from CBS News
AP) Marcel Marceau, who revived the art of mime and brought poetry to silence, has died, French media reported Sunday. He was 84. France-Info radio and LCI television said the family had announced the death of Marceau. No other details were released. Wearing white face paint, soft shoes and a battered hat topped with a red flower, the world-famous Marceau played the entire range of human emotions onstage for more than 50 years, never uttering a word.
A French Jew, Marceau survived the Holocaust – and also worked with the French Resistance to protect Jewish children. His biggest inspiration was Charlie Chaplin. Marceau, in turn, inspired countless young performers – Michael Jackson borrowed his famous “moonwalk” from a Marceau sketch, “Walking Against the Wind.”
from HKO
2 Great Marcel Marceau quotes:
Never get a mime talking. He won’t stop.
It’s good to shut up sometimes.
My Favorite Marcel Marceau moment: He was the only actor with a talking part in the Mel Brooks Movie, “Silent Movie”.
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