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Marmaï Pio, born 13 July 1984 in Strasbourg, is a French actor. Coming from an artistic background (his mother is a former costume designer at the Strasbourg Opera and his father is an emigrated Italian designer), Pio Marmaï followed the course of the Scuola Commedia dell'Arte Antonio Fava, The Theatre School Enfants Terribles, the conservatory of Créteil and the National Drama Centre of Saint-Etienne .- Actor
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Marcel Marceau was the legendary mime, who survived the Nazi occupation, and saved many children in WWII. He was regarded for his peerless style pantomime, moving audiences without uttering a single word, and was known to the World as a "master of silence."
He was born Marcel Mangel on March 22, 1923, in Strasbourg, Alsace, France, and was brought up in Strasbourg and Lille. There he was introduced to music and theatre by his father, Charles Mangel, a kosher butcher, who also sang baritone and was a supporter of arts and music. His mother, Anne Mangel (née Werzberg), was a native Alsatian, and the family was bilingual. At the age of 5, his mother took Marcel to a Charlie Chaplin's movie, and he was entranced and decided to become a mime. Young Marcel was also fond of art and literature, he studied English in addition to his French and German, and became trilingual.
At the beginning of the Second World War, he had to hide his Jewish origin and changed his name to Marceau, when his Jewish family was forced to flee their home. His father was deported to Auschwitz, where he was killed in 1944. Both Marceau and his brother, Alain, were in the French underground, helping children to escape to safety in neutral Switzerland. Then Marceau served as interpreter for the Free French Forces under General Charles de Gaulle, acting as liaison officer with the allied armies.
Marcel Marceau gave his first big public performance to 3000 troops after liberation of Paris in August of 1944. After the war, in 1946, he enrolled as a student in Charles Dullin's School of Dramatic Art at the Sarah Bernhardt Theatre in Paris. There his teacher was Etienne Decroux, whose other apprentice Jean-Louis Barrault hired Marcel Marceau, and cast him in the role as Arlequin. His biggest inspirations were Charlie Chaplin, Buster Keaton and Marx Brothers. In 1947, blending the 19th century harlequin with the gestures of Chaplin and Keaton, Marceau created his most famous mime character, Bip, a white-faced clown with a tall, battered hat and a red flower. In 1949 he created his own company and toured around the world.
Marcel Marceau shone in a range of characters, from an innocent child, to a peevish waiter, to a lion tamer, to an old woman, and became acknowledged as one of the world's finest mimes. In just a couple of minutes, he could show a metamorphosis of an entire human life from birth to death. Through his alter ego, Bip, he played out the human comedy without uttering a word. His classic silent works such as The Cage, Walking Against the Wind, The Mask Maker, In The Park, and satires on artists, sculptors, matadors, has been described as works of genius. For many years Marceau's 'Compagnie de Mime Marcel Marceau', also known as 'Compagnie de Mimodrame', was the only company of pantomime in the world. Marceau played several silent film roles and only one with a speaking part, as himself, speaking the single word "Non" in Mel Brooks' Silent Movie (1976).
In 1959, Marcel Marceau established his own school in Paris, and later the Marceau Foundation to promote the art of pantomime in the United States. His later performances in 2000-2001 received great acclaim. He was made "Officer de la Legion d'Honneur" (1978) and "Grand Officer de la Legion d'Honneur" (1998), and was awarded the National Order of Merit (1998). He won the Emmy Award for his work on television, and was elected member of the Academy of Fine Arts in Berlin, the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, the Academie des beaux-arts France and the Institut de France, and was declared "National treasure" in Japan. In 2002 he was UN Goodwill Ambassador at the international conference on aging in Madrid.
His "art of silence" filled a remarkable acting career that lasted over 60 years. He was an actor, director, teacher, interpreter, and public figure, and made extensive tours in countries on five continents. Outside of his mime profession, Marcel Marceau was a multilingual speaker and a great communicator, who surprised many with his flowing speeches in several languages. In his later years he was living on a farm at Cahors, near Toulouse, France. He continued his routine practice daily to keep himself in good form, never losing the agility that made him famous. He also continued coaching his numerous students.
Marcel Marceau passed away at his home in France, on September 23, 2007, like an Autumn leaf after the Autumn Equinox, and after Yom Kippur in Jewish calendar, having the Day of Atonement as his final curtain. His burial ceremony was accompanied by the Mozart's piano concerto No21, and the music of J.C. Bach. Marcel Marceau was laid to rest in the Pere Lachaise cemetery in Paris, France.
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Alex Lutz was born on 25 August 1978 in Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, France. He is an actor and writer, known for Guy (2018), Strangers by Night (2023) and Le talent de mes amis (2015).- Kamy Bruder is an actor and stuntman based in Los Angeles CA. He is a black belt in Kyokushin Karate, an expert level motorcycle rider (former professional motocross racer), a certified weapons manipulation expert through ITTS, and a fight scene specialist, all which have served him well in various productions across the globe.
