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. His father practiced veterinarian medicine, then fought in the World War I, and ...
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Son of Alfred Emmanuel Victor Paul Villain-Marais and Aline Marie Louise Vassord.
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Receiver of the French Legion of Honor (1996).
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Apart from being a stage and film actor, he was also a writer and a noteworthy painter and sculptor.
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Started his professional career as caddy.
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Is buried in Vallauris, France.
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As he also was a respected sculptor, his monument "Le passe muraille" (The Walker Through Walls) honoring French author Marcel Aymé can be seen in the Montmatre Quarter in Paris.
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Had a brother, Henri.
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Was raised by his mother and his grandmother in Le Vésinet near Paris.
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Member of the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1958
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Head of jury at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1985
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Adopted a son, Serge
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His mentor was Jean Cocteau, who was also his lover between 1937 and 1963 (his death).
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As a child, he dreamed of becoming an actor but he was twice rejected when he applied to drama schools. During World War II, he worked in film and on the stage during the German occupation of France (1940-1944). After the Allies liberated Paris in August 1944, he joined France's Second Armored Division and served as a truck driver carrying fuel and ammunition to the front.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Stealing Beauty
1996
M. Guillaume
Les Misérables
1995
Mgr Myriel
Les enfants du naufrageur
1992
Marc-Antoine
Lien de parenté
1986
Victor Blaise
Parking
1985
Hadès / The Devil
Cher menteur
1982
TV Movie
George Bernard Shaw
Les parents terribles
1980
TV Movie
Georges
Vaincre à Olympie
1977
TV Movie
Menesthée
Joseph Balsamo
1973-1974
TV Mini-Series
Baron Joseph Balsamo / Graf Alessandro di Cagliostro / Graf Phönix / ...
Karatekas and co
1973
TV Mini-Series
L'Empereur
Robert Macaire
1971
TV Movie
Robert Macaire
Donkey Skin
1970
Le roi bleu
La provocation
1970
Christian
Le jouet criminel
1969
Short
Le vieil homme
Diamond Rush
1969
Manuel Thomas, dit Manu
Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard
1967
Fantômas / Fandor
Seven Guys and a Gal
1967
Dorgeval
The Saint Lies in Wait
1966
Simon Templar
Fantomas Unleashed
1965
Fantômas / Fandor / Professeur Lefèvre
Train d'enfer
1965
Antoine Donadieu
Killer Spy
1965
Stanislas Dubois
Thomas the Impostor
1965
Narrator (voice)
Ivory Coast Adventure
1965
Jean-Luc Hervé de la Tommeraye
Fantomas
1964
Fantômas / Fandor
Friend of the Family
1964
Noël Carradine
Cherchez l'idole
1964
Un invité au spectacle de Sylvie Vartan (uncredited)
The Reluctant Spy
1963
Stanislas
The Iron Mask
1962
Charles d'Artagnan
Les mystères de Paris
1962
Rodolphe de Sombreuil
Pontius Pilate
1962
Ponzio Pilato
Romulus and the Sabines
1961
Marte
Napoléon II, l'aiglon
1961
General de Montholon
Blood on His Sword
1961
Robert de Neuville
Captain Fracasse
1961
Baron Philippe de Sigognac / Capitaine Fracasse
Princess of Cleves
1961
Le Prince de Clèves
Captain Blood
1960
François de Capestan
The Battle of Austerlitz
1960
Carnot
Testament of Orpheus
1960
Oedipe (uncredited)
Le Bossu
1959
Henri de Lagardère
Life Together
1958
Teddy Brooks
Every Day Has Its Secret
1958
Xavier Lezcano
King on Horseback
1958
Henri La Tour
Girl in His Pocket
1957
Prof. Jerome
Le Notti Bianche
1957
L'inquilino
S.O.S. Noronha
1957
Frédéric Coulibaud
Typhoon Over Nagasaki
1957
Pierre Marsac
Elena and Her Men
1956
Général François Rollan
The Whole Town Accuses
1956
François Nérac
Kiss of Fire
1956
Goubbiah
If Paris Were Told to Us
1956
François Ier
School for Love
1955
Eric Walter
