![]() ![]() Happy birthday, Marcel Marceau, you specialized in silence but continue to leave audiences roaring with laughter. Beyond his acting talent, Marceau also directed a mime drama and published two children's books. Some of his stand-out performances in the motion picture realm include the 17 roles he played in the film First Class and his silent role in Shanks. He played the role of Scrooge in A Christmas Carol in 1973 and earned an Emmy for Best Specialty Act for his 1956 appearance on the Max Liebman Show of Shows. Millions more would become familiar with Marceau through his television and movie appearances. Marceau performed in transcontinental tours and introduced people around the world to the art of miming. Soon after, he founded the Compagnie de Mime Marcel Marceau, the only pantomime company in the world at the time, to develop the art of silence. Bip explored the range of human emotions and his actions spoke louder than words could. Select the modified logo and you can play 'Doodle Champion Island Games,' an anime-infused title featuring. ![]() In 1947, he began playing his famous character Bip the Clown, a tragicomic figure with a striped shirt, white face paint, and a battered beflowered hat. Google has gone all-out on today's doodle to mark the start of the Tokyo Olympics. Marceau made three of these trips and liberated at least 70 children during World War II.Īfter the war, Marceau studied dramatic acting and mime at the School of Dramatic Art of the Sarah Bernhardt Theatre in Paris. ![]() His pantomimes were used to keep children quiet during dangerous moments on the journey to the Switzerland border. ![]() He entertained his friends with impersonations of famous actors and mimes and would later use his silent acting skills to help smuggle Jewish children out of Nazi-occupied France. In his childhood, Marceau was introduced to movies and dreamed of starring in silent films. During the German occupation of France, he changed his surname to Marceau to avoid being identified as Jewish. The actor and master of silence was born on this day in 1923 in Strasbourg, France with the name Marcel Mangel. Today’s Doodle celebrates French mime artist Marcel Marceau. ![]()
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