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Jean Marais

1913 - 1998

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Jean-Alfred Villain-Marais (11 December 1913 – 8 November 1998), known professionally as Jean Marais (French: [ʒɑ̃ maʁɛ]), was a French actor, film director, theatre director, painter, sculptor, visual artist, writer and photographer. He performed in over 100 films and was the lover, muse and friend of acclaimed director Jean Cocteau. In 1996, he was awarded the French Legion of Honor for his contributions to French cinema. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jean Marais is the 95th most popular actor (down from 74th in 2019), the 273rd most popular biography from France (down from 206th in 2019) and the 8th most popular French Actor.

Jean Marais is most famous for his portrayal of the title character in the Jean Cocteau classic "Beauty and the Beast."

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Among ACTORS

Among actors, Jean Marais ranks 95 out of 13,578. Before him are Michael Caine, Rowan Atkinson, Tom Cruise, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Humphrey Bogart, and Greta Garbo. After him are Candice Bergen, Clark Gable, Richard Chamberlain, Gregory Peck, Sharon Tate, and Cameron Diaz.

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Among people born in 1913, Jean Marais ranks 8. Before him are Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Willy Brandt, Rosa Parks, Vivien Leigh, and Menachem Begin. After him are Robert Capa, Burt Lancaster, Klaus Barbie, Claude Simon, Paul Ricœur, and Josef Bican. Among people deceased in 1998, Jean Marais ranks 6. Before him are Pol Pot, Akira Kurosawa, Frank Sinatra, Halldór Laxness, and Alan Hodgkin. After him are Allan MacLeod Cormack, Vasily Arkhipov, Todor Zhivkov, Ernst Jünger, Vladimir Prelog, and Carlos Castaneda.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jean Marais ranks 273 out of 6,770. Before him are Serge Gainsbourg (1928), Jean-Honoré Fragonard (1732), Philip I of France (1052), Francis de Sales (1567), Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun (1755), and Henri de Saint-Simon (1760). After him are Louis, Dauphin of France (1729), Charles de Batz de Castelmore d'Artagnan (1611), Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1619), Georges-Louis Leclerc, Comte de Buffon (1707), Philip V of France (1293), and Honoré Daumier (1808).

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Among ACTORS In France

Among actors born in France, Jean Marais ranks 8. Before him are Brigitte Bardot (1934), Jean-Paul Belmondo (1933), Louis de Funès (1914), Sarah Bernhardt (1844), Gérard Depardieu (1948), and Catherine Deneuve (1943). After him are Jean Gabin (1904), Jean Renoir (1894), Jean-Louis Trintignant (1930), Fernandel (1903), Jeanne Moreau (1928), and Gérard Philipe (1922).

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