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Friends marcel marceau biography
Marcel Marceau
(1923-2007)
Synopsis
Marcel Marceau, born March 22, 1923 in Strasbourg, France, became one of the most famous mimes in the world. He created his own school, Compagnie de Mime Marcel Marceau, in 1948, for the development of the mime arts.
Bip, was the white-faced character, based on the French Pierrot, he played on stage and screen.
Profile
Mime artist. Marcel Mangel was born March 22, 1923, in Strasbourg, NE France.
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He studied at the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Paris, and with Etienne Decroux. In 1948 he founded the Compagnie de Mime Marcel Marceau, developing the art of mime, becoming himself the leading exponent. His white-faced character, Bip, based on the 19th-c French Pierrot, a melancholy vagabond, is famous from his appearances on stage and television throughout the world.
Among the many original performances he has devised are the mime-drama Don Juan (1964), and the ballet Candide (1971).
He has also created about 100 pantomimes, such as The Creatio