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Odette Joyeux

Odette Joyeux

Birthday: 1914-12-05 | Place of Birth: Paris, France

Odette Joyeux (5 December 1914 – 26 August 2000) was a French actress, playwright and novelist. She was born in Paris, where she studied dance at the Paris Opera Ballet before taking the stage. Joyeux started her film career in 1931. Her first notable film was Marc Allégret's Entrée des artistes (1938). During the 1940s she established herself as one of France's most popular cinema actresses; however, she made few film appearances after the 1950s. Joyeux is the author of some plays and essays on dance as well as a book on the life of inventor Nicéphore Niépce. She also wrote two novels aimed to inspire dance: L'Âge heureux (which was adapted to a television series) and Côté jardin. Additionally, Joyeux wrote The Bride Is Much Too Beautiful (1956) (adapted to film). She married actor Pierre Brasseur from 1935 until their divorce in 1945, by whom she had one child, Claude Brasseur, who is the father of Alexandre Brasseur. In 1958 she married director Philippe Agostini. They remained married until her death in Grimaud, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France from stroke at age 85. Source: Article "Odette Joyeux" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1983
Où sont-elles donc ?

as    Self

1977
The Phantom Baron

as    Elfy

1966
L'Âge heureux

as    Thérèse Nadal

1954
La Ronde

as    Anna, la grisette

1950
Sylvia and the Ghost

as    Sylvie

1949
Last Hour, Special Edition

as    Andrée Coche

1948
Scandal

as    Cécilia

1948
Passionnelle

as    Thérèse de Marsannes

1946
Messieurs Ludovic

as    Anne-Marie Vermeulen

1946
Driving Lesson

as    Micheline

1944
The Little Ones of the Flower Platform

as    Rosine Grimaud

1943
Douce

as    Douce

1942
The Marriage of Chiffon

as    Corysande 'Chiffon'

1942
The Four-Poster Bed

as    Marie-Doree

1942
Love Letters

as    Zélie Fontaine

1939
The Curtain Rises

as    Cécilia Prieur

1938
Hélène

as    Françoise

1938
Grisou

as    Madeleine

1938
Youth in Revolt

as    Zizi

1937
Trois artilleurs au pensionnat

as    Micheline

1935
Le Chant de l'amour

as    Tote

1934
Ladies Lake

as    Carla Lyssenhop

1930
Le secret du docteur

as    Suzy