
Josette Day
Acting
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.
Known for
2018The Image Book
(archive footage)
1970Pour le cinema: Le peau d'ane
Self (Archive Footage)
1952Love, Madame
Self
1949Swiss Tour
Suzanne
1948The Storm Within
Madeleine
1948Stolen Affections
Françoise Darbel
1946Beauty and the Beast
Belle
1943Arlette et l'Amour
Arlette Milloix
1942La Croisée des chemins
Laurence Chassal
1941La Prière aux étoiles
Florence Richaud
1941La Prière aux étoiles (80min cut)
Florence Richaud
1941La Prière aux étoiles (film inachevé)
Florence
1940The Well-Digger's Daughter
Patricia Amoretti
1939Monsieur Brotonneau
1939The Five Cents of Lavarede
Miss Aurett Murlington
1938The Patriot
Nadia
1938Bargekeepers Daughter
Marianne Honorat
1938Final Accord
Suzanne Fabre
1937Monsieur Bégonia
1937Sisters-in-Arms
Léonie Vanhoutte
1937The Man of the Day
Suzanne Petit
1936Jeunesse d'abord
1936The Flame
Hélène de Luyze
1936Daddy's Girl
Colette de la Bretière