Jean Marais

JEAN MARAIS d1998. French actor, writer, director and sculptor. He performed in over 100 films, most famously Beauty and The Beast (1946) & Orphee (1949) and many later swashbucklers ; he was the muse of acclaimed director Jean Cocteau. In 1996, he was awarded the French Legion of Honor for his contributions to French Cinema. He died of cariovascular disease aged 84 in 1998.