Marcel Marceau
Marcel Marceau
Marcel Marceauwas a French actor and mime most famous for his stage persona as "Bip the Clown". He referred to mime as the "art of silence", and he performed professionally worldwide for over 60 years. As a youth, he lived in hiding and worked with the French Resistance during most of World War II, giving his first major performance to 3000 troops after the liberation of Paris in August 1944. Following the war, he studied dramatic art and mime in...
NationalityFrench
ProfessionComedian
Date of Birth22 March 1923
CityStrasbourg, France
CountryFrance
A magician makes the visible invisible. A mime makes the invisible visible.