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.

When did Marcel Marceau stop performing?

Thereafter he toured internationally, and in 1978 he founded a school of mimodrama in Paris. Marceau also acted in several movies, including Barbarella (1968) and Silent Movie (1976). In 2005 he retired from performing.

Did Marcel Marceau perform for Patton?

Toward the end of the war, he joined the Free French Forces, fighting alongside U.S. troops under Gen. George S. Patton. It was before 3,000 of Patton's soldiers that Marceau gave his first major performance, which was favorably reviewed by Stars and Stripes.