Josette Day
Born
July 31, 1914 (age 63)
Died
June 27, 1978
Birthplace
Paris, France

Josette Day

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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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Movies

The Image Book
The Image Book
2018 ★ 6.3
(archive footage)
Swiss Tour
Swiss Tour
1949 ★ 8.0
Suzanne
The Storm Within
The Storm Within
1948 ★ 6.5
Madeleine
Stolen Affections
Stolen Affections
1948 ★ 6.0
Françoise Darbel
Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast
1946 ★ 7.5
Belle
Arlette et l'Amour
Arlette et l'Amour
1943 ★ 6.0
Arlette Milloix
La Croisée des chemins
La Croisée des chemins
1942
Laurence Chassal
La Prière aux étoiles
La Prière aux étoiles
1941
Florence Richaud
La Prière aux étoiles (80min cut)
La Prière aux étoiles (80min cut)
1941
Florence Richaud
The Well-Digger's Daughter
The Well-Digger's Daughter
1940 ★ 7.0
Patricia Amoretti
Monsieur Brotonneau
Monsieur Brotonneau
1939
The Five Cents of Lavarede
The Five Cents of Lavarede
1939 ★ 5.3
Miss Aurett Murlington
Final Accord
Final Accord
1938 ★ 9.0
Suzanne Fabre
Bargekeepers Daughter
Bargekeepers Daughter
1938 ★ 9.0
Marianne Honorat
Le Patriote
Le Patriote
1938
Nadia
Monsieur Bégonia
Monsieur Bégonia
1937
Sisters-in-Arms
Sisters-in-Arms
1937 ★ 4.5
Léonie Vanhoutte
The Man of the Day
The Man of the Day
1937 ★ 5.0
Suzanne Petit
The Bureaucrats
The Bureaucrats
1936 ★ 5.8
Mrs. Chavarax
Ménilmontant
Ménilmontant
1936
Julie
Club de femmes
Club de femmes
1936 ★ 6.3
Juliette
Jeunesse d'abord
Jeunesse d'abord
1936
The Flame
The Flame
1936
Hélène de Luyze
Daddy's Girl
Daddy's Girl
1936 ★ 2.0
Colette de la Bretière
Lucrezia Borgia
Lucrezia Borgia
1935 ★ 5.1
Sancia, Lucrezia's companion
La Sonnette d'alarme
La Sonnette d'alarme
1935
Geneviève
Aux portes de Paris
Aux portes de Paris
1935
Marthe
Bibi-la-Purée
Bibi-la-Purée
1935
Antonia
Antonia
1935
Piri
Mam'zelle Spahi
Mam'zelle Spahi
1934
Nicole
N'aimer que toi
N'aimer que toi
1934
Denise
L'Aristo
L'Aristo
1934
Coralie and Company
Coralie and Company
1934
Lulu
The Daughters of the Concierge
The Daughters of the Concierge
1934
Suzanne Leclerc
Le couché de la mariée
Le couché de la mariée
1934
C'était un musicien
C'était un musicien
1934
Lili Vandernyff
The Barber of Seville
The Barber of Seville
1933
Suzanne
The Merry Monarch
The Merry Monarch
1933 ★ 6.0
Princess Aline
Colomba
Colomba
1933
König Pausole
König Pausole
1933
Prinzessin Aline
Miss Helyett
Miss Helyett
1933
Just Leon
Just Leon
1932 ★ 9.9
La secrétaire d'Oeil-de-Lynx
The Regiment's Champion
The Regiment's Champion
1932
Here's Berlin
Here's Berlin
1932 ★ 9.0
Lily
Un bouquet de flirts
Un bouquet de flirts
1932
Oaths
Oaths
1931