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Odette Joyeux

Odette Joyeux

ActorWriter Dec 5 (died age 85) Paris, France 1930–1983 (53 year career)
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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 …

Known For

La Ronde
Film

La Ronde

Anna, la grisette
The Curtain Rises
Film

The Curtain Rises

Cécilia Prieur
Sylvia and the Ghost
Film

Sylvia and the Ghost

Sylvie
Douce
Film

Douce

Douce
Be Beautiful and Shut Up
Film

Be Beautiful and Shut Up

Adaptation
If Paris Were Told to Us
Film

If Paris Were Told to Us

La Passementière
Grisou
Film

Grisou

Madeleine
The Phantom Baron
Film

The Phantom Baron

Elfy

Filmography