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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Known For

The Image Book 2018 ★ 6.3
Swiss Tour 1949 ★ 9.0
The Storm Within 1948 ★ 6.6
Stolen Affections 1948 ★ 7.0
Beauty and the Beast 1946 ★ 7.5
Arlette et l'Amour 1943 ★ 7.5
La Prière aux étoiles (film inachevé) 1941
La Prière aux étoiles 1941 ★ 7.0
The Well-Digger's Daughter 1940 ★ 7.1
The Five Cents of Lavarede 1939 ★ 5.8
Bargekeepers Daughter 1938 ★ 9.5
Final Accord 1938 ★ 8.5
The Patriot 1938 ★ 7.0
Sisters-in-Arms 1937 ★ 5.2
Ménilmontant 1936 ★ 7.0
Club de femmes 1936 ★ 6.3
The Flame 1936 ★ 8.0
The Bureaucrats 1936 ★ 6.5
Lucrezia Borgia 1935 ★ 5.3
The Daughters of the Concierge 1934 ★ 10.0
Mam'zelle Spahi 1934 ★ 8.0
The Barber of Seville 1933 ★ 10.0
Here's Berlin 1932 ★ 9.0
Oaths 1931 ★ 10.0