Jean Cocteau Biography

Jean Cocteau biography

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NAME: Jean Maurice Eugène Clément Cocteau
OCCUPATION: Artist, Author, Playwright, Poet
BIRTH DATE: July 05, 1889
DEATH DATE: October 11, 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH: Maisons-Laffittee, near Paris, France

PLACE OF DEATH: Milly-la-Forêt, near Paris, France

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Jean Cocteau was a French poet, playwright, artist and film director. He was associated with the group Les Six.

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Jean Cocteau was a French poet, playwright, artist and film director. Perhaps his greatest play is The Infernal Machine. His first film was The Blood of a Poet (1930). He also directed the 1946 version of Beauty and the Beast. Cocteau was associated with a group of composers known as Les Six and was friends with some of society's biggest movers-and-shakers, notably Pablo Picasso and Coco Chanel.