Odette Joyeux

Personal Info

Birthday

December 5, 1914

Day of Death

2000-08-26

(85 years old)

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.

Known For

Hélène

The Little Ones of the Flower Platform

La Ronde

Sylvia and the Ghost

If Paris Were Told to Us

The Phantom Baron

The Marriage of Chiffon

The Curtain Rises

Filmography

1983
Où sont-elles donc ?
as Self
1966
L'Âge heureux
as Thérèse Nadal
1956
If Paris Were Told to Us
as La Passementière
1954
Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances
as Self
1950
La Ronde
as Anna, la grisette
1949
Summer Storm
as Marie-Blanche
Last Hour, Special Edition
as Andrée Coche
1948
Scandal
as Cécilia
1947
Passionnelle
as Thérèse de Marsannes
1946
Driving Lesson
as Micheline
Messieurs Ludovic
as Anne-Marie Vermeulen
Sylvia and the Ghost
as Sylvie
1945
Check on the King
as Jeannette de Pincret
1944
The Little Ones of the Flower Platform
as Rosine Grimaud
1943
Douce
as Douce
The Phantom Baron
as Elfy
1942
Love Letters
as Zélie Fontaine
The Marriage of Chiffon
as Corysande 'Chiffon'
The Four-Poster Bed
as Marie-Doree
1938
The Curtain Rises
as Cécilia Prieur
Youth in Revolt
as Zizi
Grisou
as Madeleine
La Glu
as Naïk
1937
Trois artilleurs au pensionnat
as Micheline
1936
Hélène
as Françoise
1935
Le chant de l'amour
as Tote
1934
Ladies Lake
as Carla Lyssenhop
1930
Le secret du docteur
as Suzy