Jean Marais
Birthday: 1913-12-11 | Place of Birth: Cherbourg, Manche, FranceJean-Alfred Villain-Marais (11 December 1913 – 8 November 1998), known professionally as Jean Marais (French: [ʒɑ̃ maʁɛ]), was a French actor, theatre director, painter, sculptor, visual artist, writer and photographer. In 1937, Marais became the lover of acclaimed poet, playwright and film director Jean Cocteau, who considered him his muse and directed him in multiple plays and films, notably Beauty and the Beast (1946). Following their relationship, Marais and Cocteau remained close friends and Marais later endeavored to keep Cocteau's legacy alive. During the post-war period, Marais was one of France's major film stars and performed in various successful swashbuckler films. In 1996, he was awarded the French Legion of Honor for his contributions to French cinema. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jean Marais, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Acting
Role
as (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as M. Guillaume
as Self
as Marc Antoine
as Self
as Victor Blaise
as Hadès / The Devil
as Self
as Joseph Balsamo
as l'Empereur
as The King
as Christian
as Self
as Le vieil homme
as Manuel Thomas, dit Manu
as Captain Dorgeval
as Fantômas / Fandor / Sir Walter Brown / Giuseppe Luigi
as Ponzio Pilato
as Fantômas / Fandor / Lord Shelton / Vieux gardien de la prison
as Simon Templar
