Jean Marais - Movies, Bio & Filmography

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★ Acting🎥 104 films📺 20 TV shows📅 1933–2024🔥 0

Also known as: Жан Марэ, Жан Маре, Jean Alfred Villain-Marais

Born in Cherbourg, Manche, France

1913-12-11 (age 84 at death)

Died 1998-11-08

Jean-Alfred Villain-Marais (11 December 1913 – 8 November 1998), was a French actor and director.

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Jean-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 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.
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