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See also:JOSEPH See also:GRIMALDI (1779–1837)
, the most celebrated of See also:English clowns, was See also:born in See also:London on the 18th of See also:December 1779, the son of an See also:Italian actor
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When less than two years old he was brought upon the See also:stage at See also:Drury See also:Lane; at the See also:age of three he began to appear at See also:Sadler's See also:Wells; and he did not finally retire until 1828
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As the See also:clown of See also:pantomime he was considered without an equal, his greatest success being in See also:Mother See also:Goose, at Covent See also:Garden (1806 and often revived)
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See also:Grimaldi died on the 31st of May 1837
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His See also:Memoirs in two volumes (1838) were edited by See also: |
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