Marcel marsaux biography
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Marcel Marceau was known worldwide as a master of silence. The world-famous mime delighted audiences for decades as “Bip,” a tragicomic figure who encountered the world without words. But during World War II, his skills as a mime came in handy for another reason: He used them to save Jewish children during the Holocaust.
Marceau was recruited to help the French Resistance by his cousin, Georges Loinger, a commander in the secret unit who was part of the Oeuvre de Secours aux Enfants, a Jewish relief group that smuggled Jewish children from occupied France to neutral countries. Loinger, who was credited with saving around 350 children, died on December 28, 2018 at the age of 108.
Their mission was to evacuate Jewish children who had been hiding in a French orphanage and get them to the Swiss border, where they would sneak to safety. But traveling with large groups of children was anything but easy. Marceau had a secret weapon: His training as a mime.
“The kids loved Marcel and f
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Much has been published about Marceau, some of it in words to describe his art, and much of it in photographs to show it. Among his many talents, Marceau was also an author, and wrote or contributed to a number of books himself, some created especially for children.
Books about Marcel Marceau
APOSTLES OF SILENCE: THE MODERN FRENCH MIMES
by Mira Felner
by Annette Lust; Foreword by Marcel Marceau
One of the few studies covering the historical flow of mime from its beginnings to postmodern movement theatre, this book explores the evolution of mime and pantomime from the Greeks to the twentieth century, depicting the role of mime in dance, clowning, the cinema, and verbal theatre throughout the centuries. Read more >>
MARCEL MARCEAU
by Harald von Pawlikowski-Cholewa
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Marcel Marceau
French mime artist (1923–2007)
Marcel Marceau | |
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Marceau in 1971 | |
| Born | Marcel Mangel (1923-03-22)22 March 1923 Strasbourg, France |
| Died | 22 September 2007(2007-09-22) (aged 84) Cahors, France |
| Resting place | Père Lachaise Cemetery |
| Other names | "Le mime Marceau"[1][2] |
| Alma mater | Charles Dullin's School of Dramatic Art |
| Occupations | |
| Years active | 1950s–2007 |
| Known for | Bip the Clown |
| Spouses | Huguette Mallette (div. 1958)Ella Jaroszewicz (m. 1966; div. before 1975) Anne Sicco (m. 1975) |
| Children | 4 |
| Relatives | Yardena Arazi (cousin) Georges Loinger (cousin) |
Marcel Marceau (French:[maʁsɛlmaʁso]; born Marcel Mangel; 22 March 1923 – 22 September 2007) was a French mime artist and actor most famous for his scen persona, "Bip the Clown". He referred to mime as the "art of silence", performing p