VIPersonalities
Charlie Chaplin
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaBirth name Charles Spencer ChaplinBorn 16 April 1889Walworth, London, EnglandDied 25 December 1977 (aged 88)Vevey, SwitzerlandMedium Film, music, mimicryNationality BritishYears active 1895–1976[1]GenresSlapstick, mime, visual comedyInfluenced ...
Antonin Artaud
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Born
Antoine Marie Joseph Artaud
4 September 1896
Marseille, France
Died
4 March 1948 (aged 51)
Paris, France
Cause of death
Chloral hydrate overdose (allegedly)
Nationality
French
Ethnicity
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Desmond Morris
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Desmond John Morris, born 24 January 1928 in Purton, north Wiltshire,[1] is a British zoologist and ethologist, as well as a popular anthropologist. He is also known as a painter, television presenter and popular author.
Life
Morris was educated at Dauntsey's...
Étienne Decroux
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Étienne Decroux (July 19, 1898 in Paris, France – March 12, 1991 in Boulogne-Billancourt, France) studied at Jacques Copeau's Ecole du Vieux-Colombier, where he saw the beginnings of what was to become his life's obsession–Corporeal Mime. During his long career...
Harold Lloyd
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Birth name
Harold Clayton Lloyd
Born
April 20, 1893
Burchard, Nebraska,
United States
Died
March 8, 1971 (aged 77)
Beverly Hills, California,
United States
Medium
Motion pictures (silent and sound)
...
Jacques Copeau
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Jacques Copeau (February 4, 1879, Paris – October 20, 1949) was an influential French theatre director, producer, actor, and dramatist. Before he founded his famous Théâtre du Vieux-Colombier in Paris, he wrote theater reviews for several Parisian journals, wor...
Jacques Tati
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Born
Jacques Tatischeff
9 October 1907
Le Pecq, Yvelines, France
Died
5 November 1982 (aged 75)
Paris, France
Spouse
Micheline Winter (1944-1982)
Jacques Tati (born Jacques Tatischeff; born 9 October 1907 at ...
Jean-Louis Barrault
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Born
8 September 1910
Le Vésinet, Yvelines, Île-de-France, France
Died
22 January 1994 (aged 83)
Paris, France
Spouse
Madeleine Renaud (1940-1994)
Jean-Louis Barrault (8 September 1910 – 22 January 1994) was a...
Jerzy Grotowski
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Born
11 August 1933
Rzeszów, Poland
Died
14 January 1999 (aged 65)
Pontedera, Italy
Occupation
Theatre director
Jerzy Grotowski (11 August 1933 - 14 January 1999) was a Polish theatre director and innovator of...
Laurel and Hardy
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Laurel and Hardy were one of the most popular and critically acclaimed comedy double acts of the early Classical Hollywood era of American cinema. Composed of thin Englishman Stan Laurel (1890–1965) and heavy American Oliver Hardy (1892–1957) they became well k...
Louis Jouvet
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Born
Jules Eugène Louis Jouvet
24 December 1887
Crozon, France
Died
16 August 1951 (aged 63)
Paris, France
Occupation
Actor, Director, Theatre Manager
Spouse
Else Collin (1886 - 1967)
Madeleine Ozeray (...
Marcel Marceau
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Born
Marcel Mangel
22 March 1923
Strasbourg, France
Died
22 September 2007 (aged 84)
Cahors, Lot, France
Occupation
Actor, mime artist
Spouse
Anne Sicco (1975-2007)
Ella Jaroszewicz (m. 1966)
Huguette ...
Oliver Hardy
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaBorn Norvell HardyJanuary 18, 1892Harlem, Georgia, U.S.
Died August 7, 1957 (aged 65)North Hollywood, California, U.S.
Occupation ActorYears active 1914–1955Spouse Madelyn Saloshin (m. 1913–1921) Myrtle Reeves (m. 1921–1937) Virginia Lucille Jones (m. 1940–1957...
Rowan Atkinson
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Birth name
Rowan Sebastian Atkinson
Born
6 January 1955 (age 57)
Consett, Durham, England, United Kingdom
Medium
Stand up, Television, Film
Years active
1978–present
Genres
Physical comedy, S...
Samuel Avital
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Samuel Ben-Or Avital is a professionally trained mime artist, teacher of mime, kinesthetic awareness, and Kabbalah.
Samuel Avital was born Shmuel Abitbol in 1932,[1] in the small town of Sefrou,[2] near Fez, in the Atlas Mountains in Morocco. At the age of 14,...
The Three Stooges
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaThe Three Stooges were an American vaudeville and comedy act of the early to mid–20th century best known for their numerous short subject films. Their hallmark was physical farce and extreme slapstick. In films, the Stooges were commonly known by their first name...