- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- December 5, 1914
- Place of Birth
- Paris, France
- Died
- August 26, 2000
Odette Joyeux
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 …
Filmography
movieOù sont-elles donc ?
1983 · Self
tvChamps-Elysées
1982 · Self
tvL'âge en fleur
1975 · Creator
tvLes Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975 · Self
tvLe Grand Échiquier
1972 · Self
movieLa Bonne Peinture
1967 · Narrator (voice), Writer
tvL'Âge heureux
1966 · Novel, Creator
movieL'Âge heureux
1966 · Thérèse Nadal, Writer
movieRencontres
1962 · Writer
movieBe Beautiful and Shut Up
1958 · Adaptation
movieLove Is at Stake
1957 · Writer
movieHer Bridal Night
1956 · Novel
movieIf Paris Were Told to Us
1956 · La Passementière
movieSaint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances
1954 · Self
movieLa Ronde
1950 · Anna, la grisette
movieSummer Storm
1949 · Marie-Blanche
movieLast Hour, Special Edition
1949 · Andrée Coche
movieScandal
1948 · Cécilia
moviePassionnelle
1947 · Thérèse de Marsannes
movieDriving Lesson
1946 · Micheline
movieMessieurs Ludovic
1946 · Anne-Marie Vermeulen
movieSylvia and the Ghost
1946 · Sylvie
movieCheck on the King
1945 · Jeannette de Pincret
movieThe Little Ones of the Flower Platform
1944 · Rosine Grimaud
movieDouce
1943 · Douce
movieThe Phantom Baron
1943 · Elfy
movieLove Letters
1942 · Zélie Fontaine
movieThe Marriage of Chiffon
1942 · Corysande 'Chiffon'
movieThe Four-Poster Bed
1942 · Marie-Doree
movieNotre-Dame de la Mouise
1941
movieThe Curtain Rises
1938 · Cécilia Prieur
movieYouth in Revolt
1938 · Zizi
movieGrisou
1938 · Madeleine
movieLa Glu
1938 · Naïk
movieTrois artilleurs au pensionnat
1937 · Micheline
movieUne femme qui se partage
1937
movieHélène
1936 · Françoise
movieLe Chant de l'amour
1935 · Tote
movieLadies Lake
1934 · Carla Lyssenhop
movieJean of the Moon
1931
movieLe secret du docteur
1930 · Suzy
movieUne femme a menti
1930