Odette Joyeux
Known For
Acting
Born
1914-12-05 in Paris, France
Died
2000-08-26
Biography
Odette Joyeux (5 December 1914 – 26 August 2000) was a French actress, playwright and novelist. She was born in Paris, where she studied dance at the Paris Opera Ballet before taking the stage. Joyeux started her film career in 1931. Her first notable film was Marc Allégret's Entrée des artistes (1938). During the 1940s she established herself as one of France's most popular cinema actresses; however, she made few film appearances after the 1950s. Joyeux is the author of some plays and essays on dance as well as a book on the life of inventor Nicéphore Niépce. She also wrote two novels aimed to inspire dance: L'Âge heureux (which was adapted to a television series) and Côté jardin. Additionally, Joyeux wrote The Bride Is Much Too Beautiful (1956) (adapted to film). She married actor Pierre Brasseur from 1935 until their divorce in 1945, by whom she had one child, Claude Brasseur, who is the father of Alexandre Brasseur. In 1958 she married director Philippe Agostini. They remained married until her death in Grimaud, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France from stroke at age 85. Source: Article "Odette Joyeux" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Most Known For
Champs-Elysées
as Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self
Le Grand Échiquier
as Self
Douce
as Douce
Grisou
as Madeleine
The Curtain Rises
as Cécilia Prieur
La Ronde
as Anna, la grisette
Love Letters
as Zélie Fontaine
The Phantom Baron
as Elfy
If Paris Were Told to Us
as La Passementière
The Four-Poster Bed
as Marie-Doree
Scandal
as Cécilia
The Marriage of Chiffon
as Corysande 'Chiffon'
L'Âge heureux
as Thérèse Nadal
Passionnelle
as Thérèse de Marsannes
Sylvia and the Ghost
as Sylvie
Summer Storm
as Marie-Blanche
La bonne peinture
as Narrator (voice)
Messieurs Ludovic
as Anne-Marie Vermeulen
Hélène
as Françoise