This Famous Image Of Marie Curie Isn't Marie Curie
Not Curie Marie Curie as portrayed by Susan Marie Frontczak. Courtsey of Susan Marie Frontczak The above image, allegedly of Marie Curie, adorns stamps around the world. But there's a problem: It's not Marie Curie. It's instead a photo of Susan Marie Frontczak, snapped by Paul Schroder in 2001. Frontczak makes a living portraying the famous scientist on stage, and has done so for 13 years, in some 350 performances across 30 U.S. states and nine countries. The image (of Frontczak) can be found on "Marie Curie"-themed stamps in Mali, the Republic of Togo, Zambia, and the Republic of Guinea. Frontczak said she had mixed feelings about the stamps. "I find it a compliment that it was similar enough that they were convinced," Frontczak said. "There's some essence [of her] that got captured."...