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
| Birth Location | Paris, France |
|---|---|
| Born | 1914-07-31 |
| Died | 1978-06-27 |
Movies
The Image Book
as (film archive footage)
2018
Love, Madame
as Herself
1952
Swiss Tour
as Suzanne
1949
The Storm Within
as Madeleine
1948
Stolen Affections
as Françoise Darbel
1948
Beauty and the Beast
as Belle
1946
Arlette et l'Amour
as Arlette Milloix
1943
La Prière aux étoiles
as Florence Richaud
1941
The Well-Digger's Daughter
as Patricia Amoretti
1940
1939
The Five Cents of Lavarede
as Miss Aurett Murlington
1939
Final Accord
as Suzanne
1938
Bargekeepers Daughter
as Marianne Honorat
1938
1938
1937
Sisters-in-Arms
as Léonie Vanhoutte
1937
The Man of the Day
as Suzanne Petit
1937
The Bureaucrats
as Mme Chavarax
1936
Ménilmontant
as Julie
1936
Girls' Club
as Juliette
1936
1936
1936
1936
Lucrezia Borgia
as Sancia, Lucrezia's companion
1935
1935
Aux portes de Paris
as Marthe
1935
1935
Antonia
as Piri
1935
Mam'zelle Spahi
as Nicole
1934
N'aimer que toi
as Denise
1934
1934
Coralie and Company
as Lulu
1934
The Daughters of the Concierge
as Suzanne Leclerc
1934
C'était un musicien
as Lili Vandernyff
1934
The Barber of Seville
as Suzanne
1933
The Merry Monarch
as Princess Aline
1933
1933
1933
Just Leon
as La secrétaire d'Oeil-de-Lynx
1932
Here's Berlin
as Lily
1932
1932
1931
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