Jean Marais
Jean-Alfred Villain-Marais, known professionally as Jean Marais, 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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🎬 Movies
If Paris Were Told to Us
actor
1956
Goubbiah, mon amour
actor
1956
Elena and Her Men
actor
1956
Napoléon
actor
1955
Boum sur Paris
actor
1954
Royal Affairs in Versailles
actor
1954
The Count of Monte Cristo
actor
1954
Le Guérisseur
actor
1953
The Call of Destiny
actor
1953
Voice of Silence
actor
1953
Dortoir des grandes
actor
1953
Les Amants de minuit
actor
1953
Julietta
actor
1953
L'Amour, Madame
actor
1952
Nez de cuir
actor
1951
Les Miracles n'ont lieu qu'une fois
actor
1951
Orpheus
actor
1950
The Glass Castle
actor
1950
Le Secret de Mayerling
actor
1949
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actor
1949
Les Parents terribles
actor
1948
Ruy Blas
actor
1948
The Eagle with Two Heads
actor
1948
To the Eyes of Memory
actor
1948
The Royalists
actor
1947
Beauty and the Beast
actor
1946
Carmen
actor
1945
The Eternal Return
actor
1943
Voyage sans espoir
actor
1943
Le Lit à colonnes
actor
1942
The Pavilion Burns
actor
1941
Abused Confidence
actor
1937
Nights of Fire
actor
1937
Bizarre, Bizarre
actor
1937
Le Bonheur
actor
1934
Le Scandale
actor
1934
L'Aventurier
actor
1934
Les Hommes nouveaux
actor
1934
L'Épervier
actor
1933
Dans les rues
actor
1933