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Josette Day

Acting Born Jul 31, 1914 Paris, France 24 credits

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

Film

Beauty and the Beast

as Belle

Full filmography

  • Beauty and the Beast (1946) as Belle
  • The Image Book (2018) as (archive footage)
  • The Well-Digger's Daughter (1940) as Patricia Amoretti
  • Lucrezia Borgia (1935) as Sancia, Lucrezia's companion
  • Ménilmontant (1936) as Julie
  • The Adventures of King Pausole (1933) as Prinzessin Aline
  • Swiss Tour (1949) as Suzanne
  • Monsieur Bégonia (1937)
  • Peau d'Âne (1970) as Self (Archive Footage)
  • C'était un musicien (1934) as Lili Vandernyff
  • The Bureaucrats (1936) as Mrs. Chavarax
  • The Five Cents of Lavarede (1939) as Miss Aurett Murlington
  • La Croisée des chemins (1942) as Laurence Chassal
  • La Prière aux étoiles (80min cut) (1941) as Florence Richaud
  • The Barber of Seville (1933) as Suzanne
  • The Flame (1936) as Hélène de Luyze
  • The Patriot (1938) as Nadia
  • The Regiment's Champion (1932)
  • Mam'zelle Spahi (1934) as Nicole
  • Final Accord (1938) as Suzanne Fabre
  • Arlette et l'Amour (1943) as Arlette Milloix
  • La Prière aux étoiles (1941) as Florence Richaud
  • The Merry Monarch (1933) as Princess Aline
  • Le Couché de la mariée (1934)