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Josette Day

Josette Day

Birthday: 1914-07-31 | Place of Birth: Paris, France

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.

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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

1970
Pour le cinema: Le peau d'ane

as    Self (Archive Footage)

1952
Love, Madame

as    Self

1950
Swiss Tour

as    Suzanne

1948
The Storm Within

as    Madeleine

1947
Beauty and the Beast

as    Belle

1946
The Well-Digger's Daughter

as    Patricia Amoretti

1943
Arlette et l'Amour

as    Arlette Milloix

1942
La Croisée des chemins

as    Laurence Chassal

1941
La Prière aux étoiles

as    Florence Richaud

1939
The Five Cents of Lavarede

as    Miss Aurett Murlington

1938
Bargekeepers Daughter

as    Marianne Honorat

1938
Final Accord

as    Suzanne Fabre

1936
Daddy's Girl

as    Colette de la Bretière

1936
Ménilmontant

as    Julie

1936
Club de femmes

as    Juliette

1936
The Bureaucrats

as    Mrs. Chavarax

1935
La Sonnette d'alarme

as    Geneviève

1935
Antonia

as    Piri

1934
C'était un musicien

as    Lili Vandernyff

1934
Coralie and Company

as    Lulu

1934
The Daughters of the Concierge

as    Suzanne Leclerc

1933
The Merry Monarch

as    Princess Aline

1932
Just Leon

as    La secrétaire d'Oeil-de-Lynx

1932
Here's Berlin

as    Lily