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Birthday: Jul 31, 1914
Place of Birth: Paris, France

Josette Day

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
Movie Cast Year
Beauty and the Beast Belle 1946
Miss Helyett 1933
Aux portes de Paris Marthe 1935
The Storm Within Madeleine 1948
Un bouquet de flirts 1932
The Regiment's Champion 1932
Colomba 1933
The Daughters of the Concierge Suzanne Leclerc 1934
N'aimer que toi Denise 1934
Coralie and Company Lulu 1934
Bibi-la-Purée 1935
The Barber of Seville Suzanne 1933
Lucrezia Borgia Sancia, Lucrezia's companion 1935
Jeunesse d'abord 1936
The Flame 1936
Daddy's Girl 1936
Monsieur Bégonia 1937
Le Patriote 1938
Bargekeepers Daughter Marianne Honorat 1938
La Croisée des chemins 1942
Monsieur Brotonneau 1939
Arlette et l'Amour Arlette Milloix 1943
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The Well-Digger's Daughter Patricia Amoretti 1940
The Five Cents of Lavarede Miss Aurett Murlington 1939
Oaths 1931
The Merry Monarch Princess Aline 1933
The Bureaucrats Mme Chavarax 1936
Ménilmontant Julie 1936
Love, Madame Herself 1952
L'Aristo 1934
Sisters-in-Arms Léonie Vanhoutte 1937
Swiss Tour Suzanne 1949
Final Accord Suzanne 1938
La Sonnette d'alarme 1935
Here's Berlin Lily 1932
Girls' Club Juliette 1936
Just Leon La secrétaire d'Oeil-de-Lynx 1932
Stolen Affections Françoise Darbel 1948
Antonia Piri 1935
Le couché de la mariée 1934
Mam'zelle Spahi Nicole 1934
The Man of the Day Suzanne Petit 1937
C'était un musicien Lili Vandernyff 1934
La Prière aux étoiles Florence Richaud 1941
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