Josette Day

Josette Day

1914-07-31 – 1978-06-27 (age 63) Paris, France
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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

Lucrezia Borgia
Lucrezia Borgia

1935

as Sancia, Lucrezia's companion

Beauty and the Beast
The Image Book
The Image Book

2018

as (archive footage)

Bargekeepers Daughter
Bargekeepers Daughter

1938

as Marianne Honorat

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The Adventures of King Pausole

1933

as Prinzessin Aline

Ménilmontant
Ménilmontant

1936

as Julie

The Well-Digger's Daughter
The Well-Digger's Daughter

1940

as Patricia Amoretti

Peau d'Âne
Peau d'Âne

1970

as Self (Archive Footage)

Oaths
Oaths

1931

Love, Madame
Love, Madame

1952

as Self

The Merry Monarch
The Merry Monarch

1933

as Princess Aline

Final Accord
Final Accord

1938

as Suzanne Fabre

The Flame
The Flame

1936

as Hélène de Luyze

The Storm Within
The Storm Within

1948

as Madeleine

Sisters-in-Arms
Sisters-in-Arms

1937

as Léonie Vanhoutte

The Bureaucrats
The Bureaucrats

1936

as Mrs. Chavarax

Stolen Affections
Stolen Affections

1948

as Françoise Darbel

Swiss Tour
Swiss Tour

1949

as Suzanne

The Five Cents of Lavarede
The Five Cents of Lavarede

1939

as Miss Aurett Murlington