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Marcel Marceau
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Marcel Marceau, 1971
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Also Known As Marcel Mangel
Born March 22, 1923 • Strasbourg • France
Died September 22, 2007 (aged 84) • Cahors • France

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Marcel Marceau
Marcel Marceau, 1971
Discover the art of mime from Marcel Marceau and his character Bip in Pantomime: The Language of the Heart
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French mime
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English actor
Buster Keaton in Go West
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American actor
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British actor
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American actor
Joseph Grimaldi as the clown in Harlequin Padmanada; or, The Golden Fish
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Fyffe, 1939
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British entertainer
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Sarah Bernhardt, photograph by Napoleon Sarony, 1880.
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Roman Polanski
Roman Polanski
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