Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont
An image from Beauty and the Beast, one of the productions that also features Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont.

Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont

April 26, 1711 — Rouen, France

Jeanne-Marie Leprince de Beaumont (26 April 1711 – 8 September 1780) was a French novelist who wrote the best known version of Beauty and the Beast. Her third husband was the French spy Thomas Pichon (1757–1760).

Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast

1991

Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast

2014

Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast

1946

Beauty and the Beast: A Latter-Day Tale

Beauty and the Beast: A Latter-Day Tale

2007

Beauty and the Beast

1899

Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast

1908

Beauty and the Beast

1976