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 ...

People tend to think of popularity in contemporary terms, like YouTube likes or TikTok shares. But Pittsburgh-based mime performer and author Dan Kamin believes the particular subject of his expertise ...

Way back in the days of silent film, being a good mime was a ticket to stardom. Buster Keaton, Harold Lloyd, and the Little Tramp himself, Charlie Chaplin, all used their bodies and facial expressions ...

Marceau, who revived the art of mime and brought poetry to silence, has died, French media reported Sunday, Sept. 23, 2007. He was 84. France-Info radio and LCI television said the family had ...

His biggest inspiration was Charlie Chaplin. Marceau, in turn, inspired countless young performers — Michael Jackson borrowed his famous “moonwalk” from a Marceau sketch, “Walking Against the Wind.” ...