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Professeur Carmelli
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| Professeur Carmelli | |
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| Born | August Joseph Coene 1850 |
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| Died | 1919 |
Professeur Carmelli (1850-1919) was a magician at the Musée Grévin in Paris from 1915-1918.
Biography
Carmelli performed in France with a Black Art (Magie Noire) act for many years.
He left home as a boy to follow a circus and later became an acrobat. A magician in the circus befriended and taught him magic.
He met George Melies and collaborated with him in 1888 at the Theatre Robert-Houdin.
Carmelli later created his own traveling show called the Theatre-Salon Carmelli.[1]
References
- ↑ 100 Years of Magic Posters by Charles Reynolds