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Josette Day

Actor
Died June 27, 1978 (63 years)
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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 Terrible Parents
  • The Well-Digger's Daughter
  • Here's Berlin
  • The Five Cents of Lavarede
  • Four Days Leave
  • The Man of the Hour
  • Club de femmes
  • Accord final
  • Bargekeepers Daughter

Filmography

2019
Les trésors de Marcel Pagnol · as Patricia Amoretti
2018
The Image Book · as (film Archive Footage)
1950
Coriolan · as Cast
1949
Four Days Leave · as Suzanne
1948
The Terrible Parents · as Madeleine
1946
1940
The Well-Digger's Daughter · as Patricia Amoretti
1939
1939
The Five Cents of Lavarede · as Miss Aurett Murlington
1938
Accord final · as Suzanne
1938
Bargekeepers Daughter · as Marianne Honorat
1938
1937
The Man of the Hour · as Suzanne Petit
1936
Club de femmes · as Juliette
1935
Lucrezia Borgia · as Sancia, Lucrezia's Companion
1934
Les filles de la concierge · as Suzanne Leclerc
1932
Here's Berlin · as Lily

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