
Josette Day
Acting
- Born:
- 1914-07-31
- Died:
- 1978-06-27
- Place of birth:
- Paris, France
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
Filmography

The Image Book

Peau d'Âne

Love, Madame

Swiss Tour

The Storm Within

Stolen Affections

Beauty and the Beast

Arlette et l'Amour

La Croisée des chemins

La Prière aux étoiles

La Prière aux étoiles (80min cut)

La Prière aux étoiles (film inachevé)

The Well-Digger's Daughter

Monsieur Brotonneau

The Five Cents of Lavarede

Final Accord

Bargekeepers Daughter

The Patriot

Monsieur Bégonia

Sisters-in-Arms

The Man of the Day

The Bureaucrats

Ménilmontant

Club de femmes

Jeunesse d'abord

The Flame

Daddy's Girl

Lucrezia Borgia

La Sonnette d'alarme

Aux portes de Paris
Bibi-la-Purée

Antonia

Mam'zelle Spahi
N'aimer que toi
L'Aristo

Coralie and Company

The Daughters of the Concierge

Le Couché de la mariée
C'était un musicien

The Barber of Seville

The Merry Monarch

Colomba
The Adventures of King Pausole
Miss Helyett

Just Leon

The Regiment's Champion

Here's Berlin

Un bouquet de flirts

Oaths