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. 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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Filmography
all 42
Movies 37
Writer 8
self 5
TV Shows 5
Creator 2
Où sont-elles donc ? (1983)
Champs-Elysées (1982)
L'âge en fleur (1975)
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche (1975)
Le Grand Échiquier (1972)
A Golden Widow (1969)
La Bonne Peinture (1967)
L'Âge heureux (1966)
L'Âge heureux (1966)
Rencontres (1962)
Be Beautiful But Shut Up (1958)
Le Naïf aux 40 enfants (1957)
Love Is at Stake (1957)
Her Bridal Night (1956)
If Paris Were Told to Us (1956)
Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances (1954)
La Ronde (1950)
Summer Storm (1949)
Last Hour, Special Edition (1949)
Scandal (1948)
Passionnelle (1947)
Driving Lesson (1946)
Messieurs Ludovic (1946)
Sylvia and the Ghost (1946)
Check on the King (1945)
The Little Ones of the Flower Platform (1944)
Douce (1943)
The Phantom Baron (1943)
Love Letters (1942)
The Marriage of Chiffon (1942)
The Four-Poster Bed (1942)
Notre-Dame de la Mouise (1941)
The Curtain Rises (1938)
Youth in Revolt (1938)
Grisou (1938)
La Glu (1938)
Trois artilleurs au pensionnat (1937)
Une femme qui se partage (1937)
Hélène (1936)
Le chant de l'amour (1935)
Ladies Lake (1934)
Jean of the Moon (1931)
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Known ForActing
GenderFemale
Birthday1914-12-05
Deathday2000-08-26 (85 years old)
Birth Place14th arrondissement of Paris, France
RelationshipsPierre Brasseur (1935-08-16 - 1945-07-23), Philippe Agostini (1958-08-19 - 2000-08-26)
ChildrenClaude Brasseur
CitizenshipsFrance
AwardsOfficer of the National Order of Merit, Legion of Honour, bourse Goncourt de la biographie
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