacques Perrin), an Alsatian, whose doomed, out-of-date career is recalled through the tales of three naval officers currently serving aboard a French supply ship in the North Atlantic.
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Title: L' Italien ou Le confessionnal des péntients noirs
Character: La marquise Vivaldi
Released: July 1, 1977
Type: TV
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Stationschef Fallmerayer
Title: Stationschef Fallmerayer
Released: May 2, 1976
Type: Movie
Based on Joseph Roth's novella.
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Title: Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Character: Self
Released: January 12, 1975
Type: TV
A talk show presented by Michel Drucker
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Title: La Juive du Château-Trompette
Character: La Marquise Hélène de Beauséjour
Released: December 8, 1974
Type: TV
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Églantine
Title: Églantine
Released: February 25, 1972
Type: Movie
Léopold, a young schoolboy, returns from boarding school to spend the summer vacations with his family. He is delighted to see his grandmother Eglantine again. The good times spent with all those close to him make him forget the stress of school. But with the start of the new school year fast approaching, Léopold learns of Eglantine's death.
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The Diary of an Innocent Boy
Title: The Diary of an Innocent Boy
Character: La conseillère
Released: January 12, 1968
Type: Movie
Set in 18th century France, a naive 17-year-old orphan named Benjamin is taken in by his wealthy aunt, the Countess de Valandry. There, he is seduced by a variety of women, including a few flirtatious maidservants and neighboring countesses who all want to be Benjamin's "first".
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Dernier tiercé
Title: Dernier tiercé
Released: July 17, 1965
Type: Movie
A beautician inherits a racing stable and a fortune of 160 million, which she can only collect in 5 years, if she has maintained and cared for the horses, including Prince III, preferred by her uncle who made her his heir. The thoroughbred wins a race during which the rival jockey is killed. The police suspect murder.
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Because, Because of a Woman
Title: Because, Because of a Woman
Character: Nathalie
Released: August 17, 1963
Type: Movie
A young man is a collector of feminine conquests. One morning, leaving one of his mistresses he is addressed by one of his past flirts. As revenge, she denounces him later to the police as the murderer of her fiance who was found dead the same morning. With the help of his mistresses and some new ones he makes on the road, the young man goes in search of the man he thinks is the killer, then his blond consort with whom he fell in love at the first sight the evening before.
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Incident in Saigon
Title: Incident in Saigon
Released: May 15, 1963
Type: Movie
In transit to Saigon, Jean Dartigues wants to see Nicole, whom he once knew and secretly loved. The young woman, now a widow, is a high school teacher. However, the police have just uncovered a story of arms and drug trafficking and are forbidding passengers to leave the airport. With the help of a bartender, Jean manages to get into town. At school, no Nicole, but he meets a young Vietnamese girl who offers to help him with his research. One thing leading to another, one adventure leading to another, Jean finds himself involved in the trafficking operation, first unwittingly, then of his own free will, when he realizes that Van, the young Vietnamese woman involved, is risking her own life. With the help of the girl's family and a sympathetic policeman, Jean manages to have the gang arrested, and, taking the plane back to France - very temporarily - he entrusts Van, who has become his most precious possession, to Nicole, who has finally been found and is somewhat melancholy.
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Le mari ne compte pas
Title: Le mari ne compte pas
Character: Mme Denise Grosjean, épouse de Léon
Released: April 2, 1963
Type: Movie
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Cartouche
Title: Cartouche
Character: Isabelle de Ferrussac
Released: March 7, 1962
Type: Movie
In the 18th century, Louis de Bourguignon is working with the Malichot's gang, but their ways are too 'unethical' for him. He creates his own band, acting under the name of Cartouche, making audacious robberies of the rich people, and even distributing the takings with the poor. Thus, cartouche attracts the people's sympathies, Venus's love, and hate from the Police and Malichot... Cartouche can escape all the traps they set at him - except the entrapments of love. Eventually, he will be saved by a woman, at her own cost.
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The Secret of the Blue Men
Title: The Secret of the Blue Men
Character: Suzanne
Released: August 11, 1961
Type: Movie
An adventurer intends to seize the fabulous treasure of the Tuaregs. But when he falls in love with a beautiful Indian woman, he ends up defending the booty from other adventurers with less scruples.
