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Profile of Marcel Marceau
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Marcel Marceau |
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22nd March 1923 |
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Strasbourg, France |
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From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia
Marcel Marceau (born March 22, 1923) is a well-known mime and among the most popular representatives of this art form world-wide.
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 Étienne Decroux (who was also the teacher of Jean-Louis Barrault).
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.
He was married three times and has four children, one of whom is Bond girl Sophie Marceau.
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).
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.
In 1978 he established his own school in Paris: "École 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.
In 1982, Marceau's collection of original paintings "Le Troisième Oeil, (The Third Eye)", was published, accompanied by a poem of the same name written by Marceau.
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).
In 1999, the city of New York declared March 18 Marcel Marceau Day.
His last world tour covered the United States in 2004 and returned to Europe in 2005.
External link
- Marcel Marceau Foundation for the Advancement of the Art of Mime
- The World of Mime Theatre Library: Marcel Marceau
- "World's Smallest Page of Movie Quotes"
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