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[1] [107] Literary critic John Carey wrote: "He invented clown make-up as we know it today (the wide grin was designed to be visible from the back of Drury Lane's auditorium, the biggest in Europe). He also created the stereotype of the "sad clown", taken up by later funsters including Charlie Chaplin and Peter Sellers." [184]
Clowns are dressed in baggy clothing with big red noses, wild hair, big shoes, and sometimes a white face. [13] The bandleader of the costume group would wear a crown to show that he is the King Clown. [10] Older costumes would also have an exaggerated paper mask instead of face paint. [10]
Japan, clown, bread judge and master of ceremonies, he's also the crown prince of Monaco according to the series; Rajoo – circus clown and the central character in Raj Kapoor's film Mera Naam Joker; Rollo the Clown – played by William (Billy) Wayne, the "good-guy" clown in the Adventures of Superman episode titled "The Clown Who Cried".
Joseph Samuel William Grimaldi (21 November 1802 – 10 December 1832), [1] better known as J. S. Grimaldi or JS Grimaldi, was an English stage actor, comedian and dancer, who frequently played the role of Clown in the harlequinades that accompanied nineteenth-century pantomimes.
The first mainstream clown role was portrayed by Joseph Grimaldi (who also created the traditional whiteface make-up design). In the early 1800s, he expanded the role of Clown in the harlequinade that formed part of British pantomimes, notably at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane and the Sadler's Wells and Covent Garden theatres. He became so ...
Familiar faces in the crowd. At the time Killer Klowns was made, the most famous member of the cast was John Vernon, best known as Dean Wormer in Animal House.The Chiodos sent out an offer to ...
This is not a laughing matter, creepy clowns are popping up in neighborhoods across the country terrifying residents.
The character is played, in all three “Terrifier” movies, by David Howard Thornton, an actor who disappears into his costume: white make-up and hook nose and bald clown head cover, black ...