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Jean Cocteau (1889–1963)

Writer | Actor | Director

Jean Cocteau was one of the most multi-talented artists of the 20th century. In addition to being a director, he was a poet, novelist, painter, playwright, set designer, and actor. He began writing at 10 and was a published poet by age 16. He collaborated with the "Russian Ballet" company of Sergei Diaghilev... See full bio »

Born:

Jean Maurice Eugène Cocteau
in Maisons-Laffitte, Yvelines, France

Died:

(age 74) in Milly-la-Forêt, Essonne, France
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2012 Blues (play "La voix humaine")
 
2010 Ea3 (based on a play by)
 
2003/I Les parents terribles (TV movie) (play)
 
2003/II Les parents terribles (TV movie) (play)
 
2002 Beautiful (short) (play)
 
2001 Kerstmatinee 2001 (TV movie) (libretto)
 
1999 The Walled Garden (short) (short story)
 
1996 Mia foni... mia poli (short) (story)
 
1994 Drug-Taking and the Arts (documentary) (journal Opium)
 
1993 Le bel indifférent (short) (play)
 
1993 Edwige Feuillère en scène (TV movie) (text)
 
1993 Great Performances (TV series)
– Oedipus Rex (1993) (libretto)
 
1991 Merlín (play "Les chevaliers de la table ronde")
 
1990 Carole Farley in 'The Telephone' and 'La Voix Humaine' (TV movie) (libretto / segment "La Voix Humaine")
 
1990 La voix humaine (libretto)
 
1986 La voz humana (TV series)
– La voz humana (1986) (play)
 
1984 Oedipus Rex (TV movie) (libretto)
 
1983 Orpheus (TV movie) (play)
 
1982 Cher menteur (TV movie) (adaptation)
 
1981 The Mystery of Oberwald (play "L'Aigle a Deux Têtes")
 
1981 Rettenetes szülõk (TV movie)
 
1980 Les parents terribles (TV movie) (play)
 
1969-1980 Estudio 1 (TV series)
– Los padres terribles (1980) (play)
– El águila de dos cabezas (II) (1969)
– El águila de dos cabezas (1969)
 
1979 La dame de Monte Carlo (short) (writer)
 
1978 Le bel indifférent (TV movie) (play)
 
1977 Teatro estudio (TV series)
– El águila de dos cabezas (1977)
 
1976 The Unanswered Question: Six Talks at Harvard (TV mini-series)
– The Poetry of Earth (1976) ('Oedipus Rex' libretto)
 
1975 L'aigle à deux têtes (TV movie) (play)
 
1975 Le bel indifférent (TV movie) (play)
 
1974 Kaunis välinpitämätön (TV movie) (play Le Bel Indifférent)
 
1972 Oedipus Rex (TV special) (libretto)
 
1971 I mostri sacri (TV movie) (play)
 
1967 Der schöne Gleichgültige (TV short) (play)
 
1967 De onverschillige (TV movie) (play "Le bel Indifférent")
 
1966 The Human Voice (TV movie) (story)
 
1966 De tweekoppige adelaar (TV movie)
 
1966 La machine à écrire (TV movie) (play)
 
1965 Thomas the Impostor (novel / screenplay)
 
1964 Mahdottomat vanhemmat (TV movie) (play "Les parents terribles")
 
1963 La machine infernale (TV movie) (play)
 
1962 ITV Play of the Week (TV series)
– The Typewriter (1962) (play "La machine à écrire")
 
1962 Jean Cocteau s'adresse... à l'an 2000 (short)
 
1961 Princess of Cleves (adaptation)
 
1961 Play of the Week (TV series)
– No Exit/The Indifferent Lover (1961) (story)
 
1960 Die geliebte Stimme (short) (play)
 
1960 Testament of Orpheus
 
1959 Grande Teatro Tupi (TV series)
– Erros dos Pais (1959)
 
1958 Anna la bonne (short) (poem)
 
1957 Le bel indifférent (short) (play / as Jean Cocteau de l'Académie Française)
 
1957 Django Reinhardt (short) (commentary)
 
1956 Der schöne Gleichgültige (TV short) (play)
 
1954 Disobedient (play "Les Parents Terribles")
 
1954 Pantomimes (short) (commentary)
 
1953 TV de Vanguarda (TV series)
– A Máquina de Escrever (1953) (play)
 
1951 Black Crown (story)
 
1950 Les Enfants Terribles (adaptation and dialogue / novel)
 
1950 Days of Our Years (documentary) (sketch)
 
1950 Orpheus
 
1948 Les parents terribles (play / screenplay)
 
1948 L'aigle à deux têtes (writer)
 
1948 L'amore (play "La voix humaine" / segment "La voce umana")
 
1948 Ruy Blas (screenplay and dialogue)
 
1948 Romantici a Venezia (documentary short) (commentary: French version)
 
1946 Beauty and the Beast (dialogue / screenplay / story)
 
1945 Les dames du Bois de Boulogne (dialogue: additional)
 
1943 L'éternel retour (dialogue / scenario)
 
1943 The Phantom Baron (dialogue)
 
1940 La comédie du bonheur (adaptation / dialogue)
 
1932 The Blood of a Poet
 
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1957 8 X 8: A Chess Sonata in 8 Movements
 
