Joyeux, Odette (1914–2000)

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Joyeux, Odette (1914–2000)

French stage and screen actress and screenwriter. Born Dec 5, 1914, in Paris, France; died Aug 26, 2000, in Grimaud, France; m. Pierre Brasseur (actor), 1935; m. Philippe Agostini (cinematographer), 1958; children: Claude Brasseur (b. 1936, actor); grandmother of Alexandre Brasseur (actor).

Made screen debut at 14 but generally worked on the Paris stage until appearing in Marc Allegret film Entrée des Artistes (The Curtain Rises, 1938); a leading star of the French cinema, appeared in such films as Jean de la Lune, Le chien jaune, Grisou, Le lit à colonnes, Le mariage de Chiffon, Lettres d'amour, Douce, Sylvie et le fantoôme, and La Ronde; screenplays include La Mariée est trop belle, L'amour est en jeu, Sois belle et tais-toi and Rencontres; has also written for tv.

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