Josette Day
Known for
Acting
Born
July 31, 1914
Birthplace
Paris, France
Died
June 27, 1978 (aged 63)
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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Best known work
Beauty and the Beast
1946
The Image Book
2018
The Well-Digger's Daughter
1940
The Storm Within
1948
Club de femmes
1936
Lucrezia Borgia
1935
Sisters-in-Arms
1937
Just Leon
1932
The Five Cents of Lavarede
1939
The Bureaucrats
1936Filmography
2018
The Image Bookas (archive footage)
1970
Peau d'Âneas Self (Archive Footage)
1952
Love, Madameas Self
1949
Swiss Touras Suzanne
1948
The Storm Withinas Madeleine
1948
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
1941
La Prière aux étoiles (80min cut)as Florence Richaud
1941
La Prière aux étoiles (film inachevé)as Florence
1940
The Well-Digger's Daughteras Patricia Amoretti
1939
1939
The Five Cents of Lavaredeas Miss Aurett Murlington
1938
Final Accordas Suzanne Fabre
1938
Bargekeepers Daughteras Marianne Honorat
1938
The Patriotas Nadia
1937
1937
Sisters-in-Armsas Léonie Vanhoutte
1937
The Man of the Dayas Suzanne Petit
1936
The Bureaucratsas Mrs. Chavarax
1936
Ménilmontantas Julie
1936
Club de femmesas Juliette
1936