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La dragée haute
Title: La dragée haute
Released: July 27, 1960
Type: Movie
Taking the place of the police, whom he finds neither fast nor efficient enough, a journalist named Hugo sets out to find the perpetrator of a murder. Suffocating in the small town where he plies his trade, he is eager to seize the opportunity that will make him a great reporter. The discovery of a murdered young woman - a high-fashion model - puts him on the trail of diamond smugglers. Despite the cautious advice of the newspaper editor and the pleas of his wife, who senses the dangers threatening them, Hugo forges ahead, plunging headlong into the labyrinth where gangsters are luring him to disappear. He finally unmasks the murderer. He finally gets his sensational story - but through his own carelessness, another girl falls victim to the gang. At the last second, the wife he thought he'd lost through his stubborn, madly clumsy attitude is still there, ready to comfort him.
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Ombre chère
Title: Ombre chère
Character: Irène
Released: December 12, 1959
Type: Movie
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Blonde in a White Car
Title: Blonde in a White Car
Character: Hélène
Released: March 27, 1959
Type: Movie
Picked up by a beautiful motorist, jobless hitchhiker Pierre (Hossein) is subsequently romanced by the girl. Immediately thereafter, however, she dumps him, attempting to run him over as a final insult. Memorizing her license number, Pierre pursues the enigmatic motorist. Arriving at her home, Pierre is met by two young ladies (Marina Vlady and Odelle Versois), either one of whom might be the woman he's looking for.
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Passport to Shame
Title: Passport to Shame
Character: Marie Louise 'Malou' Beaucaire
Released: December 2, 1958
Type: Movie
British melodrama about a cabbie befriending a girl caught up in the white slave trade.
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Herrscher ohne Krone
Title: Herrscher ohne Krone
Character: Queen Mathilde
Released: January 15, 1957
Type: Movie
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Checkpoint
Title: Checkpoint
Character: Francesca
Released: December 25, 1956
Type: Movie
Stanley Baker's O'Donovan is sent to steal the plans of a rival company's racing car designs, to ensure his employers win the competition. However, when opening a safe containing the plans, he triggers an alarm leading to a gun battle where he kills a number of people. James Robertson Justice, alarmed by the scandal surrounding the killings, orders his agent be killed surreptitiously to hide his involvement with the plot. The film uses original footage from the Mille Miglia , an Italian open-road endurance race, featuring classic period racing cars.
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Les insoumises
Title: Les insoumises
Released: August 22, 1956
Type: Movie
Four noble ladies, four widows, live in isolation in a Berry ch teau. There's the Mme de Bussange, her two sisters Sylvie and Hélène, her sister-in-law Elisabeth and her little boy, who alone will pass on the family name. Two men come along: Gilbert and René, bringing trouble and confusion. Gilbert courts Hélène, while René becomes attached to Elisabeth. Relations between the widows become strained and heated, until an attempt is made on Elisabeth's life. The culprit, Sylvie, kills herself. In despair, Mme de Bussange sets fire to the castle and dies in the inferno.
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Title: Plaisir du théâtre
Character: Mme Denise Grosjean, épouse de Léon
Released: July 3, 1956
Type: TV
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Girl on the Third Floor
Title: Girl on the Third Floor
Character: (uncredited)
Released: August 2, 1955
Type: Movie
A Parisian reporter tries to exonerate a fugitive neighbor of charges he murdered his wife.
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To Paris with Love
Title: To Paris with Love
Character: Lizette Marconne
Released: January 1, 1955
Type: Movie
A father and son go to Paris to help each other find love.
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The Young Lovers
Title: The Young Lovers
Character: Anna Szobek
Released: August 24, 1954
Type: Movie
A young employee of the British State Department falls in love with the daughter of a top Russian diplomat, much to the panic of their respective countries' officials, who suspect espionage. The cast includes David Knight, Odile Versois, Theodore Bikel and David Kossoff.
