Episode 2150
Marcel Marceau
Thu, 2023-Mar-23 01:24 UTC
Length - 1:37
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With 459,409 views on Wednesday, 22 March 2023 our article of the day is Marcel Marceau.
Marcel Marceau (French pronunciation: [maʁsɛl maʁso]; 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", performing professionally worldwide for more than 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. Following the war, he studied dramatic art and mime in Paris.
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For the full current version of the article, see Marcel Marceau on Wikipedia.
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