Marcel Marceau (1923-2007), a famous mime born Marcel Mangel in Strasbourg, France. He is shown here performing in Paris.

Marcel Marceau (1923-2007), a famous mime born Marcel Mangel in Strasbourg, France. He is shown here performing in Paris.

Marcel Marceau (1923-2007), a famous mime born Marcel Mangel in Strasbourg, France. He is shown here performing in Paris.

Marcel Marceau (1923-2007), a famous mime born Marcel Mangel in Strasbourg, France. This is a composite image of Marceau performing in Paris.

French mime Marcel Marceau performs during a presentation in Pablo Tobon Uribe theatre in Medellin, 16 September 2005.

PHOTO:EAST NEWS/AFP French mime Marcel Marceau performs at the Garcia Lorca theatre in Havana, Cuba, 12 September 2005.

PHOTO:EAST NEWS/AFP French mime Marcel Marceau performs at the Garcia Lorca theatre in Havana, Cuba, 12 September 2005.

PHOTO:EAST NEWS/AFP French mime Marcel Marceau performs at the Garcia Lorca theatre in Havana, Cuba, 12 September 2005.

PHOTO:EAST NEWS/AFP French mime Marcel Marceau performs at the Garcia Lorca theatre in Havana, Cuba, 12 September 2005.

PHOTO:EAST NEWS/AFP French mime Marcel Marceau performs at the Garcia Lorca theatre in Havana, Cuba, 12 September 2005

Legendary French pantomime artist Marcel Marceau, right, grimaces together with his scholar, Swiss clown and mime Dimitri, left, in Verscio, southern Switzerland, Thursday, Sept 8, 2005. Eighty-year old Marceau came to see Dimitri on the occasion of Dimitri's 70th birthday and of the 30th anniversary of Dimitri's theater and mime artists school. (AP Photo/Keystone, Karl Mathis)

Der bekannte Pantomime Marcel Marceau (82) stellt sich fuer Fotografen in Position in Frankfurt am Donnerstag, den 28. Juli 2005. Der Kuenstler und seine Truppe geben vom 29. bis zum 31. Jul 2005 ein Gastspiel in der Alten Oper Frankfurt. (AP Photo/Wolfram Steinberg) ---Pantomime Marcel Marceau (82) poses for photographers in downtown Frankfurt, Germany, Thursday, July 28, 2005. (AP Photo/Wolfram Steinberg)

Der bekannte Pantomime Marcel Marceau (82) stellt sich fuer Fotografen in Position vor der alten Oper in Frankfurt am Donnerstag, den 28. Juli 2005. Der Kuenstler und seine Truppe geben vom 29. bis zum 31. Juli 2005 ein Gastspiel in der Alten Oper Frankfurt. (AP Photo/Wolfram Steinberg) ---Pantomime Marcel Marceau (82) poses for photographers in front of the Old Opera building in downtown Frankfurt, Germany, Thursday, July 28, 2005. (AP Photo/Wolfram Steinberg)

Der bekannte Pantomime Marcel Marceau (82) stellt sich fuer Fotografen in Position vor der alten Oper in Frankfurt am Donnerstag, den 28. Juli 2005. Der Kuenstler und seine Truppe geben vom 29. bis zum 31. Juli 2005 ein Gastspiel in der Alten Oper Frankfurt. (AP Photo/Wolfram Steinberg) ---Pantomime Marcel Marceau (82) poses for photographers in front of the Old Opera building in downtown Frankfurt, Germany, Thursday, July 28, 2005. (AP Photo/Wolfram Steinberg)

PHOTO:EAST NEWS/AFP French mime Marcel Marceau gestures prior a press conference, 08 March 2005 in Caracas, Venezuela. Marceau is in Venezuela to perform in his "farewell world tour".

PHOTO:EAST NEWS/AFP French mime Marcel Marceau gestures pror a press conference, 08 March 2005 in Caracas, Venezuela. Marceau is in Venezuela to perform as part of his "farewell world tour".

French Mime Marcel Marceau listens to a question at a news conference in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, March 8, 2005. Marceau will perform in Maracaibo, Valencia and Caracas this week. (AP Photo/Leslie Mazoch) **EFE OUT**

French mime Marcel Marceau arrives for a news conference in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, March 8, 2005. Marceau will perform in Maracaibo, Valencia and Caracas this week. (AP Photo/Leslie Mazoch) **EFE OUT**

French mime Marcel Marceau demonstrates as he answers a question at a news conference in Caracas, Venezuela, Tuesday, March 8, 2005, as he explains that when he first began performing, the public would shout to him that they could not hear him. Marceau will perform in Maracaibo, Valencia and Caracas this week. (AP Photo/Leslie Mazoch)

Legendary French mime Marcel Marceau, poses with a commemorative plaque honoring him, which was unveiled at the National Auditorium in Mexico City, Monday Nov. 15, 2004. Marceau and his repertoire of classic characters are on a tour of Mexican cities, which started on Nov. 4.( (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)