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1913 Cherbourg, France - 1998 Cannes, France. Known for: French actor, theatre director, painter, sculptor, visual artist, writer, photographer.
Jean Marais (1913–1998) was a French actor, theatre director, painter, sculptor, visual artist, writer, and photographer, celebrated for his iconic collaborations with Jean Cocteau and for his status... Read full biography
Jean Marais (1913–1998) was a French actor, theatre director, painter, sculptor, visual artist, writer, and photographer, celebrated for his iconic collaborations with Jean Cocteau and for his status as one of the most popular leading men in mid-twentieth-century French cinema. Born Jean-Alfred... Read full biography
Jean Marais (1913–1998) was a French actor, theatre director, painter, sculptor, visual artist, writer, and photographer, celebrated for his iconic collaborations with Jean Cocteau and for his status as one of the most popular leading men in mid-twentieth-century French cinema. Born Jean-Alfred Villain-Marais in Cherbourg in 1913, he moved to Paris as a child and began his artistic life through photography and small theatrical roles. His early career included uncredited film appearances in the... Read full biography
Jean Marais (1913–1998) was a French actor, theatre director, painter, sculptor, visual artist, writer, and photographer, celebrated for his iconic collaborations with Jean Cocteau and for his status as one of the most popular leading men in mid-twentieth-century French cinema. Born Jean-Alfred Villain-Marais in Cherbourg in 1913, he moved to Paris as a child and began his artistic life through photography and small theatrical roles. His early career included uncredited film appearances in the 1930s, but his breakthrough came in 1937 when Jean Cocteau discovered him during a stage production of Oedipe. Marais quickly became Cocteau’s muse and principal actor, appearing in the playwright’s major theatrical works and later in his most... Read full biography
Jean Marais (1913–1998) was a French actor, theatre director, painter, sculptor, visual artist, writer, and photographer, celebrated for his iconic collaborations with Jean Cocteau and for his status as one of the most popular leading men in mid-twentieth-century French cinema. Born Jean-Alfred Villain-Marais in Cherbourg in 1913, he moved to Paris as a child and began his artistic life through photography and small theatrical roles. His early career included uncredited film appearances in the 1930s, but his breakthrough came in 1937 when Jean Cocteau discovered him during a stage production of Oedipe. Marais quickly became Cocteau’s muse and principal actor, appearing in the playwright’s major theatrical works and later in his most celebrated films. His performances in La Belle et la Bête (1946) and Orphée (1950) remain landmarks of poetic cinema, establishing him as a defi... Read full biography
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