Cocksure and laughing off the disapproval of his father (Karl Markovics), a butcher, Marcel moonlights as a theater performer, painter, and aspiring playwright.

Uncover the Forgotten Wartime Heroism of Marcel Marceau in Resistance Jesse Eisenberg and UT student-turned-filmmaker Jonathan Jakubowicz find strength in silence By Richard Whittaker, Fri., May ...

When Rob Mermin was a senior in high school, he first saw Marcel Marceau perform. The great French mime was on television in a one hour CBS special with Red Skelton, “A Concert in Pantomime.” “I was ...

Marcel Marceau, 84, renowned mimeSince 1946, when he began his silent career, Mr. Marceau performed an average of 200 shows a year, most of them abroad, where he was more highly praised than in ...

Marcel Marceau, the great French mime who for seven decades mastered silence and brought new life to an ancient art form, has died. He was 84. Mr. Marceau's former assistant Emmanuel Vacca said on ...

Marceau was born Marcel Mangel, the son of a kosher butcher and his wife, on March 22, 1923, in Strasbourg, near the French-German border. The family moved to Lille and later to Limoges.

Actor Ethan Slater will star as mime and member of the French resistance Marcel Marceau in a new off-Broadway production in 2026. (Ben Martin via Getty Images. Chelsea Guglielmino via FilmMagic) ...

The role of Marcel Marceau should have been a highpoint of star Jesse Eisenberg’s career ambitions the way playing Charlie Chaplin was for Robert Downey Jr. Unfortunately, Eisenberg appreciates ...