Marcel Marceau
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French mime artist who created Bip the Clown; born Marcel Mangel to a Jewish family, member of the French Resistance who helped save Jewish children.
1923, Strasbourg, France — 2007, Cahors, France
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Marcel Marceau is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — French mime artist who created Bip the Clown; born Marcel Mangel to a Jewish family, member of the French Resistance who helped save Jewish children.
Marcel Marceau was a French mime artist who created the white-faced clown Bip and, through decades of world touring, made mime a celebrated art form and became its most famous practitioner. Born Marcel Mangel to a Jewish family in Strasbourg, he lost his father at Auschwitz and served in the French Resistance, where he helped smuggle Jewish children to safety in Switzerland.
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French mime artist who created Bip the Clown; born Marcel Mangel to a Jewish family, member of the French Resistance who helped save Jewish children.
Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcel_Marceau
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