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Jean Marais (I) (1913–1998)

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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... See full bio »

Born:

Jean-Alfred Villain-Marais
in Cherbourg, Manche, France

Died:

(age 84) in Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes, France
Still of Jean Marais in Orpheus
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1996 Stealing Beauty
M. Guillaume
 
1995 Les Misérables
Mgr Myriel
 
1992 Les enfants du naufrageur
Marc-Antoine
 
1986 Lien de parenté
Victor Blaise
 
1985 Parking
Hadès / The Devil
 
1982 Cher menteur (TV movie)
George Bernard Shaw
 
1980 Les parents terribles (TV movie)
Georges
 
1977 Vaincre à Olympie (TV movie)
Menesthée
 
1973-1974 Joseph Balsamo (TV mini-series)
Acharat / Baron Joseph Balsamo / Graf Alessandro di Cagliostro / …
– Die Intrige (1974) … Baron Joseph Balsamo/Graf Alessandro di Cagliostro/Graf Phönix/Acharat (also archive footage)
– Der Goldmacher (1973) … Baron Joseph Balsamo/Graf Alessandro di Cagliostro/Graf Phönix/Acharat (also archive footage)
– Audienz in Versailles (1973) … Baron Joseph Balsamo/Graf Alessandro di Cagliostro/Lieutenant de Barreau/Graf Phönix/Acharat
 
1973 Karatekas and co (TV mini-series)
L'Empereur
– Quelque part en Méditerranée (1973) … L'Empereur
– Deux millions de fusils (1973) … L'Empereur
– Mozart passe la mesure (1973) … L'Empereur
– Le club de l'eau plate (1973) … L'Empereur
– La couronne d'Attila (1973) … L'Empereur
See all 6 episodes »
 
