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| occupation = Actor
| occupation = Actor
| yearsactive = 1919–1950
| yearsactive = 1919–1950
| spouse = [[Marcel Pagnol]]<br /> Maurice Solvay
| spouse = Maurice Solvay
| partner =
| partner = [[Marcel Pagnol]]
| children = Hinano Tiatia Dagory (adopted daughter)<ref>MyHeritage Family Trees: Ernest Gaston Joseph Solvay. Dagory Website managed by Hinano Dagory at MyHeritage.com </ref>
| children = Hinano Tiatia Dagory (adopted daughter)<ref>MyHeritage Family Trees: Ernest Gaston Joseph Solvay. Dagory Website managed by Hinano Dagory at MyHeritage.com </ref>
| parents =
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'''Josette Day''' (Paris, July 31, 1914 - Paris, June 27, 1978) was a French film actress.
'''Josette Day''' (Paris, July 31, 1914 - Paris, June 27, 1978) was a French film actress.


Born '''Josette Noëlle Andrée Claire Dagory''', she began her career as an actress in 1919 at the age of five. Day was in a relationship with famous French writer and director [[Marcel Pagnol]], whom she met in January 1939 and lasted part of [[World War II]]. Although some sources stated that Day was married to Pagnol, this claim was debunked by several French sources (including Pagnol's official biography), in which Day is listed as one of Pagnol's many love affairs and not as his wife. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.marcel-pagnol.com/fr/marcel-pagnol2/les-amours.html|title=Marcel Pagnol: Les Amours|publisher=Marcel-Pagnol.com}} Marcel Pagnol official website</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.fondationlaposte.org/florilettre/portrait-dauteurs/marcel-pagnol-portrait-par-corinne-amar/|title=Jean Cocteau|author=Amar,Corinne|date=November 2015|title=Marcel Pagnol: Portrait|publisher=fondationlaposte.org}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=Jean Cocteau|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=C6mQW1MhRV8C&pg=PA63&lpg=PA63&dq=companion+josette+day|author=Williams, James S.|page=63|year=2006}}</ref>
Born '''Josette Noëlle Andrée Claire Dagory''', she began her career as an actress in 1919 at the age of five. Day was married in 1941 to famous French writer and director [[Marcel Pagnol]], whom she met in January 1939.


In 1946, she played her best-known role, alongside [[Jean Marais]], as Belle in [[Jean Cocteau]]'s 1946 film ''[[Beauty and the Beast (1946 film)|Beauty and the Beast]]''.
In 1946, she played her best-known role, alongside [[Jean Marais]], as Belle in [[Jean Cocteau]]'s 1946 film ''[[Beauty and the Beast (1946 film)|Beauty and the Beast]]''.
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Her films include ''Allo Berlin? Ici Paris!'' (1932), ''The Merry Monarch'' (based on ''Les Aventures du roi Pausole'') (1933), ''Lucrèce Borgia'' (1935), ''L'homme du jour'' (1937), ''Accord final'' (1938), ''[[Beauty and the Beast (1946 film)|La Belle et la Bête]]'' (1946) and ''[[Les Parents terribles (film)|Les Parents terribles]]'' (1948).
Her films include ''Allo Berlin? Ici Paris!'' (1932), ''The Merry Monarch'' (based on ''Les Aventures du roi Pausole'') (1933), ''Lucrèce Borgia'' (1935), ''L'homme du jour'' (1937), ''Accord final'' (1938), ''[[Beauty and the Beast (1946 film)|La Belle et la Bête]]'' (1946) and ''[[Les Parents terribles (film)|Les Parents terribles]]'' (1948).


