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Jean-Alfred Villain-Marais, known professionally as Jean Marais, was a French actor, writer, director and sculptor. He performed in over 100 films and was the muse of acclaimed director Jean Cocteau. In 1996, he was awarded the French Legion of Honor for his contributions to French Cinema.
Birth Name
Jean Alfred Villain-Marais Vassord
Born
Thursday, 11 December 1913
Died
Sunday, 08 November 1998
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Deneuve, la reine Catherine | Self | 2022 |
| Louis de Funès champion du box office | Self | 2021 |
| Le fantôme de Laurent Terzieff | (archive footage) | 2020 |
| House of Cardin | Self | 2019 |
| The Image Book | Un acteur | 2018 |
| Duels | Self - Comédien | 2014 |
| Cocteau Marais - Un couple mythique | Self | 2013 |
| Belmondo: Il était une fois le beau monde | Self / (images d'archives) | 2011 |
| What War May Bring | Cameo appearance | 2010 |
| Louis de Funès intime | Fandor | 2007 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Deneuve, la reine Catherine | Self | 2022 |
| Louis de Funès champion du box office | Self | 2021 |
| Le fantôme de Laurent Terzieff | (archive footage) | 2020 |
| House of Cardin | Self | 2019 |
| The Image Book | Un acteur | 2018 |
| Duels | Self - Comédien | 2014 |
| Cocteau Marais - Un couple mythique | Self | 2013 |
| Belmondo: Il était une fois le beau monde | Self / (images d'archives) | 2011 |
| What War May Bring | Cameo appearance | 2010 |
| Louis de Funès intime | Fandor | 2007 |
| Fellini Narrates: A Discovered Self-Portrait | Himself (archive footage) / Self | 2000 |
| Luchino Visconti | Self | 1999 |
| The 71st Annual Academy Awards | Self - Memorial Tribute | 1999 |
| Milice, film noir | Self | 1997 |
| The Silver Screen: Color Me Lavender | Self / Self (archive footage) | 1997 |
| Stealing Beauty | M. Guillaume | 1996 |
| Les Misérables | Mgr Myriel | 1995 |
| The World of Jacques Demy | Self / Self (archive footage) | 1995 |
| Les enfants du naufrageur | Marc-Antoine / Marc Antoine | 1992 |
| Damia: Concert en velours noir | Comédiens, musiciens et intervenantes / Himself | 1989 |
| Lien de parenté | Victor Blaise | 1986 |
| Parking | Hadès / The Devil | 1985 |
| My American Uncle | Self / Self (archive footage) | 1980 |
| Karatekas and co | L'Empereur | 1973 |
| Joseph Balsamo | Joseph Balsamo / Baron Joseph Balsamo / Graf Alessandro di Cagliostro / Graf Phönix / Acharat / Lieutenant de Barreau | 1973 |
| Donkey Skin | Le roi bleu / Le roi | 1970 |
| Langlois | Self | 1970 |
| Le paria | Manuel Thomas, dit Manu | 1969 |
| Le jouet criminel | Le vieil homme | 1969 |
| Edith Piaf: Quatre ans déjà... | Self | 1967 |
| Fantomas vs. Scotland Yard | Fantômas / Fandor / Walter Brown / Giuseppe / Sir Walter Brown / Giuseppe Luigi | 1967 |
| Seven Guys and a Gal | Le capitaine Dorgeval / Captain Dorgeval | 1967 |
| The Saint Lies in Wait | Simon Templar | 1966 |
| Mysteries of Rome | 1966 | |
| Fantomas Unleashed | Professeur Lefèvre / Fantômas / Fandor / Marquis de Rostelli | 1965 |
| Train d'enfer | Antoine Donadieu | 1965 |
