Josette Day
Known For
Acting
Born
1914-07-31 in Paris, France
Died
1978-06-27
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Josette Day, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Most Known For
Oaths
The Image Book
as (archive footage)
Beauty and the Beast
as Belle
Ménilmontant
as Julie
Lucrezia Borgia
as Sancia, Lucrezia's companion
The Storm Within
as Madeleine
La Prière aux étoiles
as Florence Richaud
Love, Madame
as Self
The Merry Monarch
as Princess Aline
The Well-Digger's Daughter
as Patricia Amoretti
L'Aristo
Stolen Affections
as Françoise Darbel
The Man of the Day
as Suzanne Petit
The Bureaucrats
as Mrs. Chavarax
Bargekeepers Daughter
as Marianne Honorat
Swiss Tour
as Suzanne
Final Accord
as Suzanne Fabre
Sisters-in-Arms
as Léonie Vanhoutte
Pour le cinema: Le peau d'ane
as Self (Archive Footage)
The Flame
as Hélène de Luyze