Napoleon
1955
Le comte de Montholon
Royal Affairs in Versailles
1954
Louis XV
The Count of Monte Cristo
1954
Edmond Dantès / Comte de Monte-Cristo (1) - (2)
Le guérisseur
1953
Pierre Lachaux-Laurent
Julietta
1953
André Landrecourt
Inside a Girls' Dormitory
1953
Inspecteur Désiré Marco
Voice of Silence
1953
L'ancien maquisard
The Lovers of Midnight
1953
Marcel Dulac
L'appel du destin
1953
Lorenzo Lombardi
Leathernose
1952
Roger de Tainchebraye
Miracles Only Happen Once
1951
Jérôme
Coriolan
1950
The Glass Castle
1950
Rémy Marsay
Orpheus
1950
Orphée
The Secret of Mayerling
1949
L'archiduc Rodolphe
Les parents terribles
1948
Michel
Aux yeux du souvenir
1948
Jacques Forestier
The Eagle with Two Heads
1948
Stanislas
Ruy Blas
1948
Ruy Blas / Don César de Bazan
The Royalists
1947
Le marquis de Montauran
Beauty and the Beast
1946
La Bête (The Beast) / The Prince / Avenant
Carmen
1944
Don José
Voyage Without Hope
1943
Alain Ginestier
Love Eternal
1943
Patrice
Le lit à colonnes
1942
Rémi Bonvent
Le pavillon brûle
1941
Daniel
Abused Confidence
1937
as Marais
Drole de Drame
1937
Le fêtard assommé par un Chinois
Nights of Fire
1937
Les hommes nouveaux
1936
Le secrétaire
Le bonheur
1935
Journalist - Un journaliste (uncredited)
L'aventurier
1934
Le jeune ouvrier (as Maray)
Le scandale
1934
Le liftier
Étienne
1933
L'épervier
1933
Song of the Streets
1933
uncredited
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Les parents terribles
1980
TV Movie stage director
Le bel indifférent
1975
TV Movie stage director
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Le divan
1988
TV Series documentary
Himself
Mardi cinéma
1988
TV Series documentary
Himself
Champs-Elysées
1986
TV Series
Himself
Scoop à la Une
1986
TV Series
Himself
Le grand échiquier
1983
TV Series
Himself
Les nouveaux rendez-vous
1981
TV Series
Himself
Il était une fois: Le gala de l'union des artistes
1980
TV Movie documentary
Himself (+ numéro du 'réverbère') (1953)
Gala de l'union
1969-1980
TV Series
Himself / Himself - Host
Die 1000 Tode des Yvan Chiffre
1976
TV Movie documentary
Himself
30 millions d'amis
1976
TV Series documentary
Himself
Jean Marais, artisan du rêve
1975
Short
Himself
Paris aktuell
1966-1970
TV Series documentary
Himself
The Woman Is a Stranger
1968
Himself / Cameo appearance (uncredited)
Hinter der Leinwand
1966
TV Series documentary
Himself
Chansons von Jean Cocteau
1965
TV Movie documentary
Himself - Musician - Narrator
Le palmarès des chansons
1965
TV Series
Himself
Tête de bois et tendres années
1965
TV Series
Himself
Mysteries of Rome
1963
Documentary
La joie de vivre
1958
TV Series
Himself
Trente-Six Chandelles
1957
TV Series
Himself
The Ed Sullivan Show
1957
TV Series
Himself
Love, Madame
1952
Himself (uncredited)
Vedettes en liberté
1949
Documentary short
Himself
Luchino Visconti
1999
Documentary
Himself
Milice, film noir
1997
Documentary
Himself
Thé ou café
1997
TV Series
Himself
Jean Cocteau, mensonges et vérités
1997
Documentary
Himself
Belmondo, le magnifique
1996
TV Movie documentary
Himself
Joyeux anniversaire Monsieur Trenet
1995
TV Movie
Himself
Vincent à l'heure
1995
TV Series
Himself
Studio Gabriel
1995
TV Series
Himself
La fièvre de l'après-midi
1993
TV Series
Himself
La nuit des Césars
1980-1993
TV Series documentary
Himself / Himself - Honorary Award Recipient (César d'honneur) / Himself - Le président des Césars
Bouillon de culture
1993
TV Series documentary
Himself
Damia - Concert en velours noir
1989
TV Movie documentary
Comédiens, musiciens et intervenantes
Du côté de chez Fred
1989
TV Series
Himself
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Cocteau Marais - Un couple mythique
2013
TV Movie documentary
Himself
L'Occupation sans relâche - Les artistes pendant la guerre
2010
TV Movie documentary
Himself
What War May Bring
2010
Cameo appearance (uncredited)
Nous nous sommes tant aimés
2010
TV Series documentary
Himself
René Deltgen - Der sanfte Rebell
2004
TV Movie documentary uncredited
Louis De Funès, la comédie humaine
2003
TV Special documentary
Himself (uncredited)
Louis de Funès ou Le pouvoir de faire rire
2003
TV Movie documentary
Fandor (uncredited)
In the Shadow of Hollywood
2000
Documentary
Himself (marches in French Cinema parade) (uncredited)
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