Biography
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.
Movies & TV Shows
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Beauty and the Beast (1946) — Belle
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The Image Book (2018) — (archive footage)
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The Well-Digger's Daughter (1940) — Patricia Amoretti
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The Storm Within (1948) — Madeleine
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Club de femmes (1936) — Juliette
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Lucrezia Borgia (1935) — Sancia, Lucrezia's companion
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Sisters-in-Arms (1937) — Léonie Vanhoutte
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Just Leon (1932) — La secrétaire d'Oeil-de-Lynx
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The Five Cents of Lavarede (1939) — Miss Aurett Murlington
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The Bureaucrats (1936) — Mrs. Chavarax
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Love, Madame (1952) — Self
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The Man of the Day (1937) — Suzanne Petit
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Daddy's Girl (1936) — Colette de la Bretière
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Bargekeepers Daughter (1938) — Marianne Honorat
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Arlette et l'Amour (1943) — Arlette Milloix
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The Merry Monarch (1933) — Princess Aline
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Swiss Tour (1949) — Suzanne
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Final Accord (1938) — Suzanne Fabre
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Here's Berlin (1932) — Lily
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Stolen Affections (1948) — Françoise Darbel
- Miss Helyett (1933)
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Aux portes de Paris (1935) — Marthe
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Un bouquet de flirts (1932)
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The Regiment's Champion (1932)
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Colomba (1933)
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The Daughters of the Concierge (1934) — Suzanne Leclerc
- N'aimer que toi (1934) — Denise
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Coralie and Company (1934) — Lulu
- Bibi-la-Purée (1935)
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The Barber of Seville (1933) — Suzanne
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Jeunesse d'abord (1936)
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The Flame (1936) — Hélène de Luyze
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Monsieur Bégonia (1937)
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The Patriot (1938) — Nadia
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La Croisée des chemins (1942) — Laurence Chassal
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Monsieur Brotonneau (1939)
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Oaths (1931)
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Ménilmontant (1936) — Julie
- L'Aristo (1934)
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La Sonnette d'alarme (1935) — Geneviève