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Josette Noële Andrée Claire Dagory
Josette Day
Acting
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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Known For
Filmography
Movies
The Image Book
as (archive footage)
Pour le cinema: Le peau d'ane
as Self (Archive Footage)
Love, Madame
as Self
Swiss Tour
as Suzanne
The Storm Within
as Madeleine
Stolen Affections
as Françoise Darbel
Beauty and the Beast
as Belle
Arlette et l'Amour
as Arlette Milloix
La Croisée des chemins
as Laurence Chassal
La Prière aux étoiles
as Florence Richaud