Jean Cocteau
Novelist

Jean Cocteau Net Worth

Jean Cocteau was a French writer, artist, poet, and filmmaker born on July 5, 1889 in Maisons-Laffitte, France. He is best known for his 1929 novel Les Enfants Terribles, as well as his avant-garde film Blood of a Poet (1930) and the romantic fantasy Beauty and the Beast (1946).
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Age, Biography and Wiki

Birth Day July 5, 1889
Birth Place Maisons-Laffitte, France
Age 130 YEARS OLD
Died On Oct 11, 1963 (age 74)
Birth Sign Cancer

💰 Net worth: $15 Million (2024)

About

French Writer, Artist, poet, and filmmaker best known for his 1929 novel Les Enfants Terribles. He directed the 1930 avant-garde film Blood of a Poet and the 1946 romantic fantasy Beauty and the Beast.

Before Fame

He drove an ambulance in Service to the Red Cross during World War I.

Trivia

He directed an experimental play called La Voix Humaine (The Human Voice), where a woman stands alone on stage speaking into the telephone to a former lover.

Family Life

He was in a relationship with Jean Marais in the late 1930s. He had a son named Edouard Dermithe.

Associated With

He was close friends with cubist Painter Pablo Picasso.

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