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Charlie Chaplin: Biography

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  • Birth Name: Charles Spencer Chaplin
  • Birth Place: London, England
  • Date of Birth / Zodiac Sign: April 16, Aries
  • Date of Death: 12/25/1977
  • Profession: Actor; director; producer; screenwriter; composer
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Charlie Chaplin Fast Facts:
  • Both of his parents were music-hall entertainers.
  • First went on stage at age 5 when his mother's voice failed her during a performance.
  • Lived in a series of workhouses and an orphanage as a young child.
  • Desperate poverty and deprivation in his childhood inspired his character The Little Tramp.  
  • Co-founded United Artists in 1919 with Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and D.W. Griffith.
  • Lost a paternity suit brought against him by actress Joan Barry in 1943 despite the fact that blood tests proved that Barry's child wasn't his.
  • Fourth wife Oona O'Neill was the daughter of playwright Eugene O'Neill; her father disinherited her after her marriage to Chaplin.
  • Published My Autobiography in 1964.
  • Knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1975.
  • Portrayed by Robert Downey Jr. in the 1992 biopic Chaplin.
  • Charlie Chaplin Relationships:
  • Annette-Emily Chaplin - Daughter
  • Charles Chaplin - Father
  • Charles Chaplin Jr. - Son
  • Christopher Chaplin - Son
  • Eugene Anthony Chaplin - Son
  • Geraldine Chaplin - Daughter
  • Hannah Chaplin - Mother
  • Hetty Kelly - Ex-significant Other
  • Jane Chaplin - Daughter
  • Joan Barry - Ex-significant Other
  • Josephine Chaplin - Daughter
  • Lita Grey - Ex-wife
  • Michael Chaplin - Son
  • Mildred Harris - Ex-wife
  • Norman Spencer Chaplin - Son
  • Oona Chaplin - Wife
  • Paulette Goddard - Ex-wife
  • Pola Negri - Ex-fiancée
  • Spencer Dryden - Nephew
  • Sydney Chaplin - Half Brother
  • Sydney Chaplin - Son
  • Victoria Chaplin - Daughter
  • Wheeler Dryden - Half Brother
  • Charlie Chaplin Awards:
  • 1940 Oscar: Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role - Nominee
  • 1947 Oscar: Best Writing (Original Screenplay) - Nominee
  • 1940 Oscar: Best Writing (Original Screenplay) - Nominee
  • 1972 Oscar: Best Original Dramatic Score - Winner
  • 1928 Oscar: Special Award - Winner
  • 1971 Oscar: Honorary Award - Winner
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