Today, March 22, the artist Marcel Marceau would have been 100, and Google has honored him with a really wonderful, animated Doodle. Marcel Marceau is a well-known artist in his area since he was a pantomime performer for many years and strongly popularized this art form. Of course, he's also included in today's Doodle.
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| Marcel Marceau Google Doodle |
Today's Google Doodle for Marcel Marceau couldn't be more fitting, since it depicts the pantomime in action but (because it's an animation) without sound. Yet, the portrayal of this art form is no less interesting, thus Marcel Marceau is permitted to conduct a brief performance in today's Google Doodle. Even today, the unnoticed letter 'l,' which is frequently the center of doodling, is given a unique function.
Marcel Marceau is a Google lettering artist who depicts the nonexistent 'l' via his work. He leans on the letter first, then it is shaped, then it is meant to be transferred to a different location without success, and then Marceau leans on the letter again. Of course, it's only animation, but it's a powerful spectacle that you can easily picture with Marcel Marceau in the lead. Please visit YouTube, where you will discover countless scenes and full films.
The Doodle itself is quite traditional and resembles Marcel Marceau's early days, when he still performed on smaller stages. His costume, which made him famous as "Bip" and is likely to be familiar to many people even now, can already be seen. Just his flower-adorned cap is missing.
Marcel Marceau, a French mime performer, is the subject of today's Doodle. Marcel Mangel, the actor and master of quiet, was born on this day in 1923 in Strasbourg, France. To escape being identified as a Jew during the Nazi occupation of France, he changed his surname to Marceau.
Marceau was introduced to cinema as a kid and aspired to be an actor in silent films. He amused his pals by impersonating famous actors and mimes, and subsequently utilized his discreet acting abilities to assist in the smuggling of Jewish children out of Nazi-occupied France. His pantomimes were employed to keep youngsters quiet during perilous periods on the way to the Swiss border. During WWII, Marceau conducted three of these expeditions and freed at least 70 children.
Marceau studied acting and mime at the Sarah Bernhardt Theater's Academy of Dramatic Art after the war. In 1947, he debuted as Bip the Clown, a tragicomic clown dressed in a striped shirt, white face paint, and a broken flowery hat. Bip experimented with various human emotions, and his actions spoke more than words. Soon after, he formed the Compagnie de Mime Marcel Marceau, the world's first pantomime company to cultivate the art of silence.
Marceau has performed on transcontinental tours and brought people all around the world to the art of pantomime. Marceau would become known to millions more through his television and cinema performances. He performed Scrooge in A Christmas Carol in 1973 and won an Emmy for Best Specialty Act in 1956 for his performance on The Max Liebman Show of Shows. His cinematic credits include 17 parts in First Class and a silent performance in Shanks. Marceau, in addition to performing, directed a pantomime drama and wrote two children's novels.