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Acting
Birthday:
July 31, 1914
Place of Birth:
Paris, France
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Josette Day
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
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | The Image Book | (archive footage) |
| 1970 | Pour le cinema: Le peau d'ane | Self (Archive Footage) |
| 1952 | Love, Madame | Self |
| 1949 | Swiss Tour | Suzanne |
| 1948 | The Storm Within | Madeleine |
| 1948 | Stolen Affections | Françoise Darbel |
| 1946 | Beauty and the Beast | Belle |
| 1943 | Arlette et l'Amour | Arlette Milloix |
| 1942 | La Croisée des chemins | Laurence Chassal |
| 1941 | La Prière aux étoiles | Florence Richaud |
| 1940 | The Well-Digger's Daughter | Patricia Amoretti |
| 1939 | Monsieur Brotonneau | |
| 1939 | The Five Cents of Lavarede | Miss Aurett Murlington |
| 1938 | Le Patriote | Nadia |
| 1938 | Bargekeepers Daughter | Marianne Honorat |
| 1938 | Final Accord | Suzanne Fabre |
| 1937 | Monsieur Bégonia | |
| 1937 | Sisters-in-Arms | Léonie Vanhoutte |
| 1937 | The Man of the Day | Suzanne Petit |
| 1936 | Jeunesse d'abord | |
| 1936 | The Flame | Hélène de Luyze |
| 1936 | Daddy's Girl | Colette de la Bretière |
| 1936 | The Bureaucrats | Mrs. Chavarax |
| 1936 | Ménilmontant | Julie |
| 1936 | Club de femmes | Juliette |
| 1935 | Aux portes de Paris | Marthe |
| 1935 | Bibi-la-Purée | |
| 1935 | Lucrezia Borgia | Sancia, Lucrezia's companion |
| 1935 | La Sonnette d'alarme | Geneviève |
| 1935 | Antonia | Piri |
| 1934 | The Daughters of the Concierge | Suzanne Leclerc |
| 1934 | N'aimer que toi | Denise |
| 1934 | Coralie and Company | Lulu |
| 1934 | L'Aristo | |
| 1934 | Le couché de la mariée | |
| 1934 | Mam'zelle Spahi | Nicole |
| 1934 | C'était un musicien | Lili Vandernyff |
| 1933 | Miss Helyett | |
| 1933 | Colomba | |
| 1933 | The Barber of Seville | Suzanne |
| 1933 | The Merry Monarch | Princess Aline |
| 1932 | Un bouquet de flirts | |
| 1932 | The Regiment's Champion | |
| 1932 | Here's Berlin | Lily |
| 1932 | Just Leon | La secrétaire d'Oeil-de-Lynx |
| 1931 | Oaths |
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