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Few artists achieve such success, popularity, and worldwide renown as to set the standard for the art they practice. For many years, the name Marcel Marceau was practically synonymous with the art of mime, and his unparalleled artistic achievements have been recognized by nations, cultural institutions, and universities around the world.
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Awards and honors bestowed upon Marcel Marceau include the following: Deburau Prize - Mimodrame Death Before Dawn at Young Companies competition 1948 Gold Medal of Czechoslovakia for his contribution to cultural relations between Czechoslovakia and France 1969 |
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Named Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur for cultural affairs 1970
Honorary Doctorate of Humanities from Linfield College (USA) 1971
Gold Medal at festival of theatre in Spain 1971
Member, Academy of Arts of Munich 1972
Promoted to Commandeur des Arts et Lettres 1973
Gold Medal at festival of theatre in Spain 1974
Promoted to Officier dans l'ordre des Arts et Lettres 1978
Received Medaille Vermeille de la Ville de Paris 1978
Honorary Doctorate from Princeton University 1981
Received Cross of Merit (cultural) from East Germany 1983
Honorary Doctorate from University of Michigan 1985
Promoted to Officier de la Légion d'Honneur 1986
Gold Medal of Mexico City 1987
Elected
to the Académie des Beaux-Arts, Institut de France, 1991 (Installed 1993)
Francisco de Miranda Award, presented by President Rafael Caldera of Venezuela 1996
Honorary
Doctorate from Ohio State University 1998
University Musical Society (Univ. of Michigan) Distinguished Artist Award 2001
Honorary Doctorate of Humane Letters from University of Hawai‘i at Manoa
2001
Raoul Wallenberg Medal 2001 (for helping save Jews during WWII) 2001 | More
on this award
Goodwill Ambassador for the United Nations Second World Assembly on Ageing 2002
Marceau's Stage Performance — His character Bip, his Style Pantomimes, his Mimodrames Paintings, Drawings, and Lithographs Awards and Honors |
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