Odette Joyeux
Acting
Born December 5, 1914 · Paris, France
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…
Known For · 36 titles
Champs-Elysées
Le Grand Échiquier
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Grisou
Une femme qui se partage
La Ronde
Le secret du docteur
Douce
Passionnelle
Une femme a menti
If Paris Were Told to Us
The Little Ones of the Flower Platform
Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances
Le Chant de l'amour
Love Letters
The Phantom Baron
Jean of the Moon
Sylvia and the Ghost
La Bonne Peinture
The Marriage of Chiffon
Hélène
L'Âge heureux
The Curtain Rises
Driving Lesson
Ladies Lake
Messieurs Ludovic
Summer Storm
Last Hour, Special Edition
La Glu
The Four-Poster Bed
Scandal
Trois artilleurs au pensionnat
Check on the King
Youth in Revolt
Notre-Dame de la Mouise
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