Occupation Actress, Writer Name Odette Joyeux | Role Actress Children Claude Brasseur | |
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Born 5 December 1914 ( 1914-12-05 ) Paris, France Years active 1930–1973 (Film & TV)1951–1984 (screenwriter) Died August 26, 2000, Ollioules, France Awards Prix Goncourt de la Biographie Movies Sylvia and the Ghost, Entree des artistes, La Ronde, Les Petites du quai aux fleurs, The Bride Is Much Too Beau Similar People | ||
Louis jourdan bernard blier odette joyeux les petites du quai aux fleurs 1944
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 Allegret's Entrée des artistes (1938). During the 1940s she established herself as one of France's most popular cinema actresses but made few film appearances after the 1950s.
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- Honours
- Filmography
- References
Joyeux is the author of some plays and essays on dance as well as inventor Nicephore Niepce. 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 Ollioules, Var, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, France from stroke at age 85.
Honours
She was made Chevalier (Knight) of the Légion d'honneur on 29 November 1989, and promoted to Officier (Officer) in 1998.
She was made Officier (Officer) of the Ordre national du Mérite in 1994.
Filmography
Actress
1973
Témoignages (TV Series) as
Ève
- Ève et l'inventeur (1973) - Ève
1967
La bonne peinture (TV Movie) as
Récitante (voice)
1966
L'âge heureux (TV Series) as
Thérèse Nadal
1956
Si Paris nous était conté as
La Passementière
1951
Le château du carrefour (TV Movie)
1950
La Ronde as
Anna
1949
Orage d'été as
Marie-Blanche
1949
Dernière heure, édition spéciale as
Andrée Coche
1948
Scandale as
Cécilia
1947
Passionnelle as
Thérèse de Marsannes
1946
Leçon de conduite as
Micheline
1946
Messieurs Ludovic as
Anne-Marie Vermeulen
1946
Sylvie et le fantôme as
Sylvie
1945
Échec au roy as
Jeannette de Pincret
1944
Les petites du quai aux fleurs as
Rosine Grimaud
1943
Douce as
Douce
1943
The Phantom Baron as
Elfy de Saint-Hélié
1942
Lettres d'amour as
Zélie Fontaine
1942
Le mariage de Chiffon as
Corysande dite Chiffon
1942
Le lit à colonnes as
Marie-Dorée
1941
Notre-Dame de la mouise as
La môme
1938
The Curtain Rises as
Coecilia
1938
Youth in Revolt as
Zizi
1938
Grisou as
Madeleine
1938
La Glu as
Naïk
1937
Trois artilleurs au pensionnat as
Micheline
1937
Une femme qui se partage as
Léa
1936
Hélène as
Françoise
1936
Valse éternelle as
Sophie
1935
Le chant de l'amour as
Tote
1934
Ladies Lake as
Carla Lyssenhop
1932
Le chien jaune (uncredited)
1931
Jean de la Lune as
Figurante (uncredited)
1930
Le secret du docteur as
Suzy, la bonne
1930
Une femme a menti
Writer
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Les amours des années 50 (TV Series) (adaptation & dialogue - 1 episode, 1984) (novel - 1 episode, 1984)
- La mariée est trop belle (1984) - (adaptation & dialogue) / (novel)
1984
Les amours romantiques (TV Series) (adaptation - 1 episode)
- Laure et Adriani (1984) - (adaptation)
1981
Les amours des années grises (TV Series) (adaptation - 1 episode)
- Joli Coeur (1981) - (adaptation)
1981
Les amours des années folles (TV Series) (adaptation - 1 episode)
- Le trèfle à quatre feuilles (1981) - (adaptation)
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Les amours de la belle époque (TV Series) (adaptation - 1 episode, 1979) (dialogue - 1 episode, 1979)
- Le mariage de Chiffon (1979) - (adaptation) / (dialogue)
1975
L'âge en fleur (TV Series)
1973
Témoignages (TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- Ève et l'inventeur (1973) - (writer)
1969
A Golden Widow (from an original idea by)
1969
Le trésor des Hollandais (TV Series) (writer)
1967
La bonne peinture (TV Movie) (dialogue)
1966
L'âge heureux (TV Series)
1962
Rencontres
1958
Be Beautiful But Shut Up (adaptation)
1957
Le naïf aux 40 enfants (scenario and dialogue)
1957
L'amour est en jeu
1956
Her Bridal Night (novel)
1951
Le château du carrefour (TV Movie) (play)
Producer
1960
Rue de la gaîté (TV Series) (producer)
Self
1997
L'enfant du dimanche (TV Movie) as
Self
1992
La nuit des Césars (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- 17ème nuit des Césars (1992) - Self
1987
Champs-Elysées (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 3 October 1987 (1987) - Self
1987
Permission de minuit (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 21 September 1987 (1987) - Self
1987
À la folie, pas du tout (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Episode dated 20 September 1987 (1987) - Self
1984
Le grand échiquier (TV Series) as
Self
- Claude Brasseur (1984) - Self
1983
Cinéma cinémas (TV Series documentary) as
Self (segment 'Où sont-elles donc?')
- Où sont-elles donc? (1983) - Self (segment 'Où sont-elles donc?')
1979
Dialogue pour un portrait (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Claude Brasseur (1979) - Self
1979
Sur la sellette (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 13 January 1979 (1979) - Self
1978
Les rendez-vous du dimanche (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 14 May 1978 (1978) - Self
1978
Monsieur Cinéma (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 5 March 1978 (1978) - Self
1974
Une légende, une vie (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- Pierre Brasseur (1974) - Self
1970
Au cinéma ce soir (TV Series) as
Self
- Douce (1973) - Self
- Entrée des artistes (1970) - Self
- Le lit à colonnes (1970) - Self
1964
Le vrai visage de Thérèse de Lisieux (Documentary short) as
Récitante / Narrator (voice)
1960
Au-delà de l'écran (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 23 October 1960 (1960) - Self
1960
Rue de la gaîté (TV Series) as
Self - Host
- Episode dated 20 October 1960 (1960) - Self - Host
- Episode dated 21 September 1960 (1960) - Self - Host
1958
Les joies de la vie (TV Series) as
Self - Co-Host
- Jean Delannoy (1958) - Self - Co-Host
1955
La joie de vivre (TV Series) as
Self
- Claude Autant Lara (1956) - Self
- André Roussin et Maurice Lehmann (1955) - Self
1956
Trente-Six Chandelles (TV Series) as
Self
- Episode dated 16 January 1956 (1956) - Self
1953
Saint-Tropez, devoir de vacances (Documentary short) as
Self - hôtesse d'été de Saint-Tropez
1950
Douceur angevine (Documentary short) as
Commentary (voice)
1949
Vedettes en liberté (Documentary short) as
Self
Archive Footage
2023
Compression (TV Series documentary)
- Compression Le Mariage de chiffon de Claude Autant-Lara (2023)
- Compression Douce de Claude Autant-Lara (2023)
2017
Journeys Through French Cinema (TV Series documentary) as
Self
- La nouvelle vague de l'Occupation (2017) - Self
References
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