| Killer Spy | Stanislas Dubois | 1965 |
| Thomas the Impostor | Le narrateur | 1965 |
| The Gentleman from Cocody | Jean-Luc Hervé de la Tommeraye | 1965 |
| Fantomas | Fantômas / Fandor / Lord Shelton / Vieux gardien de la prison | 1964 |
| Friend of the Family | Noël Carradine | 1964 |
| Cherchez l'idole | Un invité au spectacle de Sylvie Vartan | 1964 |
| The Reluctant Spy | Stanislas | 1963 |
| Beach Casanova | Self | 1962 |
| Le masque de fer | Charles d'Artagnan | 1962 |
| Les mystères de Paris | Rodolphe de Sombreuil | 1962 |
| Pontius Pilate | Ponzio Pilato | 1962 |
| Romulus and the Sabines | Marte | 1961 |
| Napoléon II, l'aiglon | General de Montholon | 1961 |
| The Miracle of the Wolves | Robert de Neuville | 1961 |
| Captain Fracasse | Capitaine Fracasse / Baron Philippe de Sigognac / Fracasse alias Sigognac | 1961 |
| Princess of Cleves | Le Prince de Clèves | 1961 |
| Captain Blood | François de Capestan / François de Capestang, dit Le Capitan | 1960 |
| The Battle of Austerlitz | Carnot | 1960 |
| Testament of Orpheus | Oedipe | 1960 |
| Le Bossu | Henri de Lagardère | 1959 |
| Life as a Couple | Teddy Brooks | 1958 |
| Every Day Has Its Secret | Xavier Lezcano | 1958 |
| King on Horseback | Henri La Tour | 1958 |
| 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 | 1957 |
| 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 | 1956 |
| School for Love | Eric Walter | 1955 |
| Napoleon | Le comte de Montholon / Count Montholon | 1955 |
| Royal Affairs in Versailles | Louis XV | 1954 |
| The Count of Monte Cristo | Comte de Monte-Cristo (1) - (2) | 1954 |
| Le guérisseur | Pierre Lachaux-Laurent / Pierre Lachaux dit Monsieur Laurent | 1953 |
| Julietta | André Landrecourt | 1953 |
| Boum sur Paris | Self | 1953 |
| Girls' Dormitory | Inspecteur Désiré Marco / Inspecteur Desiré Marco | 1953 |
| The Lovers of Midnight | Marcel Dulac | 1953 |
| L'appel du destin | Lorenzo Lombardi | 1953 |
| Leathernose | Roger de Tainchebraye | 1952 |
| Love, Madame | Self / Himself | 1952 |
| Miracles Only Happen Once | Jérôme | 1951 |
| The Glass Castle | Rémy Marsay | 1950 |
| Orpheus | Orphée | 1950 |
| The Secret of Mayerling | L'archiduc Rodolphe d'Autriche-Hongrie | 1949 |
| The Terrible Parents | Michel | 1948 |
| Aux yeux du souvenir | Jacques Forestier | 1948 |
| The Eagle with Two Heads | Stanislas | 1948 |
| The Ed Sullivan Show | Self | 1948 |
| Ruy Blas | Don César de Bazan / Ruy Blas | 1948 |
| The Royalists | Le marquis de Montauran | 1947 |
| Beauty and the Beast | The Prince / Avenant / The Beast / La Bête / Le Prince | 1946 |
| Carmen | Don José | 1944 |
| Voyage Without Hope | Alain Ginestier | 1943 |
| L'éternel retour | Patrice | 1943 |
| Le lit à colonnes | Rémi Bonvent / Remy Bonvent | 1942 |
| Let's Go Up the Champs-Élysées | L'abbé-précepteur | 1938 |
| Abused Confidence | (as Marais) | 1937 |
| Bizarre, Bizarre | Le fêtard assommé par un Chinois | 1937 |
| The Living Corpse | 1937 | |
| Les hommes nouveaux | Le secrétaire | 1936 |
| Le bonheur | Journalist - Un journaliste | 1934 |
| Le scandale | Le liftier | 1934 |
| Étienne | 1933 | |
| Les Amoureux | 1933 |
