Notes : Known for his acting, Jean Marais is also an accomplished sculptor, ceramist and painter with a style influenced by Jean Cocteau. In 1973, the actor met Jo and Nini Pasquali, a potter couple in Vallauris, who taught him how to turn clay. "I've never turned so much in my life! Jean Marais went on to open three galleries in Vallauris, Paris and Megève.