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

Beauty and the Beast
The Image Book
The Image Book

2018

as (archive footage)

Here's Berlin
Here's Berlin

1932

as Lily

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

1940

as Patricia Amoretti

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The Adventures of King Pausole

1933

as Prinzessin Aline

The Merry Monarch
The Merry Monarch

1933

as Princess Aline

The Storm Within
The Storm Within

1948

as Madeleine

The Man of the Day
The Man of the Day

1937

as Suzanne Petit

Lucrezia Borgia
Lucrezia Borgia

1935

as Sancia, Lucrezia's companion

The Five Cents of Lavarede
The Five Cents of Lavarede

1939

as Miss Aurett Murlington

The Bureaucrats
The Bureaucrats

1936

as Mrs. Chavarax

Ménilmontant
Ménilmontant

1936

as Julie

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C'était un musicien

1934

as Lili Vandernyff

The Flame
The Flame

1936

as Hélène de Luyze

Arlette et l'Amour
Arlette et l'Amour

1943

as Arlette Milloix

Oaths
Oaths

1931

Swiss Tour
Swiss Tour

1949

as Suzanne

La Prière aux étoiles
La Prière aux étoiles

1941

as Florence Richaud

Peau d'Âne
Peau d'Âne

1970

as Self (Archive Footage)