Jean Marais
Biography
Jean Marais was a French actor and director who appeared in more than a hundred film and television roles and also worked as a writer, painter and sculptor. Born in Cherbourg and raised in Paris, he left school at 16 and drifted into amateur acting after drama schools turned him down, supporting himself as a photographer's assistant. He made his film debut in L'épervier in 1933, and his long collaboration with Jean Cocteau produced Beauty and the Beast (1946), Orpheus (1950) and Testament of Orpheus (1960). He shot to international fame in the 1950s in films by Cocteau and Visconti, then starred in popular comedies including the Fantomas (1964) trilogy. A noted stage actor, he worked with the Théâtre de Paris and the Comédie Francaise, and received the French Legion of Honour in 1996. He died in 1998.
Movie Career
- Films
- 14
- Career span
- 60 years1950 to 2010
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- Fantomas Unleashed1965 Adventure, Comedy, Crimeas Fantômas / Fandor / Professeur Lefèvre
IMDb rating 6.89.4K votes
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André Hunebelle directed five of these films, Jean Cocteau two. Six actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
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André HunebelleDirector, 5 films, 1959 to 1967
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