Josette Day

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Josette Day

Acting July 31, 1914

Paris, France

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…

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Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast

7.5 1946 Movie
The Image Book

The Image Book

6.3 2018 Movie
The Well-Digger's Daughter

The Well-Digger's Daughter

7.1 1940 Movie
The Storm Within

The Storm Within

6.6 1948 Movie
Lucrezia Borgia

Lucrezia Borgia

5.3 1935 Movie
Club de femmes

Club de femmes

6.3 1936 Movie
Love, Madame

Love, Madame

5.0 1952 Movie
The Five Cents of Lavarede

The Five Cents of Lavarede

5.8 1939 Movie
Sisters-in-Arms

Sisters-in-Arms

5.2 1937 Movie
La Prière aux étoiles (film inachevé)

La Prière aux étoiles (film inachevé)

1941 Movie
The Bureaucrats

The Bureaucrats

6.5 1936 Movie
The Man of the Day

The Man of the Day

6.3 1937 Movie

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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 was only 36 years old. Description above from the Wikipedia article Josette Day, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

Movies and shows, newest first

  1. 2018
    The Image Book

    Movie (archive footage)

  2. 1970
    Peau d'Âne

    Movie Self (Archive Footage)

  3. 1952
    Love, Madame

    Movie Self

  4. 1949
    Swiss Tour

    Movie Suzanne

  5. 1948
    The Storm Within

    Movie Madeleine

  6. 1948
    Stolen Affections

    Movie Françoise Darbel

  7. 1946
    Beauty and the Beast

    Movie Belle

  8. 1943
    Arlette et l'Amour

    Movie Arlette Milloix

  9. 1942
    La Croisée des chemins

    Movie Laurence Chassal

  10. 1941
    La Prière aux étoiles (film inachevé)

    Movie Florence

  11. 1941
    La Prière aux étoiles

    Movie Florence Richaud

  12. 1941
    La Prière aux étoiles (80min cut)

    Movie Florence Richaud

  13. 1940
    The Well-Digger's Daughter

    Movie Patricia Amoretti

  14. 1939
    Monsieur Brotonneau

    Movie

  15. 1939
    The Five Cents of Lavarede

    Movie Miss Aurett Murlington

  16. 1938
    Final Accord

    Movie Suzanne Fabre

More credits
  1. 1938
    Bargekeepers Daughter

    Movie Marianne Honorat

  2. 1938
    The Patriot

    Movie Nadia

  3. 1937
    Monsieur Bégonia

    Movie

  4. 1937
    Sisters-in-Arms

    Movie Léonie Vanhoutte

  5. 1937
    The Man of the Day

    Movie Suzanne Petit

  6. 1936
    The Bureaucrats

    Movie Mrs. Chavarax

  7. 1936
    Ménilmontant

    Movie Julie

  8. 1936
    Club de femmes

    Movie Juliette

  9. 1936
    Jeunesse d'abord

    Movie

  10. 1936
    The Flame

    Movie Hélène de Luyze

  11. 1936
    Daddy's Girl

    Movie Colette de la Bretière

  12. 1935
    Lucrezia Borgia

    Movie Sancia, Lucrezia's companion

  13. 1935
    La Sonnette d'alarme

    Movie Geneviève

  14. 1935
    Aux portes de Paris

    Movie Marthe

  15. 1935
    Bibi-la-Purée

    Movie

  16. 1935
    Antonia

    Movie Piri

  17. 1934
    Mam'zelle Spahi

    Movie Nicole

  18. 1934
    N'aimer que toi

    Movie Denise

  19. 1934
    L'Aristo

    Movie

  20. 1934
    Coralie and Company

    Movie Lulu

  21. 1934
    The Daughters of the Concierge

    Movie Suzanne Leclerc

  22. 1934
    Le Couché de la mariée

    Movie

  23. 1934
    C'était un musicien

    Movie Lili Vandernyff

  24. 1933
    The Barber of Seville

    Movie Suzanne