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A Day to Remember
Title: A Day to Remember
Character: Martine Berthier
Released: November 10, 1953
Type: Movie
Based on The Hand and the Flower, a novel by Jerrard Tickell, A Day to Remember stars Stanley Holloway as Charley Porter, captain of London darts team. When the team travels to the French town of Boulogne for the annual darts tournament, a good time is had by all--and more besides. Jim Carver one of the team's members, is reunited with a little French girl he'd befriended during the war, who has now developed into a beautiful young woman. And Fred Collins makes a poignant journey to the hotel where he'd honeymooned with his late wife. The film works best as a low-key comedy-drama; it is least successful when it ventures into O. Henry territory and strains for "surprise" story twists. ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi
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Mina de Vanghel
Title: Mina de Vanghel
Character: Mina de Vanghel
Released: March 6, 1953
Type: Movie
A romantic German girl is brought to France. After an interlude with an old roue, she falls in love with a simple, but married, man. She goes to work for him as a servant, but after a night of love with him, she commits suicide.
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Les Crimes de l'amour
Title: Les Crimes de l'amour
Character: Mina de Vanghel (segment 'Mina de Vanghel')
Released: January 2, 1953
Type: Movie
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Grand gala
Title: Grand gala
Released: December 5, 1952
Type: Movie
An officer brings to him in Morocco a dancer he loves.
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His First Affair
Title: His First Affair
Character: Domenica Léandri
Released: January 9, 1952
Type: Movie
The beautiful Domenica makes a student believe that her husband is a Corsican bandit, while he is a teacher.
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Beautiful Love
Title: Beautiful Love
Character: Helga Jorgensen
Released: June 1, 1951
Type: Movie
Dr. Claude Moulin leaves his wife and child for a younger woman but the child needs attention and the wife falls very ill.
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Into the Blue
Title: Into the Blue
Character: Jackie
Released: December 27, 1950
Type: Movie
Enjoying a holiday in the sun, Mr and Mrs Fergusson are relaxing on board a chartered yacht off the coast of France - their only crew, the skipper-owner and his adopted daughter. On taking a turn around the deck, Mr Fergusson is rather put-out to discover a stowaway helping himself to the comforts of their dinghy. Though very charming, the stranger refuses to give any explanation for his presence - and the Fergussons soon find themselves involved in a rather more eventful sailing trip than they had expected!
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Mademoiselle Josette, ma femme
Title: Mademoiselle Josette, ma femme
Character: Josette
Released: September 20, 1950
Type: Movie
Josette needs to marry within a year to get her aunt's money but her fiance has left.After getting permission from her godfather for a "white wedding, " she realizes she loves the godfather instead.
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The Elders of Saint-Loup
Title: The Elders of Saint-Loup
Character: Catherine Jacquelin
Released: September 8, 1950
Type: Movie
Due to financial problems, the boarding-school of Saint-Loup is on the verge of closing its doors. In desperation, Jacquelin, the headmaster, has the idea to invite former students to a fund-raising reunion. Among the alumni, three men whose common point is to have been in love at the time with the headmaster's niece. One is a banker, the second a priest and the last one a globetrotter. All of a sudden, the peace of the assembly is disturbed: Jacquelin's niece has just been murdered.
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Paolo e Francesca
Title: Paolo e Francesca
Character: Francesca da Rimini
Released: February 28, 1950
Type: Movie
The tragic love story, already narrated by Dante in his Inferno, of Paolo Malatesta and Francesca da Polenta. Francesca is married to Paolo's brother, Gianciotto an old and crippled man and secretly Paolo's mistress. When Gianciotto finds out tragedy ensues.
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Summer Storm
Title: Summer Storm
Character: Marie-Lou
Released: December 22, 1949
Type: Movie
An attractive Englishman who is spending his holidays in France, breaks into a French family.
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La sposa non può attendere
Title: La sposa non può attendere
Character: Maria
Released: October 26, 1949
Type: Movie
On his way to his own wedding, a young man saves a woman who attempted suicide by jumping into a river and falls for her.
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Fantomas Against Fantomas
Title: Fantomas Against Fantomas
Character: La jeune fille
Released: February 8, 1949
Type: Movie
Everyone in Paris thinks Fantomas is dead. A wave of extortion, blackmail and murder all point to the master criminal. Inspector Juve and his reporter friend Fandor set out to find the truth.
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The Last Vacation
Title: The Last Vacation
Character: Juliette Lherminier
Released: March 24, 1948
Type: Movie
A schoolboy remembers his last holiday in the big house of his family in the country, before it was sold.