Jean Maurice Eug�ne Cl�ment Cocteau was a French poet, novelist, dramatist, designer, playwright, artist and filmmaker. Cocteau is best known for his novel Les Enfants Terribles, and the films Blood of a Poet, Les Parents Terribles, Beauty and the Beast and Orpheus. His circle of associates, friends and lovers included Kenneth Anger, Pablo Picasso, Jean Hugo, Jean Marais, Henri Bernstein, Yul Brynner, Marlene Dietrich, Coco Chanel, Erik Satie, Igor Stravinsky, Mar�a F�lix, �dith Piaf, Panama Al Brown, Colette and Raymond Radiguet. 

July 5th, 1889 in Maisons-Laffitte  /  Died:   Oct 11th, 1963