Marcel Marceau

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Marcel Marceau (born March 22, 1923) is a well-known mime and among the most popular representatives of this art form world-wide.

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He was born Marcel Mangel in Strasbourg, France. After having seen Charlie Chaplin he became interested in acting and from 1946 on he studied at the Sarah Bernhardt Theatre in Paris with teachers like Charles Dullin and ?tienne Decroux (who was also the teacher of Jean-Louis Barrault).

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At 15 his Jewish family was forced to flee their home as France entered the Second World War. He later joined Charles De Gaulle's Free French Forces and, because of his excellent English, worked as a liaison officer with General Patton's army.

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He was married three times and has four children, one of whom is Bond girl Sophie Marceau.

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In 1947 he performed for the very first time as Bip The Clown, his tragicomic figure with silk dented hat and red flower, signifying the fragility of life. This has become his most famous character. In his career he performed all over the world in order to spread the "art of silence" (L'art du silence).

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He appeared in several films including the 1968 film Barbarella and appeared as himself to speak the only word ("Non") in the 1976 Mel Brooks comedy film, Silent Movie.

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In 1978 he established his own school in Paris: "?cole Internationale de Mimodrame de Paris, Marcel Marceau" (International school of Mimodrame of Paris, Marcel Marceau). In 1996 he established the Marceau Foundation to promote mime in the United States.

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He wrote and illustrated several books translated in up to 7 languages (eg. the history of Bip) and obtained many honours in France and USA (eg. Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres).

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The city of New York declared March 18 Marcel Marceau Day.

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His last world tour covered the United States in 2004 and returned to Europe in 2005.

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March 22: March 22 is the 81st day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (82nd in Leap years). There are 284 days remaining....

1923: 1923 was a common year starting on Monday (link will take you to calendar)....

Mime: Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) is an Internet Standard for the format of e-mail. Virtually all Internet e-mail is transmitted via SMTP in MIME format. Internet e-mail is so closely associated with the SMTP and MIME standards that it is sometimes called SMTP/MIME e-mail....

Marcel Marceau related Images and Photos (experimental)

Marcel Achard and Jeanne Moreau 1958	Artist Marcel Duchamp Attending a Texas Art Show	Artist Marcel Duchamp Attending a Texas Art Show	Marcel Proust French Writer Relaxing on an Ornate Sofa
F S Marceau-Desgraviers French Military with Colleagues	French Horn by Marcel Auguste Raoux Paris circa 1826	Stuart Whitman and Marcel Bozzuffi: Le Jour et L'Heure 1963	Pyjamas Designed by Marcel Rochas
Vincent Scotto and Marcel Pagnol on The Set of Jofroi 1933	Jean Gabin Roland Lesaffre and Marcel Carné: Líair De Paris 1954	The Murder of Etienne Marcel	The Palace of Ctesiphon from "L'Art Antique de La Perse" by Marcel Dieulafoy Published 1884-85