Vallier, Hélène (1932–1988)

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Vallier, Hélène (1932–1988)

French actress. Name variations: Helene Vallier. Born Militza de Poliakoff-Baidaroff (also seen as Baidarov), Feb 2, 1932, in Paris, France; died Aug 1, 1988, in Marseille, France; sister of Odile Versois, Marina Vlady, and Olga Poliakoff (all actresses).

Made film debut in Penne nere (1952), followed by Saadia, Sophie et le crime, Le dialogue des Carmélites, La maison des Bories, Le Sauveur, Beau masque, Toute une vie, Love and Death, Le Portrait de Dorian Gray and L'Adolescente, among others; on tv, appeared as Raissa Klarsfeld in "Nazi Hunter: The Beate Klarsfeld Story" (1986).

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