Josette Day
Department: Acting
Biography
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.
Known For
Beauty and the Beast
1946
Miss Helyett
1933
Aux portes de Paris
1935
The Storm Within
1948
Un bouquet de flirts
1932
The Regiment's Champion
1932
Colomba
1933
The Daughters of the Concierge
1934
N'aimer que toi
1934
Coralie and Company
1934
Bibi-la-Purée
1935
The Barber of Seville
1933
Lucrezia Borgia
1935
Jeunesse d'abord
1936
The Flame
1936
Daddy's Girl
1936
Monsieur Bégonia
1937
The Patriot
1938
Bargekeepers Daughter
1938
La Croisée des chemins
1942
Monsieur Brotonneau
1939
Arlette et l'Amour
1943
The Image Book
2018
The Well-Digger's Daughter
1940
The Five Cents of Lavarede
1939
Oaths
1931
The Merry Monarch
1933
The Bureaucrats
1936
Ménilmontant
1936
Love, Madame
1952
L'Aristo
1934
Sisters-in-Arms
1937
Swiss Tour
1949
Final Accord
1938
La Sonnette d'alarme
1935
Here's Berlin
1932
Club de femmes
1936
Just Leon
1932
Stolen Affections
1948
Antonia
1935
Le Couché de la mariée
1934
Mam'zelle Spahi
1934
The Man of the Day
1937
C'était un musicien
1934
La Prière aux étoiles
1941
Pour le cinema: Le peau d'ane
1970
La Prière aux étoiles (80min cut)
1941
König Pausole
1933
La Prière aux étoiles (film inachevé)
1941