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Odette Joyeux

Acting
1914-12-05
Paris, France
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.

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Known For 36 titles
Scandal (1948) subtitle poster
Scandal
1948 Movie
as Cécilia
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L'Âge heureux (1966) subtitle poster
L'Âge heureux
1966 Movie
as Thérèse Nadal
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Le secret du docteur (1930) subtitle poster
Le secret du docteur
1930 Movie
as Suzy
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Driving Lesson (1946) subtitle poster
Driving Lesson
1946 Movie
as Micheline
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La Glu (1938) subtitle poster
La Glu
1938 Movie
as Naïk
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La bonne peinture (1967) subtitle poster
La bonne peinture
1967 Movie
as Narrator (voice)
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Check on the King (1945) subtitle poster
Check on the King
1945 Movie
as Jeannette de Pincret
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Une femme a menti (1930) subtitle poster
Une femme a menti
1930 Movie
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Summer Storm (1949) subtitle poster
Summer Storm
1949 Movie
as Marie-Blanche
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Une femme qui se partage (1937) subtitle poster
Une femme qui se partage
1937 Movie
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Notre-Dame de la Mouise (1941) subtitle poster
Notre-Dame de la Mouise
1941 Movie
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Où sont-elles donc ? (1983) subtitle poster
Où sont-elles donc ?
1983 Movie
as Self
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