Philippe Curtius of several generations of artists named Tussaud. Philippe Curtius Philippe Curtius (1737–1794) was a Swiss physician and wax modeller who taught Marie Tussaud the art of wax modelling. Marie Grosholtz, the future Marie Tussaud, lived in the Berne home of Curtius, for whom her mother acted as housekeeper. Marie called him 'Uncle', and in many ways he was a father figure. Curtius used his skill in wax modelling to illustrate anatomy as a physician, and sometimes for the entertainment of visitors. Later, he started to do portraits. Curtius created beautiful anatomical wax models that were admired by the Prince de
Terror in the Wax Museum Terror in the Wax Museum Terror in the Wax Museum is a 1973 American horror mystery film directed by Georg Fenady and starring Ray Milland, Elsa Lanchester, Maurice Evans, John Carradine, Mark Edwards, Louis Hayward, Patric Knowles, and Lisa Lu. The film was released by Cinerama Releasing Corporation on May 1973. It is set in London at the end of the Victorian era. In the London wax museum of Claude Dupree, known for its collection of famous figures, someone is killing the guests. When the owner of the museum is killed, his niece decides to continue the family business, which