Maurice Tillet was perhaps better known by his stage name, the “French Angel.” A Russian-born French professional wrestler, Tillet enjoyed a relatively successful career during his lifetime ...

It’s a bust of Maurice Tillet, a professional wrestler known as The French Angel. All its features are distended beyond normal human scale: the forehead beetles, the nose protrudes, the jaw juts ...

Frenchman Maurice Tillet's unique appearance was caused ... And the hands of the 'French Angel' were enormous too. Tillet fought in fights in Britain, France and elsewhere, but had the most ...

The real-life inspiration for the animated character Shrek might just be a man nicknamed "The French Angel." Known formally as Maurice Tillet, a Russian-born Frenchman, the man rose to prominence ...

The real-world inspiration for Shrek, it’s suspected, is a Russian-born Frenchman named Maurice Tillet, who also went by “The French Angel.” Tillet was born in 1903 and called “angel” by ...

Turns out, he was pretty famous in his time, way back when. Maurice Tillet, otherwise known as 'The French Angel' was a Russian-French-American pro wrestler and world heavyweight champion in the ...

On May 28, 2024, a Facebook user claimed the movie character Shrek was inspired by the appearance of a 20th century Russian-French wrestler named Maurice Tillet. The Facebook user wrote: "The ...

Unable to follow his desired career as a lawyer due to his illness, Tillet joined the Navy but later found his true calling when he was introduced to the world of wrestling. Maurice was swiftly dubbed ...

Frenchman Maurice Tillet's unique appearance was caused ... And the hands of the 'French Angel' were enormous too. Tillet fought in fights in Britain, France and elsewhere, but had the most ...

Bruce Prichard works with an angel over his shoulder ... wrestling - the bust of Maurice Tillet is impossible to miss. A wrestler known as the French Angel, Tillet's life was testament to the ...

He was a Russian French wrestler from the 1940s who went by “The French Angel”. His real name was Maurice Tillet. The WGN Morning News team also discusses the lips behind the ‘Rocky Horror ...