1935Nominee
Best Performance
Lucrezia Borgia
Josette Day
Actor
Paris, France
July 31, 1914
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.
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Representative Works
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1946Nominee
Best Performance
Beauty and the Beast
2018Nominee
Best Performance
The Image Book
Career Highlights
1931Highlight
Best Performance
Oaths
1940Highlight
Best Performance
The Well-Digger's Daughter
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Beauty and the Beast
The Image Book