Josette Day
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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Filmography
The Image Book
2018
as (archive footage)
Peau d'Âne
1970
as Self (Archive Footage)
Love, Madame
1952
as Self
Swiss Tour
1949
as Suzanne
The Storm Within
1948
as Madeleine
Stolen Affections
1948
as Françoise Darbel
Beauty and the Beast
1946
as Belle
Arlette et l'Amour
1943
as Arlette Milloix
La Croisée des chemins
1942
as Laurence Chassal
La Prière aux étoiles
1941
as Florence Richaud
La Prière aux étoiles (80min cut)
1941
as Florence Richaud
La Prière aux étoiles (film inachevé)
1941
as Florence
The Well-Digger's Daughter
1940
as Patricia Amoretti
Monsieur Brotonneau
1939
The Five Cents of Lavarede
1939
as Miss Aurett Murlington
Final Accord
1938
as Suzanne Fabre
Bargekeepers Daughter
1938
as Marianne Honorat
The Patriot
1938
as Nadia
Monsieur Bégonia
1937
Sisters-in-Arms
1937
as Léonie Vanhoutte
The Man of the Day
1937
as Suzanne Petit
The Bureaucrats
1936
as Mrs. Chavarax
Ménilmontant
1936
as Julie
Club de femmes
1936
as Juliette