His real name was, in fact, Marcel Mangel, but during the German occupation, he changed his surname to Marceau to avoid being identified as Jewish. The Doodle shows Marceau in his famous get-up Google He would later use his silent acting skills during the Second World War to help smuggle Jewish children out of Nazi-occupied France, as Google notes in its blurb to the Doodle.
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His dream of becoming a silent actor began as a child, when he would entertain his friends with impersonations of famous movie stars and mimes. Sign up for our free Indy100 weekly newsletter Marceau became an international icon thanks to his tragicomic character Bip the Clown, who sported a striped top, white face paint and a battered hat adorned with a single flower.
Google Doodle’s latest offering pays homage to legendary mime artist Marcel Marceau – the man best known as a master of silence who delighted audiences around the world.īorn in Strasbourg, France, on 22 March, 1923, today would have marked his 100th birthday, hence the search engine’s tribute to him via its interactive artwork.įor anyone who’s not familiar with the Doodle feature, it’s a temporary change made to the Google logo on its homepage to commemorate a holiday, some other noteworthy event or person, or just to share a fun fact about the world.
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