Lydia Vertinskaya was a Soviet and Russian actress and artist. She appeared in five films, including "The Kingdom of Crooked Mirrors", "Don Quixote" and "The New Adventures of Puss in Boots" After leaving the cinema, Lydia Vladimirovna continued to paint.

She married her future husband Alexander Vertinsky in 1955. She died of cancer in 2011. She was buried in Moscow. She is survived by her husband and two children. She also has a son, Alexander, and a daughter, Yana.