1954 Pantomimes (short)
 
1951 Venom and Eternity
Lui-même
 
1950 Les Enfants Terribles
Narrator (voice)
 
1950 Orpheus
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
 
1950 Coriolan
 
1949 Daughter of the Sands
Narrator
 
1948 Les parents terribles
Narrator (uncredited)
 
1946 Beauty and the Beast
Voice of Magic (voice) (uncredited)
 
1944 La Malibran
Alfred de Musset (as Monsieur Jean Cocteau de l'Académie Mallarmé)
 
1943 The Phantom Baron
Le baron Julius Carol - le baron fantôme
 
1932 The Blood of a Poet
Bit Part (uncredited)
 
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2005 Picasso and Dance (TV movie) ("LE TRAIN BLEU The Blue Train")
 
1990 La voix humaine ("La Voix humaine")
 
1976 The Unanswered Question: Six Talks at Harvard (TV mini-series)
– The Poetry of Earth (1976) ("Oedipus Rex" complete oratorio)
 
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1958 Anna la bonne (short)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (1 title)
1957 La cravate (short) (writer: introduction)
 
Show ShowArt Department (1 title)
1951 Venom and Eternity (poster designer - uncredited)
 
Show ShowCostume Designer (1 title)
1948 Aller et retour (short)
 
Show ShowEditor (1 title)
Show ShowThanks (2 titles)
2004 With What Shall I Wash It? (short) (thanks)
 
1960 Charlotte and Her Boyfriend (short) (in memory of)
 
Show ShowSelf (17 titles)
1985 Jean Cocteau: Autobiography of an Unknown (documentary)
Himself
 
1962 Portrait-souvenir: Marcel Proust (TV movie)
Himself
 
1962 Jean Cocteau s'adresse... à l'an 2000 (short)
Himself
 
1960 Testament of Orpheus
Himself - the Poet
 
1960 Les gens de lettres (short)
Himself
 
1959 Cinépanorama (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode dated 15 May 1959 (1959) … Himself
– Episode dated 28 March 1959 (1959) … Himself
 
1959 Reflets de Cannes (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode dated 9 May 1959 (1959) … Himself
 
1958 Musée Grévin (short)
Himself - a director
 
1957 It Happened on the 36 Candles
Himself (uncredited)
 
1956 Meet Jeanne Heal (TV series)
Himself - Interviewee
– Jean Cocteau (1956) … Himself - Interviewee
 
1955 Eine Melodie - vier Maler (documentary short)
Himself
 
1952 La villa Santo Sospir (short)
Himself
 
1951 Colette (documentary short)
Himself
 
1950 Days of Our Years (documentary)
Himself
 
1949 Jean Cocteau (documentary)
Himself
 
1949 Disorder (documentary short)
Himself
 
1944 De Jeanne d'Arc à Philippe Pétain (documentary)
Récitant (voice)
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (19 titles)
2010 L'Occupation sans relâche - Les artistes pendant la guerre (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2010 Two in the Wave (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 Callas assoluta (documentary)
Himself
 
2007 To Each His Own Cinema
Himself (segment "47 Ans Après")
 
2007 Cannes, 60 ans d'histoires (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2007 20 heures le journal (TV series)
 
2004 Le cinéma de Jean Giono (video documentary)
Himself
 
2000 J.M. Barrie, la vérité sur Peter Pan (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1999 Österreich - Unser Jahrhundert (TV series documentary)
 
1997 François Chalais, la vie comme un roman (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1996 Jean Cocteau, mensonges et vérités (documentary)
Himself
 
1988 Sarah (TV documentary short)
Himself
 
1985 Steel Cathedrals (video short)
Himself (archive sound)
 
1985 Vivement Truffaut (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1982 Stravinsky: Once at a Border... (TV movie)
Himself
 
1976 Singing During the Occupation (documentary)
Himself
 
1967 Disorder Is 20 Years Old (documentary)
Himself
 
1964 Reflets de Cannes (TV series documentary)
 
1955 Around the World with Orson Welles (TV series documentary)
 
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Personal Details

Other Works:

The Infernal Machine (1958). Written by Jean Cocteau ("Machine Infernal"). New adaptation by Albert Bermel. Directed by Herbert Berghof. Phoenix Theatre: 3 Feb 1958- 9 Mar 1958 (40 performances). Cast: Jacob Ben-Ami (as "The Old Shepherd"), Clarice Blackburn (as "A Theban Mother")... See more »

Publicity Listings:

5 Biographical Movies  | 4 Print Biographies  | See more »

Official Sites:

Official Site [France] | See more »

Alternate Names:

Jean Cocteau de l'Académie Française | Monsieur Jean Cocteau de l'Académie Mallarmé
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

What's a Frenchman? An Italian in a bad mood. See more »

Trivia:

He was an Ambulance Driver during the First World War. See more »

Star Sign:

Cancer