Despite numerous parts in famous French films, Day ended her career as an actress in 1950 when only 36 years old. Divorced from Pagnol by then, she retired to marry wealthy chemical businessman, Maurice Solvay (descendant of [[Ernest Solvay]], founder of the notable [[Solvay (company)|Solvay company]]). In February 1959 while on cruise in the Pacific, she and Solvay met a Tahitian girl at a [[Papeete]] market named Hinano Tiatia, whom the couple took under legal guardianship and who was the center of Solvay's inheritance dispute having not been formally adopted at the time of his sudden death in 1960.<ref>{{cite news|date=24 June 1960|work=The Miami News|title=Tahitian Tot Falls Heir to Millions|page=4A|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2206&dat=19600624&id=f0QyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=iOkFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2986,4106236&hl=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|work=Parade|date=5 February 1961|title=Cinderella From Tahiti|url=http://fultonhistory.com/Newspapers%2021/Buffalo%20NY%20Courier%20Express/Buffalo%20NY%20Courier%20Express%201961/Buffalo%20NY%20Courier%20Express%201961%20a%20-%201310.pdf|publisher=fultonhistory.com|page=6}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=The mud pie heiress to $200 m. fortune|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19600628.2.3.aspx|date=28 June 1960|page=1|work=The Straits Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Streit um eine Erbschaft von 300 Millionen DM|url=http://www.abendblatt.de/archiv/1960/article200477607/Streit-um-eine-Erbschaft-von-300-Millionen-DM.html|date=1960|work=Hamburger Abenblatt|publisher=abendblatt.de}} (in German)</ref>
Despite numerous parts in famous French films, Day ended her career as an actress in 1950 when only 36 years old. She retired to marry wealthy chemical businessman, Maurice Solvay (descendant of [[Ernest Solvay]], founder of the notable [[Solvay (company)|Solvay company]]). In February 1959 while on cruise in the Pacific, she and Solvay met a Tahitian girl at a [[Papeete]] market named Hinano Tiatia, whom the couple took under legal guardianship and who was the center of Solvay's inheritance dispute having not been formally adopted at the time of his sudden death in 1960.<ref>{{cite news|date=24 June 1960|work=The Miami News|title=Tahitian Tot Falls Heir to Millions|page=4A|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2206&dat=19600624&id=f0QyAAAAIBAJ&sjid=iOkFAAAAIBAJ&pg=2986,4106236&hl=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|work=Parade|date=5 February 1961|title=Cinderella From Tahiti|url=http://fultonhistory.com/Newspapers%2021/Buffalo%20NY%20Courier%20Express/Buffalo%20NY%20Courier%20Express%201961/Buffalo%20NY%20Courier%20Express%201961%20a%20-%201310.pdf|publisher=fultonhistory.com|page=6}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=The mud pie heiress to $200 m. fortune|url=http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/Digitised/Article/straitstimes19600628.2.3.aspx|date=28 June 1960|page=1|work=The Straits Times}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Streit um eine Erbschaft von 300 Millionen DM|url=http://www.abendblatt.de/archiv/1960/article200477607/Streit-um-eine-Erbschaft-von-300-Millionen-DM.html|date=1960|work=Hamburger Abenblatt|publisher=abendblatt.de}} (in German)</ref>


==Selected filmography==
==Selected filmography==

Revision as of 02:00, 30 January 2018

Josette Day
Born
Josette Noëlle Andrée Claire Dagory

(1914-07-31)July 31, 1914
Paris, France
DiedJune 27, 1978(1978-06-27) (aged 63)
Paris, France
Other namesJosette Solvay
OccupationActor
Years active1919–1950
SpouseMaurice Solvay
PartnerMarcel Pagnol
ChildrenHinano Tiatia Dagory (adopted daughter)[1]

Josette Day (Paris, July 31, 1914 - Paris, June 27, 1978) was a French film actress.

Born Josette Noëlle Andrée Claire Dagory, she began her career as an actress in 1919 at the age of five. Day was in a relationship with famous French writer and director Marcel Pagnol, whom she met in January 1939 and lasted part of World War II. Although some sources stated that Day was married to Pagnol, this claim was debunked by several French sources (including Pagnol's official biography), in which Day is listed as one of Pagnol's many love affairs and not as his wife. [2][3][4]

In 1946, she played her best-known role, alongside Jean Marais, as Belle in Jean Cocteau's 1946 film Beauty and the Beast.

Her films include Allo Berlin? Ici Paris! (1932), The Merry Monarch (based on Les Aventures du roi Pausole) (1933), Lucrèce Borgia (1935), L'homme du jour (1937), Accord final (1938), La Belle et la Bête (1946) and Les Parents terribles (1948).

Despite numerous parts in famous French films, Day ended her career as an actress in 1950 when only 36 years old. She retired to marry wealthy chemical businessman, Maurice Solvay (descendant of Ernest Solvay, founder of the notable Solvay company). In February 1959 while on cruise in the Pacific, she and Solvay met a Tahitian girl at a Papeete market named Hinano Tiatia, whom the couple took under legal guardianship and who was the center of Solvay's inheritance dispute having not been formally adopted at the time of his sudden death in 1960.[5][6][7][8]

Selected filmography

References

  1. ^ MyHeritage Family Trees: Ernest Gaston Joseph Solvay. Dagory Website managed by Hinano Dagory at MyHeritage.com
  2. ^ "Marcel Pagnol: Les Amours". Marcel-Pagnol.com. Marcel Pagnol official website
  3. ^ Amar,Corinne (November 2015). "Marcel Pagnol: Portrait". fondationlaposte.org.
  4. ^ Williams, James S. (2006). Jean Cocteau. p. 63.
  5. ^ "Tahitian Tot Falls Heir to Millions". The Miami News. June 24, 1960. p. 4A.
  6. ^ "Cinderella From Tahiti" (PDF). Parade. fultonhistory.com. February 5, 1961. p. 6.
  7. ^ "The mud pie heiress to $200 m. fortune". The Straits Times. June 28, 1960. p. 1.
  8. ^ "Streit um eine Erbschaft von 300 Millionen DM". Hamburger Abenblatt. abendblatt.de. 1960. (in German)
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