Marcel Marceau
(1923-2007)
French actor and mime
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Marcel Marceau (born Marcel Mangel; 22 March 1923 – 22 September 2007) was a French actor and mime artist most famous for his stage persona, "Bip the Clown". He referred to mime as the "art of silence" and he performed professionally worldwide for over 60 years. As a Jewish youth, he lived in hiding and worked with the French Resistance during most of World War II, giving his first major performance to 3,000 troops after the liberation of Paris in August 1944. Following the war, he studied dramatic art and mime in Paris.
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Marcel Mangel 22 March 1923 Strasbourg, France
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22 September 2007 (aged 84) Cahors, France
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| Zodiac | Aries |
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