CENTENARY MIME MARCEAU. Marcel Marceau was a famous French mime known for his iconic character “Bip”. He has traveled the world performing his shows without words.
March 22, 2023 is the day of the hundredth anniversary of the birth of Marcel Marceau, one of the most famous mimes, the one who revived this silent art with his character “Bip”. Marcel Mangel, known as mime Marceau, has captivated audiences around the world with his silent artistry and incredible expressiveness for decades. His contribution to world culture will forever be etched in the history of art. On this 100th anniversary, here is a summary of his life and legacy:
Mime Marceau was born on March 22, 1923 in Strasbourg to a Jewish family from Alsace. Marcel Marceau was a famous French mime known for his iconic character “Bip”. He began his career as a resistant during the Second World War before turning to the theater. He founded his own mime company in 1947 and traveled the world performing his shows without words. Mime Marceau has also worked in film and television, and has been honored for his artistic contributions by many countries. Marcel Marceau died on September 22, 2007 in Cahors, at the age of 84.
Marcel Marceau made known the art of “mimodrama” or “pantomime” and was often considered the “French Charlie Chaplin”. Marcel Mangel, better known as “Mime Marceau”, began his career in Paris in 1946 after being a resistance fighter. A pupil of one of the founders of modern mime, Etienne Decroux, he appeared for the first time at the cinema in “Les Enfants du Paradis” by Marcel Carné. The following year, he created his own company, the only mime troupe in the world until the end of the 1960s.
“Bip”, created in 1947, is undoubtedly the character of Mime Marceau who will be remembered. Inspired by great comedians like Chaplin or Keaton, this new kind of Pierrot, a white clown in a striped jersey, wearing a top hat decorated with a red flower, will make him one of the most famous French people in the world. foreign. In addition to having revived and modernized the “silent comedy”, in the post-war period, Marcel Marceau wanted to ensure its transmission. He led the International School of Mime from 1969 to 1971 and created the School of Mimodrame in Paris in 1978.
Marcel Marceau has been married three times and is the father of four children: two boys and two girls. He first married an artist like him: Huguette Mallet, dancer and actress. Together they have two sons: Michel and Baptiste. He marries a second time with Ella Jaroszewicz, another artist, then a third time with Anne Sicco. It is with the latter that he again becomes the father of two daughters: Camille and Aurélia.
