Josette Day

Acting

Personal Info

gender

Female

birthday

July 31, 1914

died

June 27, 1978

place of birth

Paris, France

also known as

Josette Noële Andrée Claire Dagory

total credits

43 movies

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.

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Known For

Filmography

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Beauty and the Beast
7.5

Beauty and the Beast

1946as Belle
The Image Book
6.3

The Image Book

2018as (archive footage)
The Well-Digger's Daughter
7.1

The Well-Digger's Daughter

1940as Patricia Amoretti
Lucrezia Borgia
5.3

Lucrezia Borgia

1935as Sancia, Lucrezia's companion
Antonia
7.0

Antonia

1935as Piri
Mam'zelle Spahi
8.0

Mam'zelle Spahi

1934as Nicole
Bargekeepers Daughter
9.5

Bargekeepers Daughter

1938as Marianne Honorat
Final Accord
8.5

Final Accord

1938as Suzanne Fabre
The Storm Within
6.6

The Storm Within

1948as Madeleine
La Prière aux étoiles
7.0

La Prière aux étoiles

1941as Florence Richaud
Swiss Tour
9.0

Swiss Tour

1949as Suzanne
Club de femmes
6.4

Club de femmes

1936as Juliette
Arlette et l'Amour
7.5

Arlette et l'Amour

1943as Arlette Milloix
Monsieur Bégonia
8.0

Monsieur Bégonia

1937
The Daughters of the Concierge
10.0

The Daughters of the Concierge

1934as Suzanne Leclerc
The Five Cents of Lavarede
5.8

The Five Cents of Lavarede

1939as Miss Aurett Murlington
Sisters-in-Arms
5.2

Sisters-in-Arms

1937as Léonie Vanhoutte
Ménilmontant
7.0

Ménilmontant

1936as Julie
The Flame
8.0

The Flame

1936as Hélène de Luyze
Stolen Affections
7.0

Stolen Affections

1948as Françoise Darbel
Jeunesse d'abord
9.0

Jeunesse d'abord

1936
Monsieur Brotonneau
8.0

Monsieur Brotonneau

1939
Oaths
10.0

Oaths

1931
Here's Berlin
9.0

Here's Berlin

1932as Lily
La Prière aux étoiles (80min cut)

La Prière aux étoiles (80min cut)

1941as Florence Richaud
The Regiment's Champion
8.0

The Regiment's Champion

1932
The Bureaucrats
6.5

The Bureaucrats

1936as Mrs. Chavarax
Peau d'Âne

Peau d'Âne

1970as Self (Archive Footage)
The Merry Monarch
8.0

The Merry Monarch

1933as Princess Aline
Aux portes de Paris
9.0

Aux portes de Paris

1935as Marthe
Love, Madame
5.0

Love, Madame

1952as Self
The Barber of Seville
10.0

The Barber of Seville

1933as Suzanne
Coralie and Company
8.0

Coralie and Company

1934as Lulu
Daddy's Girl
4.5

Daddy's Girl

1936as Colette de la Bretière
La Sonnette d'alarme
8.0

La Sonnette d'alarme

1935as Geneviève
La Croisée des chemins
8.0

La Croisée des chemins

1942as Laurence Chassal
The Patriot
7.0

The Patriot

1938as Nadia
Le Couché de la mariée
8.0

Le Couché de la mariée

1934
The Man of the Day
6.3

The Man of the Day

1937as Suzanne Petit
La Prière aux étoiles (film inachevé)

La Prière aux étoiles (film inachevé)

1941as Florence
Colomba
8.0

Colomba

1933
Just Leon
9.3

Just Leon

1932as La secrétaire d'Oeil-de-Lynx
Un bouquet de flirts
7.0

Un bouquet de flirts

1932