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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, film director, theatre director, painter, sculptor, visual artist, writer and photographer.
Jean Marais was a popular French cinema actor and director who played over 100 roles in film and on television, and was also known for his many talents as a writer, painter and sculptor. He was born Jean Alfred Villain-Marais on December 11, 1913, in Cherbourg, France.
Jean Villain-Marais, dit Jean Marais, est un acteur français, né le 11 décembre 1913 [n 1] à Cherbourg [1], [n 2] et mort le 8 novembre 1998 à Cannes (Alpes-Maritimes) [2]. Actif au théâtre comme au cinéma, il est aussi metteur en scène, écrivain, peintre, sculpteur et potier.
Jean Marais (born Dec. 11, 1913, Cherbourg, France—died Nov. 8, 1998, Cannes, France) was a French actor who was a protégé and longtime partner of French writer-director Jean Cocteau. Marais was one of the most popular leading men in French films during the 1940s and ’50s.
Nov 10, 1998 · Jean Marais, who became one of France's most popular movie and theater actors thanks to his close friendship with the Surrealist poet and artist Jean Cocteau, died on...
Nov 10, 1998 · Jean Alfred Villain-Marais, actor, painter and ceramicist: born Cherbourg 11 December 1913; (one adopted son); died Cannes 8 November 1998.
Nov 8, 1998 · Jean-Alfred Villain-Marais (11 December 1913 – 8 November 1998), was a French actor and director. Description above from the Wikipedia article Jean Marais, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Birth Date: December 11, 1913. Death Date: November 8, 1998. Birth Place: Cherbourg, France. Partners: Jean Cocteau. Although he harbored a desire to act, Jean Marais was rejected by the top...
Jean-Alfred Villain-Marais, known professionally as Jean Marais, was a French actor, writer, director and sculptor. He performed in over 100 films and was the muse of acclaimed director Jean Cocteau. In 1996, he was awarded the French Legion of Honor for his contributions to French Cinema.
Jean Marais was a French actor and sculptor. Although best known for his work on the silver screen—most notably appearing in Jean Cocteau’s 1946 Beauty and the Beast —Marais was an accomplished visual artist, producing numerous paintings and sculptures in tandem with his career in film.