| deathplace =
Cannes,
France
| occupation = Actor, director
| spouse = Mila Parély (1942-1944)
| domesticpartner =
Jean Cocteau {1937-1965)
}}
Jean-Alfred Villain-Marais (11 December 1913 – 8 November 1998), was a French actor and director
Biography
A navtive of
Cherbourg,
France, Marais starred in several movies directed by
Jean Cocteau, most famously
Beauty and the Beast (1946). In the 1950s, Marais became a star of
swashbuckling pictures, enjoying great box office popularity in France. He performed his own
stunts. In the 1960s, he played the famed villain of the
Fantômas trilogy. After 1970, Marais's on-screen performances became few and far between, as he preferred concentrating on his stage work. He kept performing on stage until his eighties, also working as a
sculptor. He was featured in the 1995 documentary "Screening at the Majestic", which is included on the 2003 DVD release of the restored print of
Beauty and the Beast.
Marais died from cardiovascular disease in Cannes, Alpes-Maritimes. He is interred there at Vallauris cemetery.
Filmography
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