Odette Joyeux

Acting

Born 1914-12-05 Died 2000-08-26 Paris, France 42 credits Officer of the Legion of Honour 1 Prix Anna de Noailles 1 Officer of the National Order of Merit 1 bourse Goncourt de la biographie 1

Awards

Won 1 Officer of the Legion of Honour Award

Officer of the Legion of Honour 1 won

1998 Officer of the Legion of Honour Won

Prix Anna de Noailles 1 won

1995 Prix Anna de Noailles Won

Officer of the National Order of Merit 1 won

1994 Officer of the National Order of Merit Won

bourse Goncourt de la biographie 1 won

1991 bourse Goncourt de la biographie Won

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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. Source: Article "Odette Joyeux" from Wikipedia in English, licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0.