Odette Joyeux
Odette Joyeux is known for La Ronde (1950), Sylvia and the Ghost (1946), The Curtain Rises (1938).
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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Questions about Odette Joyeux
How many Odette Joyeux films are in the catalogue?
The CineQuiz catalogue has 20 films with Odette Joyeux, from 1931 to 1967.
What is the best rated Odette Joyeux film?
The best rated Odette Joyeux film in the catalogue is La Ronde (1950), rated 7.3.
What was the first Odette Joyeux film?
The first Odette Joyeux film in the catalogue is La Ronde, from 1950.
People data: TMDb.
Known for
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7.3 Rencontres
1962
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7.3 La Ronde
1950
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7.2 Douce
1943
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6.6 The Little Ones of the Flower Platform
1944
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7.8 The Curtain Rises
1938
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8.0 Grisou
1938
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10.0 La Bonne Peinture
1967
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6.9 Sylvia and the Ghost
1946
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5.9 If Paris Were Told to Us
1956
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6.3 The Phantom Baron
1943
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8.0 Youth in Revolt
1938
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4.1 Ladies Lake
1934
Full filmography
35 films — 20 in the catalogue
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6.0 Où sont-elles donc ?
1983 · Self
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10.0
La Bonne Peinture
1967 · Narrator (voice)
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7.0 L'Âge heureux
1966 · Thérèse Nadal
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5.9
If Paris Were Told to Us
1956 · La Passementière
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7.0 Saint-Tropez, devoirs de vacances
1954 · Self
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7.3
La Ronde
1950 · Anna, la grisette
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7.0 Summer Storm
1949 · Marie-Blanche
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6.3 Last Hour, Special Edition
1949 · Andrée Coche
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5.0 Scandale
1948 · Cécilia
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6.7 Pour une nuit d'amour
1947 · Thérèse de Marsannes
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9.0 Driving Lesson
1946 · Micheline
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7.0 Messieurs Ludovic
1946 · Anne-Marie Vermeulen
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6.9
Sylvia and the Ghost
1946 · Sylvie
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10.0 Échec au roy
1945 · Jeannette de Pincret
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6.6
The Little Ones of the Flower Platform
1944 · Rosine Grimaud
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7.2
Douce
1943 · Douce
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6.3
The Phantom Baron
1943 · Elfy
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6.4 Lettres d'amour
1942 · Zélie Fontaine
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6.3 The Marriage of Chiffon
1942 · Corysande 'Chiffon'
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7.3 The Four-Poster Bed
1942 · Marie-Doree
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10.0 Notre-Dame de la Mouise
1941
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7.8
The Curtain Rises
1938 · Cécilia Prieur
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8.0
Youth in Revolt
1938 · Zizi
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8.0
Grisou
1938 · Madeleine
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10.0 La Glu
1938 · Naïk
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6.5 Trois artilleurs au pensionnat
1937 · Micheline
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7.0 Une femme qui se partage
1937
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5.5 Hélène
1936 · Françoise
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8.0 Le Chant de l'amour
1935 · Tote
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4.1
Ladies Lake
1934 · Carla Lyssenhop
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6.5 Jean of the Moon
1931
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10.0 Le secret du docteur
1930 · Suzy
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8.0 Une femme a menti
1930
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7.3
Rencontres
1962
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5.0 Love Is at Stake
1957
People data: TMDb.
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