Jean Marais

Cocteau's leading man and companion — the Beast under the fur, Orphée at the mirror, and the face of French poetic cinema.

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Lived: 1913–1998
Born: 1913
Died: 1998
Nationality: French
Roles: Actor

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Starring — Film

Beauty and the Beast

Jean Cocteau

Starring — Film

Orphée

Jean Cocteau

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Jean Cocteau

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Met · 1937

They met in 1937 when the young actor auditioned for Cocteau's theater — the beginning of a lifelong partnership that gave French cinema the Beast and Orphée.

— Encyclopaedia Britannica — Jean Cocteau

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Met · 1937

Jean Cocteau

They met in 1937 when the young actor auditioned for Cocteau's theater — the beginning of a lifelong partnership that gave French cinema the Beast and Orphée.

— Encyclopaedia Britannica — Jean Cocteau

Performed in · 1946

Beauty and the Beast

Jean Marais plays Avenant, the Beast, Prince Ardent.

— Jean Cocteau, La Belle et la Bête: journal d'un film (1946)

Performed in · 1950

Orphée

Jean Marais plays Orphée.

— The Criterion Collection — Orpheus (film record)