Josette Day Death
Josette passed away on June 27, 1978 at the age of 63 in Paris, Ile-de-France, France.
When did Josette Day die?
June 27, 1978How old was Josette Day when died?
63Where did Josette Day die? What was the location of death?
Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Josette Day Birthday and Date of Death
Josette Day was born on July 31, 1914 and died on June 27, 1978. Josette was 63 years old at the time of death.
Birthday: July 31, 1914
Date of Death: June 27, 1978
Age at Death: 63
Josette Day - Biography
Biography by Sandra BrennanFrench actress Josette Day's best-known role was that of Beauty in Cocteau's 1945 version of Beauty and the Beast. Born Josette Dagory in Paris, she started acting in films at age five and later went on to work in the theater and to dance in the Paris Opera. She began her adult film career in the early '30s and went on to play in French films through 1949 when she retired to marry a wealthy Belgian industrial magnate.
In 1946, she played her best-known role, alongside Jean Marais, as Belle in Jean Cocteau's 1946 film Beauty and the Beast.
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.
