Odette Joyeux
Known for Acting · 36 credits
- Born
- 1914-12-05
- Died
- 2000-08-26
- Place of birth
- Paris, France
Biography
Odette Joyeux (5 December 1914 – 26 August 2000) was a French actress, playwright and novelist.
She was born in Paris, where she studied dance at the Paris Opera Ballet before taking the stage. Joyeux started her film career in 1931. Her first notable film was Marc Allégret's Entrée des artistes (1938). During the 1940s she established herself as one of France's most popular cinema actresses; however, she made few film appearances after the 1950s.
Joyeux is the author of some plays and essays on dance as well as a book on the life of inventor Nicéphore Niépce. She also wrote two novels aimed to inspire dance: L'Âge heureux (which was adapted to a television series) and Côté jardin. Additionally, Joyeux wrote The Bride Is Much Too Beautiful (1956) (adapted to film).
She married actor Pierre Brasseur from 1935 until their divorce in 1945, by whom she had one child, Claude Brasseur, who is the father of Alexandre Brasseur.
In 1958 she married director Philippe Agostini. They remained married until her death in Grimaud, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France from stroke at age 85.
Known For
TV Shows (3)
Movies (33)
Grisou
1938
as Madeleine
Douce
1943
as Douce
Une femme qui se partage
1937
Passionnelle
1947
as Thérèse de Marsannes
La Ronde
1950
as Anna, la grisette
Une femme a menti
1930
The Phantom Baron
1943
as Elfy
Love Letters
1942
as Zélie Fontaine
If Paris Were Told to Us
1956
as La Passementière
Jean of the Moon
1931
Le Chant de l'amour
1935
as Tote
La Bonne Peinture
1967
as Narrator (voice)
The Curtain Rises
1938
as Cécilia Prieur
L'Âge heureux
1966
as Thérèse Nadal
Le secret du docteur
1930
as Suzy
Ladies Lake
1934
as Carla Lyssenhop
Sylvia and the Ghost
1946
as Sylvie
Last Hour, Special Edition
1949
as Andrée Coche
The Marriage of Chiffon
1942
as Corysande 'Chiffon'
Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances
1954
as Self
Youth in Revolt
1938
as Zizi
The Four-Poster Bed
1942
as Marie-Doree
Scandal
1948
as Cécilia
Hélène
1936
as Françoise
The Little Ones of the Flower Platform
1944
as Rosine Grimaud
Notre-Dame de la Mouise
1941
Check on the King
1945
as Jeannette de Pincret
Summer Storm
1949
as Marie-Blanche
Messieurs Ludovic
1946
as Anne-Marie Vermeulen
Driving Lesson
1946
as Micheline
La Glu
1938
as Naïk
Trois artilleurs au pensionnat
1937
as Micheline
Où sont-elles donc ?
1983
as Self
About Odette Joyeux
Odette Joyeux (5 December 1914 – 26 August 2000) was a French actress, playwright and novelist. She was born in Paris, where she studied dance at the Paris Opera Ballet before taking the stage. Joyeux started her film career in 1931. Her first notable film was Marc Allégret's Entrée des artistes (1938). During the 1940s she established herself as one of France's most popular cinema actresses; however, she made few film appearances after the 1950s. Joyeux is the author of some plays and essays on dance as well as a book on the life of inventor… With 36 credits spanning from 1930 to 1983, Odette Joyeux has appeared in 33 films and 3 TV shows.
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Most Popular Odette Joyeux Movies
- Grisou (1938) — as Madeleine
- Douce (1943) — as Douce
- Une femme qui se partage (1937)
- Passionnelle (1947) — as Thérèse de Marsannes
- La Ronde (1950) — as Anna, la grisette
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