Jean-Gaspard Deburau
French actor
Died when: 49 years 321 days (598 months)Star Sign: Leo
Jean-Gaspard Deburau (born Jan Kašpar Dvorák; 31 July 1796 – 17 June 1846), sometimes erroneously called Debureau, was a Bohemian-French mime.He performed from 1816 to the year of his death at the Théâtre des Funambules, which was immortalized in Marcel Carné's poetic-realist film Children of Paradise (1945);
Deburau appears in the film (under his stage-name, "Baptiste") as a major character.His most famous pantomimic creation was Pierrot—a character that served as the godfather of all the Pierrots of Romantic, Decadent, Symbolist, and early Modernist theater and art.
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