đŹ Movies Mates PEOPLE
Odette Joyeux
Acting
Biography
Odette Joyeux (5 December 1914 â 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 NicĂ©phore NiĂ©pce. She also wrote two novels aimed to inspire dance: L'Ăge heureux (which was adapted to a television series) and CĂŽtĂ© jardin. AdditioâŠ
Read full biography
Odette Joyeux (5 December 1914 â 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 AllĂ©gret's EntrĂ©e 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 NicĂ©phore NiĂ©pce. She also wrote two novels aimed to inspire dance: L'Ăge heureux (which was adapted to a television series) and CĂŽtĂ© 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-CĂŽte d'Azur, France from stroke at age 85. Source: Article "Odette Joyeux" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Biography expanded
BODY OF WORK
Odette Joyeux's Filmography
Select any movie to open its full Movies Mates details page.
OĂč sont-elles donc ?
as Self
La Bonne Peinture
as Narrator (voice)
L'Ăge heureux
as ThérÚse Nadal
If Paris Were Told to Us
as La PassementiĂšre
Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances
as Self
La Ronde
as Anna, la grisette
Summer Storm
as Marie-Blanche
Last Hour, Special Edition
as Andrée Coche
Scandal
as CĂ©cilia
Passionnelle
as ThérÚse de Marsannes
Driving Lesson
as Micheline
Messieurs Ludovic
as Anne-Marie Vermeulen
Sylvia and the Ghost
as Sylvie
Check on the King
as Jeannette de Pincret
The Little Ones of the Flower Platform
as Rosine Grimaud
Douce
as Douce
The Phantom Baron
as Elfy
Love Letters
as ZĂ©lie Fontaine
The Marriage of Chiffon
as Corysande 'Chiffon'
The Four-Poster Bed
as Marie-Doree
Notre-Dame de la Mouise
The Curtain Rises
as CĂ©cilia Prieur
Youth in Revolt
as Zizi
Grisou
as Madeleine
La Glu
as NaĂŻk
Trois artilleurs au pensionnat
as Micheline
Une femme qui se partage
HĂ©lĂšne
as Françoise
Le Chant de l'amour
as Tote
Ladies Lake
as Carla Lyssenhop
Jean of the Moon
as Figurante (uncredited)
Le secret du docteur
as Suzy
