Person Details

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Aliases: Josette Noële Andrée Claire Dagory

Gender: Female

Place of birth: Paris, France

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Movie Involvements: 11

TV Involvements: 0


Most Famous Work

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.

Most Famous Work

Beauty and the Beast
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8

Beauty and the Beast

(1946) Belle
The Image Book
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6

The Image Book

(2018) (film archive footage)
The Man of the Day
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6

The Man of the Day

(1937) Suzanne Petit
The Storm Within
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6

The Storm Within

(1948) Madeleine
Lucrezia Borgia
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5

Lucrezia Borgia

(1935) Sancia, Lucrezia's companion
La prière aux étoiles
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0

La prière aux étoiles

(1941) Florence Richaud
Final Accord
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9

Final Accord

(1938) Suzanne
Stolen Affections
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0

Stolen Affections

(1948) Françoise Darbel

Acting

Year Character Movie/Tv
2018 (film archive footage)
1952 Herself
1949 Suzanne
1948 Madeleine
Françoise Darbel
1946 Belle
1943 Arlette Milloix
1942 N/A
1941 Florence Richaud
1940 Patricia Amoretti
1939 N/A
Miss Aurett Murlington
1938 Suzanne
Marianne Honorat
N/A
1937 N/A
Léonie Vanhoutte
Suzanne Petit
1936 Mme Chavarax
Julie
Juliette
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N/A
N/A
1935 Sancia, Lucrezia's companion
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Marthe
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Piri
1934 Nicole
Denise
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Lulu
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N/A
Lili Vandernyff
1933 Suzanne
Princess Aline
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N/A
1932 La secrétaire d'Oeil-de-Lynx
N/A
Lily
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1931 N/A
Year Character Movie/Tv

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