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Born December 18, 1778 • London • England
Died May 31, 1837 (aged 58) • London • England

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Joseph Grimaldi as the clown in Harlequin Padmanada; or, The Golden Fish
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Charlie Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin
British actor, director, writer, and composer
Mathews, Charles James
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Marie Tempest
British actress
Charles Mathews, detail from a mezzotint by C. Turner, 1825, after an oil painting by James Lonsdale
Charles Mathews
British actor
Dan Leno
British entertainer
Bob Hope
Bob Hope
American actor and entertainer
Buster Keaton in Go West
Buster Keaton
American actor
Sacha Baron Cohen
Sacha Baron Cohen
British actor
John Cleese.
John Cleese
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Peter Sellers in The Pink Panther Strikes Again
Peter Sellers
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Dawn French
Dawn French
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Eric Sykes
British comedy writer and performer
Chapman, Graham
Graham Chapman
British comedian and writer
Kelly, Emmett
Emmett Kelly
American clown
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Grock
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Dan Rice
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British actress
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Oleg Popov
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