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Claude Rich was born on 8 February 1929 in Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, France. He was an actor and writer, known for I Love You, I Love You (1968), Asterix & Obelix: Mission Cleopatra (2002) and Le souper (1992). He was married to Catherine Rich. He died on 20 July 2017 in Orgeval, Yvelines, France.- Jean-Michel Tinivelli was born on 19 March 1967 in Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, France. He is an actor, known for L'été rouge (2002), The Judge Is a Woman (1993) and Rose et Val (2005).
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Matt Pokora was born on 26 September 1985 in Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, France. He is a music artist and actor, known for Robin Hood: The True Story (2015), Asterix and the Vikings (2006) and M. Pokora: Alexandrie, Alexandra (2017). He has been married to Christina Milian since 9 December 2020. They have two children.- Actor
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André Wilms was born on 29 April 1947 in Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, France. He was an actor, known for Le Havre (2011), The Bohemian Life (1992) and Auntie Danielle (1990). He was married to Evelyne Didi. He died on 9 February 2022 in Paris, France.- Director
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Two-time Oscar shortlisted Hungarian writer, director and actor. His second feature "Those Who Remained" (2019) premiered at Telluride Film Festival and was shortlisted for Best International Film Category for the Oscars in 2020. His short film "Chuchotage" (2018) has been shortlisted by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences for the 91th Oscars in 2019. Another short from him, "My Guide" (2013) has been viewed by over 1,5 million times on Vimeo within a week making it one of the most successful short films ever made in Hungary. With Mastergame (2023), his third feature he won Excellence in Film Directing Award at Stony Brook Festival, New York, and Best Film Award in various international film festivals such as Vukovar and Parma.- Catherine Aymerie was born on 12 December 1961 in Strasbourg, France. She is an actress, known for The Days That Made History (2009), Les Alsaciens: ou les deux Mathilde (1996) and Rabid Grannies (1988).
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Ann-Gisel Glass was born on 17 June 1964 in Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, France. She is an actress and producer, known for Leise Schatten (1992), La tentation d'Isabelle (1985) and Rats: Night of Terror (1984).- Actor
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Gérard Buhr was born on 8 May 1928 in Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, France. He was an actor and writer, known for A View to a Kill (1985), The Day of the Jackal (1973) and Love and Death (1975). He was married to Patricia Karim. He died on 8 January 1988 in Paris, France.- Ben Dova was born on 14 March 1905 in Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, France. He was an actor, known for Marathon Man (1976), Dear Mr. Wonderful (1982) and The Way of All Freshmen (1933). He was married to Evelyn Veronica Spah. He died on 30 September 1986 in Manassas, Virginia, USA.
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Sacha Guillaume was born on 31 August 1974 in Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, France. Sacha is a production manager and producer, known for Mustang (2015), The Room (2019) and Oussekine (2022).- Actor
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Jacques Penot was born in Strasbourg, Haut-Rhin, France. He is 20 when Robert Hossein discovers it. Jacques Penot was then a photographer for the magazine "Voile et voiliers". Robert Hossein decided to make him his hero at the theater in "Les Hauts de Hurlevent". Very quickly the press and the world of spectacle are racing. Jacques Penot becomes an inescapable actor. In 1983, he played under the direction of Robert Enrico in the film "Au nom de tous les miens" starring Michael York and Brigitte Fossey, based on Martin Gray's novel. The following year he was named the best male hopeful for the César. He then gave a reply to Annie Girardot, Claude Brasseur, Philippe Léotard and Bruno Crémer. In 1991, he met on the set of "Catorce Estaciones", the actress Geraldine Danon who became his companion for a few years. Television is also interested in him. He plays in the series "Sandra, princesse rebelle", "Les Cordier, juge et flic", or "Quai N ° 1". But Jacques Penot is fragile, and does not support celebrity. In 1999, he directed his last film at the "Fait d'hiver" film directed by Robert Enrico. He continued to shoot for television until 2004, when he decided to stop working as an actor to devote himself to painting and navigation. At that moment, he married Isabelle Bich, one of the children of Baron Bic, inventor of the famous black pen. The actor will share his time between Paris and Ibiza. Degraded by the premature death of his wife Isabelle Bich in 2014 and his great friend, ex-navigator Florence Arthaud, in 2015, he died of a heart attack on December 17, 2016, at the age of 57 years. However his death will be announced only a month later, by his ex-companion, Geraldine Danon.- Costume Designer
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Thierry Mugler was born on 21 December 1948 in Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, France. He was a costume designer and director, known for Mutant Action (1993), Z Chromozome (2012) and Ready to Wear (1994). He died on 23 January 2022 in Vincennes, Val-de-Marne, France.- Actress
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Valérie Stroh was born on 11 August 1958 in Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, France. She is an actress and director, known for Baptême (1989), A Man and Two Women (1991) and L'éducation sentimentale (1973).- Writer
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Elif Shafak was born on 25 October 1971 in Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, France. She is a writer and actress, known for Menekse ile Halil (2007), 30/30 Vision: 3 Decades of Strand Releasing (2019) and Sternstunden (1994). She has been married to Eyüp Can since 2005. They have two children.- Director
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François Moreuil was born on 24 January 1934 in Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, France. He was a director and writer, known for How to Steal a Million (1966), Love Play (1961) and Malican père et fils (1967). He was married to Jean Seberg and Pascaline Béghin. He died on 24 March 2017 in Paris, France.- Actress
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Laura Weissbecker is an international multilingual French actress who won the Chinese Huading award for ''best new actress'' in 2013 for her role in Jackie Chan's ''CZ12''. She has worked in France, Germany, USA and China, with directors such as Jackie Chan, Cedric Klapisch, Elie Chouraqui, Mark Romanek and Tonie Marshall. Weissbecker was handpicked by Jackie Chan for one of the leading roles in the film ''Chinese Zodiac 12'', starring and directed by Jackie Chan. The film was a huge commercial success in Asia, in particular in mainland China where it is listed as amongst the top 5 biggest box-office hits for a Chinese movie in the country's history.
