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Josette Day

Josette Day

Actor · 1914–1978 · Paris, France

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Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Josette Day (July 31, 1914 - June 27, 1978) was a French film actress. Born in Paris, she began her career as an actress in 1919 at the age of five. Day was married in 1941 to famous French studio head Marcel Pagnol, who she met in January 1939. In 1946, she played her best-known role, alongside Jean Marais, as Belle in director Jean Cocteau's famous take on the classic French fairytale Beauty and the Beast. Despite playing numerous parts in famous French films, Day ended her career as an actress in 1950 when she was only 36 years old. Description above from the Wikipedia article Josette Day, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acted in 41

1940s

  1. 1949

    Swiss Tour

    Suzanne

  2. 1948

    The Storm Within

    Madeleine

    77

  3. Stolen Affections

    Françoise Darbel

  4. 1946

    Beauty and the Beast

    Belle

    82
  5. 1943

    Arlette et l'Amour

    Arlette Milloix

  6. 1942

    La Croisée des chemins

    Laurence Chassal

  7. 1941

    La Prière aux étoiles

    Florence Richaud

  8. La Prière aux étoiles (80min cut)

    Florence Richaud

  9. La Prière aux étoiles (film inachevé)

    Florence

  10. 1940

    The Well-Digger's Daughter

    Patricia Amoretti

    80

1930s

  1. 1939

    Monsieur Brotonneau

    Movie

  2. The Five Cents of Lavarede

    Miss Aurett Murlington

  3. 1938

    Final Accord

    Suzanne Fabre

  4. Bargekeepers Daughter

    Marianne Honorat

  5. The Patriot

    Nadia

  6. 1937

    Monsieur Bégonia

    Movie

  7. Sisters-in-Arms

    Léonie Vanhoutte

  8. The Man of the Day

    Suzanne Petit

  9. 1936

    The Bureaucrats

    Mrs. Chavarax

  10. Ménilmontant

    Julie

  11. Club de femmes

    Juliette

  12. Jeunesse d'abord

    Movie

  13. The Flame

    Hélène de Luyze

  14. Daddy's Girl

    Colette de la Bretière

  15. 1935

    Lucrezia Borgia

    Sancia, Lucrezia's companion

  16. La Sonnette d'alarme

    Geneviève

  17. Aux portes de Paris

    Marthe

  18. Antonia

    Piri

  19. 1934

    Mam'zelle Spahi

    Nicole

  20. Coralie and Company

    Lulu

  21. The Daughters of the Concierge

    Suzanne Leclerc

  22. Le Couché de la mariée

    Movie

  23. 1933

    The Barber of Seville

    Suzanne

  24. The Merry Monarch

    Princess Aline

  25. Colomba

    Movie

  26. 1932

    Just Leon

    La secrétaire d'Oeil-de-Lynx

  27. The Regiment's Champion

    Movie

  28. Here's Berlin

    Lily

  29. Un bouquet de flirts

    Movie

  30. 1931

    Oaths

    Movie · Drama

Appearances2

1970s

  1. 1970

    Peau d'Âne

    Self (Archive Footage)

1950s

  1. 1952

    Love, Madame

    Self