Marcel Marceau
Marcel Marceau was a French mime artist and actor 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.
Career Journey
Background
- Born in
- Strasbourg
- Educated at
- Lycée Fustel-de-Coulanges (Strasbourg)Lycée Gay-LussacÉcole nationale supérieure d'art de Limoges
- Awards
- 🏆 Honorary Molière Award🏆 Prix du Brigadier🏆 Orden al Mérito Docente y Cultural Gabriela Mistral🏆 Officer of the Legion of Honour🏆 Knight of the French Order of Academic Palms
Trending & Selected Quotes
Trending topics shown first"I have spent more than half a lifetime trying to express the tragic moment."
"Do not the most moving moments of our lives find us all without words?"
"No art is superior to another one, but every art looks for expertise and perfection. This is life, which continues; this is why there is no death. There is continuation. There is no silence. There is …"
"I have designed my style pantomimes as white ink drawings on black backgrounds, so that man’s destiny appears as a thread lost in an endless labyrinth... I have tried to shed some gleams of light on t…"
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Timeline
1923
Born
Birth2007
Died
Death
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