The famous French actor Jean Marais was born on December 11, 1913 in Cherbourg (France) in the family of a veterinarian. His father, little Jean, remembers very poorly, because reaching the age of five, his parents managed to divorce. The further education of Jean, the period of growing up of him and his older brother, fell on the shoulders of his mother, aunt, grandmother. Jean Maret carefully carried all his childhood dreams and affections through his great and multifaceted life and embodied them
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The famous French actor Jean Marais was born on December 11, 1913 in Cherbourg (France) in the family of a veterinarian. His father, little Jean, remembers very poorly, because reaching the age of five, his parents managed to divorce. The further education of Jean, the period of growing up of him and his older brother, fell on the shoulders of his mother, aunt, grandmother. Jean Maret carefully carried all his childhood dreams and affections through his great and multifaceted life and embodied them not only in the profession of an actor: he realized himself also in directing, becoming a writer, artist, successful stuntman.
Jean received his first impressions of cinema at the age of four, and the emotions he experienced on the set always helped him overcome all obstacles in his adult life.
Fate very generously awarded Mare a thousand talents, and nature - bright, magnificent appearance, real male strength, generosity and nobleness of the soul, determination. He was childishly dreamy and easy to communicate, modest, trusting and at the same time self-critical, demanding. Mare repeatedly joked in his numerous interviews: “I am an actor, and actors to old age remain children!”
The life of Jean Marais was long and so fruitful that rarely any of the actors could boast such a demand in cinema.
The long-awaited fame comes to Mara in 1943, when the screens came out.
The Eternal Return with his participation. It was this film that brought the actor star popularity, he began to be recognized on the streets, asked for autographs, the number of fans and fans of his talent increased. But the glory that fell on him did not spoil Jean at all, star sickness passed by the dwelling of his soul. The viewer is surprised by the naturalness and simplicity of the brilliant actor, the huge charm, sincerity and humanity attract and fascinate. Always available in communication, he never set a border between himself and people, met journalists with a smile on his face and always found a common topic for dialogue.
The track record of roles played in the cinema by Jean Marais is not very large, because the measure for him in the acting profession was always their quality, not quantity.
Jean Marais died on November 8, 1998. /