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1946: French actress Josette Day (1914 - 1978) plays Belle in Jean Cocteau's beautifully surreal film 'La Belle Et La Bete', based on the children's fairy tale 'Beauty and the Beast'. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

1946:  French actress Josette Day (1914 - 1978) plays Belle in Jean Cocteau's beautifully surreal film 'La Belle Et La Bete', based on the children's fairy tale 'Beauty and the Beast'.  (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)