Josette Day
An image from Beauty and the Beast, one of the productions that also features Josette Day.
Josette Day

Josette Day

July 31, 1914 — Paris, France

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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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Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast

1946

The Well-Digger's Daughter

The Well-Digger's Daughter

1940

The Storm Within

The Storm Within

1948

Girls' Club

Girls' Club

1936

Just Leon

Just Leon

1932

Sisters-in-Arms

Sisters-in-Arms

1937

The Five Cents of Lavarede

The Five Cents of Lavarede

1939

The Bureaucrats

The Bureaucrats

1936