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