Skip to content
Join free
Odette Joyeux
Actor

Odette Joyeux

5 Dec 1914Born
26 Aug 2000Died
85Age at death
36Credits

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.

Read the full biography

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.

Known for

Filmography

  1. 1975L'âge en fleurSeries: Creator
  2. 1967La Bonne PeintureFilm: Narrator (voice), Writer
  3. 1966L'Âge heureuxSeries: Novel, Creator (8 episodes)
  4. 1966L'Âge heureuxFilm: Thérèse Nadal, Writer
  5. 1962RencontresFilm: Writer
  6. 1957Love Is at StakeFilm: Writer
  7. 1956Her Bridal NightFilm: Novel
  8. 1956If Paris Were Told to UsFilm: La Passementière
  9. 1950La RondeFilm: Anna, la grisette
  10. 1949Summer StormFilm: Marie-Blanche
  11. 1949Last Hour, Special EditionFilm: Andrée Coche
  12. 1948ScandalFilm: Cécilia
  13. 1947PassionnelleFilm: Thérèse de Marsannes
  14. 1946Driving LessonFilm: Micheline
  15. 1946Messieurs LudovicFilm: Anne-Marie Vermeulen
  16. 1946Sylvia and the GhostFilm: Sylvie
  17. 1945Check on the KingFilm: Jeannette de Pincret
  18. 1944The Little Ones of the Flower PlatformFilm: Rosine Grimaud
  19. 1943DouceFilm: Douce
  20. 1943The Phantom BaronFilm: Elfy
  21. 1942Love LettersFilm: Zélie Fontaine
  22. 1942The Marriage of ChiffonFilm: Corysande 'Chiffon'
  23. 1942The Four-Poster BedFilm: Marie-Doree
  24. 1941Notre-Dame de la MouiseFilm
  25. 1938The Curtain RisesFilm: Cécilia Prieur
  26. 1938Youth in RevoltFilm: Zizi
  27. 1938GrisouFilm: Madeleine
  28. 1938La GluFilm: Naïk
  29. 1937Trois artilleurs au pensionnatFilm: Micheline
  30. 1937Une femme qui se partageFilm
  31. 1936HélèneFilm: Françoise
  32. 1935Le Chant de l'amourFilm: Tote
  33. 1934Ladies LakeFilm: Carla Lyssenhop
  34. 1931Jean of the MoonFilm: Figurante (uncredited)
  35. 1930Le secret du docteurFilm: Suzy
  36. 1930Une femme a mentiFilm

Biography and credits from TMDB. This website uses TMDB and the TMDB APIs but is not endorsed, certified, or otherwise approved by TMDB.