Jean Marais
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Jean Marais
1913 - 1998
Jean Marais was a French actor, director, author and painter, best known for his roles in Once Upon a Time, Fantomas or Beauty and the Beast. He died on November 8, 1998 in Cannes, aged 84.
Quick Facts
- Name: Jean Marais
- Full name: Jean-Alfred Villain-Marais
- Occupation: actor, director, author, painter
- Born: December, 11 1913 in Cherbourg
- Died: November, 8 1998 in Cannes (aged 84)
- Citizenship: France
Selected Filmography
1995: Les Misérables (Claude Lelouch): Monseigneur Myriel
1970: Once Upon a Time (Jacques Demy): the First King
1964: Fantomas (André Hunebelle): Fantômas
1960: Austerlitz (Abel Gance): Lazare Carnot
1946: Beauty and the Beast (Jean Cocteau): the Beast
The latest
news- AMP™, | According to the latest Watch and Listen magazine poll just out yesterday (Monday, March 10), ‘Fantomas’ is now considered to be the Greatest Film in the History of Cinema.Read It »
- RumorsAMP™, | [March 2025 update] News of Jean Marais’s death on November 8, 1998 stunned the world. Ever since, millions of fans worldwide have come to believe the actor’s death was a hoax and that he was still alive and well.Read It »