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* Burt Lancaster had a childhood friend, Nick Cravat, who appeared in several of Lancaster's movies. Cravat was never able to get rid of his thick Brooklyn accent, so he communicated by mime when in a movie where the accent would be inappropriate. He often seemed on the verge of stealing the show—one review described him as miming his way into the audience's hearts. |
* Burt Lancaster had a childhood friend, Nick Cravat, who appeared in several of Lancaster's movies. Cravat was never able to get rid of his thick Brooklyn accent, so he communicated by mime when in a movie where the accent would be inappropriate. He often seemed on the verge of stealing the show—one review described him as miming his way into the audience's hearts. |
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* Harpo Marx, pictured, most notably in [[Duck Soup]]. He can't talk at all, and instead talks in horns, which leads to probably the most clever scene he's ever done where he is able to carry on a phone conversation by honking horns in such a way that it sounds like replies. |
* Harpo Marx, pictured, most notably in [[Duck Soup]]. He can't talk at all, and instead talks in horns, which leads to probably the most clever scene he's ever done where he is able to carry on a phone conversation by honking horns in such a way that it sounds like replies. |
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* Edward in [[Veronika Decides To Die]] |
* Edward in ''[[Veronika Decides To Die]]''. |
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* Helen, the protagonist of ''The Spiral Staircase''. Which really is a problem because there's a [[Serial Killer]] on the loose who targets disabled women. |
* Helen, the protagonist of ''The Spiral Staircase''. Which really is a problem, because there's a [[Serial Killer]] on the loose who targets disabled women. |
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* Nova from [[Planet of the Apes]]. |
* Nova from [[Planet of the Apes]]. |
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* The Ice Cream Lady in [[Kung Fu Hustle]], who |
* The Ice Cream Lady in [[Kung Fu Hustle]], who is also {{spoiler|the little girl that Sing had tried to save when he was a kid}}. |
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* Rocky from [[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]] has no spoken dialogue, though he can sing. The stage version sometimes has him speak, at one point telling Frank to "Piss off". |
* Rocky from [[The Rocky Horror Picture Show]] has no spoken dialogue, though he can sing. The stage version sometimes has him speak, at one point telling Frank to "Piss off". |
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* ''[[A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum]]'' has Gymnasia, a beautiful and quick-witted slave from the Island of Silent Women. (She's pretty handy with weapons, too.) Pseudolus knows her sign language because his childhood nanny was a Silent Woman. |
* ''[[A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum]]'' has Gymnasia, a beautiful and quick-witted slave from the Island of Silent Women. (She's pretty handy with weapons, too.) Pseudolus knows her sign language because his childhood nanny was a Silent Woman. |
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* Used in ''Love Potion no. 9''. When the female lead, Diane, gets a sample of the Love Potion no. 8, she receives the power of a [[Compelling Voice]], of a sexual nature and working only with the opposite sex. Upon entrancing a rich mook, to avoid [[Blessed with Suck|the potential hassles of being chased, harassed or desired by every single man at her speaking distance]], she cleverly puts the mook under the assumption she just |
* Used in ''Love Potion no. 9''. When the female lead, Diane, gets a sample of the Love Potion no. 8, she receives the power of a [[Compelling Voice]], of a sexual nature and working only with the opposite sex. Upon entrancing a rich mook, to avoid [[Blessed with Suck|the potential hassles of being chased, harassed or desired by every single man at her speaking distance]], she cleverly puts the mook under the assumption she just likes to "play the mute game", using a simplified form of [[Hand Signals|sign language while in public]], and [[Translator Buddy|letting him graciously act as her mouthpiece]]. |
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* In the little-known [[Jackie Gleason]] film ''Gigot,'' the title character is a fine example. |
* In the little-known [[Jackie Gleason]] film ''Gigot,'' the title character is a fine example. |
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* Dolly, the bespectacled young woman whom Jaws falls in love with in ''[[Moonraker]]''. She doesn't seem to speak any more than he does. |
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== Literature == |
== Literature == |
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