Mary breaks her silence

Days Like These — True Stories by Australian Broadcasting Corporation

Jul 16, 20240:27:45Society & Culture

Now retired, Canberra’s most prominent self described ‘child mime’ recounts a storied career: from falling out of a tree at age seven, to miming through an electrical storm, to unnerving the late great Marcel Marceau… an...

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