Odette Joyeux (5 December 1914 – 26 August 2000) was a French actress, playwright and novelist.

Biography

She was born in Paris, where she studied dance at the

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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 ''

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''. 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

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from 1935 until their divorce in 1945, by whom she had one child,

Claude Brasseur Claude Brasseur (15 June 1936 – 22 December 2020) was a French actor. Life and career Claude Brasseur was born in Neuilly-sur-Seine as Claude Pierre Espinasse, the son of actor Pierre Brasseur and actress Odette Joyeux. He was the godson of E ...

, who is the father of Alexandre Brasseur. In 1958 she married director Philippe Agostini. They remained married until her death in Grimaud,

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, France from stroke at age 85.

Partial filmography

* ''Une femme a menti'' (1930) * ''Le secret du docteur'' (1930) - Suzy, la bonne * ''Jean de la Lune'' (1931) - Figurante (uncredited) * ''Le chien jaune'' (1932) - (uncredited) * ''

Lake of Ladies ''Lake of Ladies'' or ''Ladies Lake'' (French: ''Lac aux dames'') is a 1934 French drama film directed by Marc Allégret and starring Rosine Deréan, Simone Simon and Illa Meery.Bergfelder, Harris & Street p.78 The film's sets were designed by ...

'' (1934) - Carla Lyssenhop * ''Le chant de l'amour'' (1935) - Tote * ''Valse éternelle'' (1936) - Sophie * '' Hélène'' (1936) - Françoise * ''Une femme qui se partage'' (1937) - Léa * ''Trois artilleurs au pensionnat'' (1937) - Micheline * ''La Glu'' (1938) - Naïk * ''Grisou'' (1938) - Madeleine * ''Youth in Revolt'' (1938) - Zizi * ''

The Curtain Rises ''The Curtain Rises'' (french: Entrée des artistes) is a 1938 French crime film directed by Marc Allégret and starring Louis Jouvet, Claude Dauphin and Odette Joyeux.Andrew p.144 The film's sets were designed by the art directors Jacques Kraus ...

'' (1938) - Coecilia * ''

Notre-Dame de la Mouise ''Notre-Dame de la Mouise'' ( nl, Notre Dame van de sloppen) is a 1941 Dutch- French film directed by Robert Péguy. Cast * Édouard Delmont ... Le père Didier (as Delmont) * François Rozet ... L'abbé * Georges Rollin ... Bibi *René Sarvi ...

'' (1941) - La môme * '' Le Lit à colonnes'' (1942) - Marie-Dorée * '' Les Mariage de Chiffon'' (1942) - Corysande dite Chiffon * ''Lettres d'amour'' (1942) - Zélie Fontaine * ''

The Phantom Baron ''The Phantom Baron'' (French: ''Le Baron fantôme'') is a 1943 French drama film directed by Serge de Poligny and starring Odette Joyeux, Jany Holt, and Alain Cuny.

'' (1943) - Elfy de Saint-Hélié * '' Love Story'' (1943) - Douce * ''

Les Petites du quai aux fleurs ''Les Petites du quai aux fleurs'' is a French film. Plot A bookshop owner has four daughters who have romantic troubles. References External linksat louisjourdan.net''Les Petites du quai aux fleurs''at IMDb IMDb (an abbreviation of Int ...

'' (1944) - Rosine Grimaud * ''Échec au roy'' (1945) - Jeannette de Pincret * '' Sylvie and the Ghost'' (1946) - Sylvie * ''Messieurs Ludovic'' (1946) - Anne-Marie Vermeulen * ''

Lessons in Conduct ''Lessons in Conduct'' (French: ''Leçon de conduite'') is a 1946 French comedy film directed by Gilles Grangier and starring Odette Joyeux, Gilbert Gil and Jean Tissier. The film's sets were designed by Paul-Louis Boutié. Main cast * Odette ...

'' (1946) - Micheline * ''Passionnelle'' (1947) - Thérèse de Marsannes * ''Scandale'' (1948) - Cécilia * ''Dernière heure, édition spéciale'' (1949) - Andrée Coche * '' Summer Storm'' (1949) - Marie-Blanche * ''

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'' (1950) - Anna, the Grisette * ''

If Paris Were Told to Us ''If Paris Were Told to Us'' (french: Si Paris nous était conté) is a 1956 French historical film directed and written by Sacha Guitry. The admissions in France were 2,813,682 people.https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0048616/business Principal cas ...

'' (1956) - La Passementière * ''

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'' (1957, TV Movie) - Récitante (voice) * ''

A Golden Widow ''A Golden Widow'' (French: ''Une veuve en or'') is a 1969 comedy film directed by Michel Audiard and starring Michèle Mercier, Claude Rich and Roger Carel.Oscherwitz & Higgins p.28 It was made as a co-production between France, Italy and West G ...

'' (1969, screenwriter)

Honours

She was made ''Chevalier'' (Knight) of the

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on 29 November 1989, and promoted to ''Officier'' (Officer) in 1998. She was made ''Officier'' (Officer) of the

Ordre national du Mérite The Ordre national du Mérite (; en, National Order of Merit) is a French order of merit with membership awarded by the President of the French Republic, founded on 3 December 1963 by President Charles de Gaulle. The reason for the order's estab ...

in 1994.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Joyeux, Odette 1914 births 2000 deaths Actresses from Paris French film actresses French children's writers French women children's writers Officers of the Ordre national du Mérite Prix Goncourt de la Biographie winners Officiers of the Légion d'honneur 20th-century French actresses 20th-century French women writers