Jean Marais

Infobox actor
name = Jean Marais


caption = photograph by Carl Van Vechten, 1947
birthname = jean-Alfred Villain-Marais
birthdate = birth date|1913|12|11|df=y
location = Cherbourg, France
deathdate = nowrap|death date and age|1998|11|8|1913|12|11|df=y
deathplace = Cannes, France
occupation = Actor, director
spouse = Mila Parély (1942-1944)
domesticpartner = Jean Cocteau {1937-1965)

Jean-Alfred Villain-Marais (11 December 1913 – 8 November 1998), was a French actor and director

Biography

A navtive of Cherbourg, France, Marais starred in several movies directed by Jean Cocteau, most famously "Beauty and the Beast" (1946). In the 1950s, Marais became a star of swashbuckling pictures, enjoying great box office popularity in France. He performed his own stunts. In the 1960s, he played the famed villain of the Fantômas trilogy. After 1970, Marais's on-screen performances became few and far between, as he preferred concentrating on his stage work. He kept performing on stage until his eighties, also working as a sculptor. He was featured in the 1995 documentary "Screening at the Majestic", which is included on the 2003 DVD release of the restored print of "Beauty and the Beast". [ [http://www.criterion.com/asp/release.asp?id=6 The Criterion Collection: Beauty and the Beast by Jean Cocteau ] ]

Marais died from cardiovascular disease in Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes. He is interred there at Vallauris cemetery.

Filmography

* "L'Épervier" (1933)
* "Étienne" (1933)
* "Dans les rues" (1933)
* "Le Scandale" (1934)
* "L'Aventurier" (1934)
* "Le Bonheur" (1935)
* "Les Hommes nouveaux" (1936)
* "Nuits de feu" (1936)
* "Abus de confiance" (1937)
* "Bizarre, Bizarre" (1937)
* "Le Pavillon brûle" (1941)
* "Le Lit à colonnes" (1942)
* "Carmen" (1942)
* "L'Éternel retour" (1943)
* "Voyage sans espoir" (1943)
* "Beauty and the Beast" (1946)
* "Les Chouans" (1946)
* "Ruy Blas" (1947)
* "L'Aigle à deux têtes" (1947)
* "Aux yeux du souvenir" (1948)
* "Le Secret de Mayerling" (1948)
* "Les parents terribles" (1948)
* "Orphée" (1949)
* "Coriolan" (1950)
* "Le Château de verre" (1950)
* "Les Miracles n'ont lieu qu'une fois" (1950)
* "Nez de cuir" (1951)
* "La Maison du silence" (1952)
* "L'Appel du destin" (1952)
* "Les Amants de minuit" (1953)
* "Dortoir des grandes" (1953)
* "Julietta" (1953)
* "The Count of Monte Cristo" (1953)
* "Le Guérisseur" (1954)
* "Royal Affairs in Versailles" (1954)
* "Futures vedettes" (1955)
* "L'Amour sous l'électrode" (1955)
* "Napoléon" (1955)
* "Goubbiath" (1955)
* "Toute la ville accuse" (1955)
* "Elena et les hommes" (1956)
* "Si Paris m'était conté" (1956)
* "Typhon sur Nagasaki" (1957)
* "SOS Noronha" (1957)
* "Amour de poche" (1957)
* "La Vie à deux" (1957)
* "Nuits blanches" (1957)
* "La Tour, prends garde !" (1957)
* "Chaque jour a son secret" (1958)
* "Le Bossu" (1959)
* "Austerlitz" (1960)
* "Le testament d'Orphée" (1959)
* "Le Capitan" (1960)
* "La Princesse de Clèves" (1961)
* "Capitaine Fracasse" (1961)
* "Ponce Pilate" (1961)
* "Le Miracle des loups" (1961)
* "Napoléon II l'Aiglon" (1961)
* "L'Enlèvement des Sabines" (1961)
* "Le Masque de fer" (1962)
* "Les Mystères de Paris" (1962)
* "L'honorable Stanislas, agent secret" (1963)
* "Patate" (1964)
* "Fantomas" (1964)
* "Thomas l'imposteur" (1964)
* "Le gentleman de Cocody" (1965)
* "Pleins feux sur Stanislas" (1965)
* "Train d'enfer" (1965)
* "Fantômas se déchaîne" (1965)
* "Le Saint prend l'affût" (1965)
* "7 hommes et une garce" (1966)
* "Fantômas contre Scotland Yard" (1966)
* "Le Paria" (1968)
* "La Provocation" (1969)
* "Le Jouet criminel" (1969)
* "Peau d'âne" (1970)
* "Jean Marais artisan du rêve" (1975),
* "Vaincre à Olympie" (1976)
* "Chantons sous l'Occupation" (1976),
* "Chirico par Cocteau" (1981)
* "Ombre et secret" (1982)
* "Parking" (1985)
* "Les Enfants du naufrageur" (1991)
* "Les Misérables du XXe siècle" (1994)
* "Stealing Beauty" (1995)

References

External links

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* [http://eterneljeanmarais.free.fr Eternel Jean Marais]