Jean Marais
Jean Marais
Person

Jean Marais

Actor 1913-12-11 Cherbourg, Manche, France

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 endea...

Known for

FILMOGRAPHY
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Fantomas

Fantomas

1964 · Fantômas / Fandor / Lord Shelton / Vieux gardien de la prison

Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast

1946 · La Bête / Le Prince / Avenant

Stealing Beauty

Stealing Beauty

1996 · M. Guillaume

Fantomas Unleashed

Fantomas Unleashed

1965 · Fantômas / Fandor / Professeur Lefèvre / Marquis de Rostelli

Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard

Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard

1967 · Fantômas / Fandor / Sir Walter Brown / Giuseppe Luigi

Donkey Skin

Donkey Skin

1970 · The King

Orpheus

Orpheus

1950 · Orphée

White Nights

White Nights

1957 · L'Inquilino

Testament of Orpheus

Testament of Orpheus

1960 · Oedipe

The Hunchback of Paris

The Hunchback of Paris

1959 · Henri de Lagardère

Les Miserables

Les Miserables

1995 · Mgr Myriel

The Image Book

The Image Book

2018 · (archive footage)

The Count of Monte Cristo

The Count of Monte Cristo

1954 · Edmond Dantès

Captain Blood

Captain Blood

1960 · François de Capestang, aka 'Le Capitan'

Bizarre, Bizarre

Bizarre, Bizarre

1937 · Le fêtard assommé par un Chinois (uncredited)

Elena and Her Men

Elena and Her Men

1956 · Général François Rollan

The Iron Mask

The Iron Mask

1962 · Charles D'Artagnan

Austerlitz

Austerlitz

1960 · Carnot

Parking

Parking

1985 · Hadès / The Devil

The Mysteries of Paris

The Mysteries of Paris

1962 · Rodolphe de Sombreuil