Josep Andreu i Lasserre (April 23, 1896 – July 26, 1983), best known as Charlie Rivel, was an internationally known Spanish circus clown. He was born in Cubelles (Barcelona), Spain. His parents …

Charlie Rivel (born Josep Andreu Lasserre, 1896-1983) is one of the few clowns ever to have achieved true international stardom. Like Grock and the Fratellinis before him, Rivel was beloved all over …

Josep Andreu, known artistically as Charlie Rivel, was a prominent Spanish clown, mime, acrobat, trapeze artist and circus artist.

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Charlie Rivel was born on 23 April 1896 in Cubelles, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. He was an actor and writer, known for Akrobat Schööön! (1943), Der Clown (1966) and El aprendiz de clown (1967).

Professionally, he was known to the world as "Charlie Rivel." At the age of 2, he debuted on the street in his family's act, "Los Pepitos." Starting at age fifteen, he traveled throughout Europe in a man …

This article traces the unexpected itinerary of Catalan-born circus artist Charlie Rivel [née Josep Andreu i Lasarre] (1896–1983) in order to address the ways in which his story conjures up the …