Josette Day
Josette Day | |
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Born | Josette Noële Andrée Claire Dagory July 31, 1914 Paris, France |
Died | June 27, 1978 Paris, France | (aged 63)
Other names | Josette Solvay |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1919–1950 |
Spouse | Maurice Solvay |
Partner | Marcel Pagnol |
Children | Hinano Tiatia Dagory (adopted daughter)[1] |
Josette Day (Paris, July 31, 1914 – Paris, June 27, 1978) was a French film actress.
Born Josette Noële Andrée Claire Dagory,
In 1946, she played her best-known role, alongside Jean Marais, as Belle in Jean Cocteau's 1946 film Beauty and the Beast.
Her films include Allo Berlin? Ici Paris! (1932), The Merry Monarch (based on Les Aventures du roi Pausole) (1933), Lucrèce Borgia (1935), L'homme du jour (1937), Accord final (1938),
Despite numerous parts in famous French films, Day ended her career as an actress in 1950 when only 36 years old. She retired to marry wealthy chemical businessman Maurice Solvay (descendant of
Selected filmography
- Here's Berlin (1932)
- The Regiment's Champion (1932)
- Miss Helyett (1933)
- Colomba (1933)
- The Barber of Seville (1933)
- The Concierge's Daughters (1934)
- Mam'zelle Spahi (1934)
- Coralie and Company (1934)
- Antonia (1935)
- His Excellency Antonin (1935)
- Lucrezia Borgia (1935)
- Women's Club (1936)
- The Flame (1936)
- Ménilmontant (1936)
- Sisters in Arms (1937)
- The Man of the Hour (1937)
- Monsieur Bégonia (1937)
- Final Accord (1938)
- Education of a Prince (1938)
- The Patriot (1938)
- The Five Cents of Lavarede (1939)
- Monsieur Brotonneau (1939)
- The Well-Digger's Daughter (1940)
- The Crossroads (1942)
- Arlette and Love (1943)
- Beauty and the Beast (1946)
- Les Parents terribles(1948)
- Swiss Tour (1950)
- Love, Madame (1952)
References
- ^ MyHeritage Family Trees: Ernest Gaston Joseph Solvay. Dagory Website managed by Hinano Dagory at MyHeritage.com
- ^ "Josette Day: 1914 Acte de naissance and 1978 Acte de décès". CinéArtistes. Retrieved July 30, 2018.
- ^ "Marcel Pagnol: Les Amours". Marcel-Pagnol.com. Marcel Pagnol official website
- ^ Amar,Corinne (November 2015). "Marcel Pagnol: Portrait". fondationlaposte.org.
- ISBN 9780719058837.
- ISBN 9780810869394.
- ^ "Tahitian Tot Falls Heir to Millions". The Miami News. June 24, 1960. p. 4A.
- ^ "Cinderella From Tahiti" (PDF). Parade. fultonhistory.com. February 5, 1961. p. 6.
- ^ "The mud pie heiress to $200 m. fortune". The Straits Times. June 28, 1960. p. 1.
- ^ "Streit um eine Erbschaft von 300 Millionen DM". Hamburger Abenblatt. abendblatt.de. 1960. (in German)