Josette Day

Josette Day

Known For

Beauty and the Beast

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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Movies Featuring Josette Day

The Image Book

The Image Book (2018)

as (archive footage)
Stolen Affections

Stolen Affections (1948)

as Françoise Darbel
The Five Cents of Lavarede

The Five Cents of Lavarede (1939)

as Miss Aurett Murlington
Final Accord

Final Accord (1938)

as Suzanne Fabre
Sisters-in-Arms

Sisters-in-Arms (1937)

as Léonie Vanhoutte
The Flame

The Flame (1936)

as Hélène de Luyze
Daddy's Girl

Daddy's Girl (1936)

as Colette de la Bretière
Lucrezia Borgia

Lucrezia Borgia (1935)

as Sancia, Lucrezia's companion
No Image

König Pausole (1933)

as Prinzessin Aline
Just Leon

Just Leon (1932)

as La secrétaire d'Oeil-de-Lynx