1971 Robert Macaire (TV movie)
Robert Macaire
 
1970 Donkey Skin
Le premier roi (The King)
 
1970 La provocation
Christian
 
1969 Le paria
Manuel Thomas, dit Manu
 
1969 Le jouet criminel (short)
Le vieil homme
 
1967 Fantômas contre Scotland Yard
Fantômas / Fandor
 
1967 Seven Guys and a Gal
Dorgeval
 
1966 The Saint Lies in Wait
Simon Templar
 
1965 Fantômas se déchaîne
Fantômas / Fandor / Professeur Lefèvre
 
1965 Train d'enfer
Antoine Donadieu
 
1965 Killer Spy
Stanislas Dubois
 
1965 Thomas the Impostor
Narrator (voice)
 
1965 Le gentleman de Cocody
Jean-Luc Hervé de la Tommeraye
 
1964 Fantômas
Fantômas / Fandor
 
1964 Friend of the Family
Noël Carradine
 
1964 Cherchez l'idole
Un invité au spectacle de Sylvie Vartan (uncredited)
 
1963 The Reluctant Spy
Stanislas
 
1962 The Iron Mask
Charles d'Artagnan
 
1962 Les mystères de Paris
Rodolphe de Sombreuil
 
1962 Pontius Pilate
Ponzio Pilato
 
1961 Romulus and the Sabines
Marte
 
1961 Napoléon II, l'aiglon
General de Montholon
 
1961 Blood on His Sword
Robert de Neuville
 
1961 Captain Fracasse
Baron Philippe de Sigognac / Capitaine Fracasse
 
1961 Princess of Cleves
Le Prince de Clèves
 
1960 Captain Blood
François de Capestan
 
1960 The Battle of Austerlitz
Carnot
 
1960 Testament of Orpheus
Oedipe (uncredited)
 
1959 Le Bossu
Henri de Lagardère
 
1958 La vie à deux
Teddy Brooks
 
1958 Every Day Has Its Secret
Xavier Lezcano
 
1958 King on Horseback
Henri La Tour
 
1957 Girl in His Pocket
Prof. Jerome
 
1957 Le notti bianche
L'inquilino
 
1957 S.O.S. Noronha
Frédéric Coulibaud
 
1957 Typhoon Over Nagasaki
Pierre Marsac
 
1956 Elena and Her Men
Général François Rollan
 
1956 The Whole Town Accuses
François Nérac
 
1956 Goubbiah, mon amour
Goubbiah
 
1956 If Paris Were Told to Us
François Ier
 
1955 School for Love
Eric Walter
 
1955 Napoléon
Le comte de Montholon
 
1954 Royal Affairs in Versailles
Louis XV
 
1954 The Count of Monte Cristo
Edmond Dantès / Comte de Monte-Cristo (1) - (2)
 
1953 Le guérisseur
Pierre Lachaux-Laurent
 
1953 Julietta
André Landrecourt
 
1953 Inside a Girls' Dormitory
Inspecteur Désiré Marco
 
1953 Voice of Silence
L'ancien maquisard
 
1953 The Lovers of Midnight
Marcel Dulac
 
1953 L'appel du destin
Lorenzo Lombardi
 
1952 Leathernose
Roger de Tainchebraye
 
1951 Miracles Only Happen Once
Jérôme
 
1950 The Glass Castle
Rémy Marsay
 
1950 Orpheus
Orphée
 
1950 Coriolan
 
1949 The Secret of Mayerling
L'archiduc Rodolphe
 
1948 Les parents terribles
Michel
 
1948 Aux yeux du souvenir
Jacques Forestier
 
1948 L'aigle à deux têtes
Stanislas
 
1948 Ruy Blas
Ruy Blas - un étudiant qui se fait passer pour Don César / Don César de Bazan, le neveu de Don Salluste
 
1947 The Royalists
Le marquis de Montauran - un noble qui vient à la rescousse des Chouans
 
1946 Beauty and the Beast
La Bête (The Beast) / The Prince / Avenant
 
1945 Carmen
Don José
 
1943 Voyage Without Hope
Alain Ginestier
 
1943 L'éternel retour
Patrice
 
1942 Le lit à colonnes
Rémi Bonvent
 
1941 Le pavillon brûle
Daniel
 
1937 Abused Confidence (as Marais)
 
1937 Drole de Drame
Le fêtard assommé par un Chinois
 
1937 The Living Corpse
 
1936 Les hommes nouveaux
Le secrétaire
 
1934 L'aventurier
Le jeune ouvrier (as Maray)
 
1934 Le scandale
Le liftier
 
1934 Le bonheur
Journalist - Un journaliste (uncredited)
 
1933 Étienne
 
1933 L'épervier
 
1933 Song of the Streets (uncredited)
 
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1980 Les parents terribles (TV movie) (stage director)
 
1975 Le bel indifférent (TV movie) (stage director)
 
Show ShowSelf (28 titles)
1999 Luchino Visconti (documentary)
Himself
 
1997 Milice, film noir (documentary)
Himself
 
1996 Belmondo, le magnifique (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1996 Jean Cocteau, mensonges et vérités (documentary)
Himself
 
1995 Vincent à l'heure (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 13 February 1995 (1995) … Himself
 
1993 La fièvre de l'après-midi (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 21 September 1993 (1993) … Himself
 
1980-1993 La nuit des Césars (TV series documentary)
Himself / Himself - Honorary Award Recipient (César d'honneur) / Himself - Le président des Césars
– La 18ème nuit des Césars (1993) … Himself - Honorary Award Recipient (César d'honneur) (also archive footage)
– 9ème nuit des Césars (1984) … Himself
– 6ème nuit des Césars (1981) … Himself
– 5ème nuit des Césars (1980) … Himself - Le président des Césars
 
1993 Bouillon de culture (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Michèle Morgan - Jean Marais (1993) … Himself
 
1989 Damia - Concert en velours noir (TV documentary)
Comédiens, musiciens et intervenantes
 
1988 Le divan (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode dated 9 July 1988 (1988) … Himself
 
1988 Mardi cinéma (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode dated 29 March 1988 (1988) … Himself
 
1986 Champs-Elysées (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 8 March 1986 (1986) … Himself
 
1986 Scoop à la Une (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 12 January 1986 (1986) … Himself
 
1983 Le grand échiquier (TV series)
Himself
– Cocteau vivant (1983) … Himself
 
1981 Les nouveaux rendez-vous (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 25 January 1981 (1981) … Himself
 
1980 Il était une fois: Le gala de l'union des artistes (TV documentary)
Himself (+ numéro du 'réverbère') (1953)
 
1969-1978 Gala de l'union (TV series)
Himself
– 45ème gala de l'union des artistes (1978) … Himself (uncredited)
– 41ème gala de l'union des artistes (1974) … Himself
– 40ème gala de l'union des artistes (1973) … Himself
– 36ème gala de l'union des artistes (1969) … Himself
 
1976 Die 1000 Tode des Yvan Chiffre (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1975 Jean Marais, artisan du rêve (short)
Himself
 
1966-1970 Paris aktuell (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #5.1 (1970) … Himself
– Episode #3.2 (1968) … Himself
– Episode #1.1 (1966) … Himself
 
1968 The Woman Is a Stranger
Himself/Cameo appearance (uncredited)
 
1965 Le palmarès des chansons (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 14 October 1965 (1965) … Himself
 
1963 Mysteries of Rome (documentary)
 
1958 La joie de vivre (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 24 February 1958 (1958) … Himself
 
1957 The Ed Sullivan Show (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #10.28 (1957) … Himself
 
1957 Trente-Six Chandelles (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 4 February 1957 (1957) … Himself
 
1952 Love, Madame
Himself (uncredited)
 
1949 Vedettes en liberté (documentary short)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (13 titles)
2010 L'Occupation sans relâche - Les artistes pendant la guerre (TV documentary)
Himself
 
2010 What War May Bring
Cameo appearance (uncredited)
 
2004 René Deltgen - Der sanfte Rebell (TV documentary)
(uncredited)
 
2003 Louis De Funès, la comédie humaine (TV special documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
2003 Louis de Funès ou Le pouvoir de faire rire (TV documentary)
Fandor (uncredited)
 
2000 Fellini Narrates: A Discovered Self-Portrait (documentary)
Himself
 
2000 In the Shadow of Hollywood (documentary)
Himself (marches in French Cinema parade) (uncredited)
 
1999 The 71st Annual Academy Awards (TV special)
Himself - Memorial Tribute
 
1997 François Chalais, la vie comme un roman (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1995 L'univers de Jacques Demy (documentary)
Himself (uncredited)
 
1980 Mon oncle d'Amérique
Himself
 
1970 Langlois (documentary)
Himself
 
1962 Beach Casanova
Himself (uncredited)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(Book) "Histoires de ma vie", Albin Michel 1975, ISBN 2-226-00153-0

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Alternate Names:

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Personal Quote:

What has always attracted me in life is poetry. Any genre can have poetry. For me, poetry contains truth. See more »

Trivia:

Apart from being a stage and film actor, he was also a writer and a noteworthy painter and sculptor. See more »

Star Sign:

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