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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Fantômas: A Thoroughly Modern Villain
actor
2022
Deneuve, la reine Catherine
actor
2022
Crazy Awesome Teachers
actor
2020
Dilarang Menyanyi di Kamar Mandi
actor
2019
The Image Book
actor
2018
At World's End
actor
2009
Stealing Beauty
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1996
Les Miserables
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1995
Dis papa, raconte-moi là-bas
actor
1993
Parking
actor
1985
Donkey Skin
actor
1970
Peau d'Âne
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1970
Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard
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1967
The Saint Lies in Wait
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1966
Fantomas Unleashed
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1965
Operation Double Cross
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1965
Fantomas
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1964
The Mysteries of Paris
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1962
Pontius Pilate
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1962
Blood on His Sword
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1961
Captain Fracasse
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1961
Princess of Cleves
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1961
Austerlitz
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1960
Testament of Orpheus
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1960
The Hunchback of Paris
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1959
Life Together
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1958
King on Horseback
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1958
Soleil éteint
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1958
White Nights
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1957
Typhoon Over Nagasaki
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1957
Elena and Her Men
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1956
The Whole Town Accuses
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1956
School for Love
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1955
Napoleon
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1955
The Count of Monte Cristo
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1954
Royal Affairs in Versailles
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1953
The Healer
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1953
Julietta
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1953
Voice of Silence
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1953
The Lovers of Midnight
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1953
The Call of Destiny
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1953
The Glass Castle
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1950
Orpheus
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1950
The Secret of Mayerling
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1949
The Storm Within
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1948
In the Eyes of Memory
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1948
The Eagle with Two Heads
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1948
The Queen's Lover
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1948
Beauty and the Beast
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1946
Voyage Without Hope
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1943
The Eternal Return
actor
1943