Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthdate
1914-12-05
Day of Death
2000-08-26
Place of Birth
Paris, France
Odette Joyeux
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. Source: Article "Odette Joyeux" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.
Filmography (33)
Où sont-elles donc ?
1983
La bonne peinture
1967
L'Âge heureux
1966
If Paris Were Told to Us
1956
Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances
1954
La Ronde
1950
Summer Storm
1949
Last Hour, Special Edition
1949
Scandal
1948
Passionnelle
1947
Driving Lesson
1946
Messieurs Ludovic
1946
Sylvia and the Ghost
1946
Check on the King
1945
