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GRIMALDI, JOSEPH (1779–1837)

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Originally appearing in Volume V12, Page 598 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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GRIMALDI, See also:JOSEPH (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. 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. 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). Grimaldi died on the 31st of May 1837. His See also:Memoirs in two volumes (1838) were edited by See also:Charles See also:Dickens.

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