About

Known credits:
40
Birthday:
1914-12-05
Place of birth:
Paris, France
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Odette Joyeux

Overview

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.

Source: Article "Odette Joyeux" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.

Known for

Acting
1983 Où sont-elles donc ? Actor Self 59
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1967 La bonne peinture Actor N/A
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1966 L'Âge heureux Actor Thérèse Nadal 59
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1956 If Paris Were Told to Us Actor La Passementière 59
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1954 Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances Actor Self N/A
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1950 La Ronde Actor Anna, la grisette 61
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1949 Summer Storm Actor Marie-Blanche N/A
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1949 Last Hour, Special Edition Actor Andrée Coche 58
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1948 Scandal Actor Cécilia 58
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1947 Passionnelle Actor Thérèse de Marsannes 58
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1946 Driving Lesson Actor Micheline N/A
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1946 Messieurs Ludovic Actor Anne-Marie Vermeulen N/A
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1946 Sylvia and the Ghost Actor Sylvie 59
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1945 Check on the King Actor Jeannette de Pincret N/A
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1944 The Little Ones of the Flower Platform Actor Rosine Grimaud 59
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1943 Douce Actor Douce 59
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1943 The Phantom Baron Actor Elfy 59
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1942 Love Letters Actor Zélie Fontaine 58
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1942 The Marriage of Chiffon Actor Corysande 'Chiffon' 58
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1942 The Four-Poster Bed Actor Marie-Doree 58
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1941 Notre-Dame de la Mouise Actor N/A
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1938 The Curtain Rises Actor Cécilia Prieur 59
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1938 Youth in Revolt Actor Zizi 59
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1938 Grisou Actor Madeleine 59
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1938 La Glu Actor Naïk N/A
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1937 Trois artilleurs au pensionnat Actor 58
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1937 Une femme qui se partage Actor N/A
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1936 Hélène Actor Françoise 58
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1935 Le chant de l'amour Actor Tote N/A
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1934 Ladies Lake Actor Carla Lyssenhop 58
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1931 Jean of the Moon Actor 59
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1930 Le secret du docteur Actor Suzy N/A
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1930 Une femme a menti Actor N/A
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Writing
1967 La bonne peinture Writing Writer N/A
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1966 L'Âge heureux Writing Novel 69
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1966 L'Âge heureux Writing Writer 59
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1962 Rencontres Writing Writer 59
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1958 Be Beautiful and Shut Up Writing Adaptation 58
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1957 Love Is at Stake Writing Writer 58
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1956 Her Bridal Night Writing Novel 58
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