Josette Day
Acting
1914 – 1978 (aged 63)
Paris, France
47 acting credits
Biography
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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.
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Known For
Beauty and the Beast
29 Oct 1946
The Image Book
11 Oct 2018
The Well-Digger's Daughter
20 Dec 1940
The Storm Within
01 Dec 1948
Club de femmes
20 Jun 1936
Lucrezia Borgia
20 Dec 1935
Sisters-in-Arms
02 Dec 1937
Just Leon
30 Sep 1932
Photos
Filmography
2018
- The Image Bookas (archive footage)
1949
- Swiss Touras Suzanne
1948
- The Storm Withinas Madeleine
- Stolen Affectionsas Françoise Darbel
1946
- Beauty and the Beastas Belle
1943
- Arlette et l'Amouras Arlette Milloix
1942
- La Croisée des cheminsas Laurence Chassal
1941
- La Prière aux étoilesas Florence Richaud
- La Prière aux étoiles (80min cut)as Florence Richaud
- La Prière aux étoiles (film inachevé)as Florence
1940
- The Well-Digger's Daughteras Patricia Amoretti
1939
- Monsieur Brotonneau
- The Five Cents of Lavaredeas Miss Aurett Murlington
1938
- Final Accordas Suzanne Fabre
- Bargekeepers Daughteras Marianne Honorat
- The Patriotas Nadia
1937
- Monsieur Bégonia
- Sisters-in-Armsas Léonie Vanhoutte
- The Man of the Dayas Suzanne Petit
1936
- The Bureaucratsas Mrs. Chavarax
- Ménilmontantas Julie
- Club de femmesas Juliette
- Jeunesse d'abord
- The Flameas Hélène de Luyze
- Daddy's Girlas Colette de la Bretière
1935
- Lucrezia Borgiaas Sancia, Lucrezia's companion
- La Sonnette d'alarmeas Geneviève
- Aux portes de Parisas Marthe
- Bibi-la-Purée
- Antoniaas Piri
1934
- Mam'zelle Spahias Nicole
- N'aimer que toias Denise
- L'Aristo
- Coralie and Companyas Lulu
- The Daughters of the Conciergeas Suzanne Leclerc
- Le Couché de la mariée
- C'était un musicienas Lili Vandernyff
1933
- The Barber of Sevilleas Suzanne
- The Merry Monarchas Princess Aline
- Colomba
- The Adventures of King Pausoleas Prinzessin Aline
- Miss Helyett
1932
- Just Leonas La secrétaire d'Oeil-de-Lynx
- The Regiment's Champion
- Here's Berlinas Lily
- Un bouquet de flirts