Josette Day
Born in Paris, France — Jul 31 1914• Died Jun 27 1978
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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…
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Beauty and the Beast
Belle
The Image Book
(archive footage)
Love, Madame
Self
The Flame
Hélène de Luyze
Antonia
Piri
The Bureaucrats
Mrs. Chavarax
Swiss Tour
Suzanne
Stolen Affections
Françoise Darbel
The Well-Digger's Daughter
Patricia Amoretti
The Merry Monarch
Princess Aline
C'était un musicien
Lili Vandernyff
La Croisée des chemins
Laurence Chassal
Ménilmontant
Julie
The Patriot
Nadia
König Pausole
Prinzessin Aline
Lucrezia Borgia
Sancia, Lucrezia's companion
Bargekeepers Daughter
Marianne Honorat
The Storm Within
Madeleine
The Man of the Day
Suzanne Petit
The Regiment's Champion
The Five Cents of Lavarede
Miss Aurett Murlington
La Prière aux étoiles
Florence Richaud
The Barber of Seville
Suzanne
Bibi-la-Purée
Final Accord
Suzanne Fabre
Here's Berlin
Lily
Oaths
Un bouquet de flirts
Miss Helyett
Coralie and Company
Lulu
Sisters-in-Arms
Léonie Vanhoutte
Monsieur Brotonneau
Arlette et l'Amour
Arlette Milloix
Jeunesse d'abord
Club de femmes
Juliette
The Daughters of the Concierge
Suzanne Leclerc
Monsieur Bégonia
Pour le cinema: Le peau d'ane
Self (Archive Footage)
Daddy's Girl
Colette de la Bretière
L'Aristo
La Sonnette d'alarme
Geneviève
Mam'zelle Spahi
Nicole
La Prière aux étoiles (80min cut)
Florence Richaud
Aux portes de Paris
Marthe
Colomba
N'aimer que toi
Denise
Just Leon
La secrétaire d'Oeil-de-Lynx
Le Couché de la mariée
La Prière aux étoiles (film inachevé)
Florence