Laura Weissbecker began her film career in 2002, when director Tonie Marshall (winner of the 2000 Cesar French Academy Award for best film, best director and best screenwriter) offered her a small role opposite Francois Cluzet in her feature film ''France Boutique''. In France, Weissbecker is best known for her role in ''Versailles, the Dream of a King'' directed by Thierry Binisti, a high profile TV movie which aired on France 2, Japan (NHK) and UK (BBC), and her role in ''Russian Dolls" directed by Cedric Klapisch (also starring Audrey Tautou, Romain Duris, Cecile de France) . A multilingual actress, Weissbecker was featured in a German TV movie ''Achtung Arzt'' directed by German TV director Rolf Silber, which was shot in Berlin. She shows her comedic talent starring opposite Jackie Chan in ''Chinese Zodiac 12,'' an international feature film directed by Chan. Laura Weissbecker was awarded ''Best New Global Actress'' at the Chinese Huading awards in Macao in October 2013 for her performance. In the US, she was featured in 2016 in a guest recurring role in American TV series ''Mad Dogs'' produced by Amazon and Sony, shot in Puerto Rico. In 2018, she is working on a chinese movie by director Fan Haolun whose previous movie was in official selection at the Venice Film Festival.
Laura Weissbecker's first novel ''Comment je suis devenue chinoise'' (''How I became chinese'') was published in France and in China. In France, it got great critical success and was awarded with the prestigious literary prize prix du Lys (2017).
Laura grew up in the east of France, in the city of Strasbourg, surrounded by a very heteroclite and European environment. She has a brother and a sister, who is a solo aerial artist with Cirque du Soleil. Laura has a master degree from one of the top engineering schools in France. She was trained in Paris, and in Los Angeles with leading acting coaches Howard Fine, Jack Waltzer and comedy master Gary Austin, founder of the Groundlings, the legendary improvisation troupe. Laura is fluent in French, English, Chinese and German.- Actor
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Alphonse Martell was born on 27 March 1890 in Straßburg, Alsace, Germany [now Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, France]. He was an actor and director, known for Gigolettes of Paris (1933), Strings of Steel (1926) and The Buccaneer (1938). He died on 18 March 1976 in San Diego, California, USA.- Hubert de Lapparent was born on 19 April 1919 in Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, France. He was an actor, known for Army of Shadows (1969), The Three Musketeers: Part I - The Queen's Diamonds (1961) and Inspector Maigret (1958). He died on 14 September 2021 in Paris, France.
- Carole Richert was born on 28 September 1967 in Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, France. She is an actress, known for IP5: The Island of Pachyderms (1992), Charlemagne (1993) and Le nouveau protocole (2008).
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Gustave Doré was born on 6 January 1832 in Strasbourg, Bas-Rhin, France. He is known for Oliver Twist (2005), Arrangement of Thorns (2014) and Don Quixote (1973). He died on 23 January 1883 in Paris, France.- Arsène Wenger is a French football manager and former player. He was the manager of Arsenal F.C. from 1996 to 2018, where he was the longest-serving and most successful in the club's history. His contribution to English football through changes to scouting, players' training, and diet regimens revitalized Arsenal F.C..
Wenger was introduced to football by his father, the manager of the local village team. After a modest playing career, in which he made appearances for several amateur clubs, Wenger obtained a manager's diploma in 1981. Following an unsuccessful period at Nancy in 1987, Wenger joined A.S. Monaco F.C.; the club won the league championship in 1988. In 1991, Wenger guided Monaco to victory in the Coupe de France. He briefly coached J.League side Nagoya Grampus Eight and won the Emperor's Cup and Japanese Super Cup during his stay in Japan.
Wenger was named manager of Arsenal F.C. in 1996, and two years later, he led the club to a Premier League and FA Cup double. The club won another league and cup double in 2002 and retained the FA Cup a year later. In 2004, Wenger managed Arsenal to an undefeated domestic league season, a feat last accomplished by Preston North End, 115 years previously. Arsenal later eclipsed Nottingham Forest F.C.'s record of 42 league matches unbeaten and went seven more matches before losing in October 2004. The club made their first appearance in a Champions League final in 2006, though they lost to FC Barcelona. After a period of almost nine years without a trophy, which coincided with the club relocating to the Emirates Stadium, Wenger guided Arsenal to further FA Cup success in 2014, 2015 and 2017, before stepping down as manager a year later.