Marcel Marceau Quotes


It's good to shut up sometimes.


Citations

Marceau, Marcel. Interview by The Associated Press. The Associated Press, 14 Sept. 2000.

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Marcel Marceau
Marcel Marceau
  • Born: March 22, 1923
  • Died: September 22, 2007
  • Nationality: French
  • Profession: Actor, Mime Artist

Marcel Marceau was a French actor and mime artist most famous for his stage persona, "Bip the Clown". He referred to mime as the "art of silence" and he performed professionally worldwide for over 60 years. As a Jewish youth, he lived in hiding and worked with the French Resistance during most of World War II, giving his first major performance to 3,000 troops after the liberation of Paris in August 1944. Following the war, he studied dramatic art and mime in Paris.