Jean Barthet was born on December 24, 1920 in Nye, Pyrenees, France. He was a costume designer, known for Die Mädchen von Rochefort (1967), Pokerspiel um vier Damen (1966) and El exilio de Gardel: Tangos (1985). He died on February 13, 2000 in Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, Île-de-France, France.