Biography of Charlie Chapline

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BIOGRAPHYOf

Charlie Chapline

Date of birth

16 April 1889, Walworth, London, England, UK

Date of Death

25 December1977, Vevey, Switzerland (naturalcauses)

Birth NameCharles Spencer Chaplin

Nickname

CharlieCharlotThe Little Tramp

Height5' 5" (1.65 m)


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Trade MarkA tramp with toothbrush mustache,

undersized bowler hat and bamboo cane

who struggled to survive while keeping his

dignity in a world with great social

injustice.

BIOGRAPHYThought of by many as the greatest comedian of all

time, Charles Spencer Chaplin was born in London,

England on 16 April 1889. His Beverly Hills residence

was known as "Breakaway House". Designed by Chaplin

himself and built by studio carpenters, it began falling to

bits over the years, much to the amusement of visitors.

Built on Summit Drive in the Pickfair neighborhood, the

house boasted a pipe organ Chaplin continually used to

entertain his guests in the great hall; he also screened hisfilms there. He seems to have been an inspiring host;

many of his guests joined in and reflected that they had


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never been so funny before or since -- it was the influence

of Chaplin.

Family:Charles Chaplin's parents, Charles and Hannah Chaplin,

were music hall entertainers.

Grandfather of Dolores Chaplin and Carmen Chaplin

His mother, Hannah Smith Chaplin, was Romanichal

(English Gypsy).

Half brother of Wheeler Dryden.

Grandfather of Dolores Chaplin and Carmen Chaplin

Marriage:

He was 29 years old when he wed Mildred Harris; she

was 17.

He was 35 years old when he wed Lita Grey; Lita was 16.

He was 47 years old when he wed Paulette Goddard;

Paulette was 26.He was 54 years old when he wed Oona O'Neill (OonaChaplin); Oona was 17.


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First wife, Mildred Harris was the mother of his firstchild, a son named Norman Spencer (born July 7,1919).The baby, who was nicknamed "The Little Mouse," was

born with severe disabilities and lived only three days.

Father of Charles Chaplin Jr. and SydneyChaplin with Lita Greyhis wife

Father, with Oona Chaplin, of

Geraldine Chaplin (born August 1,1944),Michael Chaplin (born March 7,1946)

Josephine Chaplin (born March 28,1949),

Victoria Chaplin (born May 19,1951),

Eugene Chaplin (born August 23,1953),

Chaplin (born May 23,1957),

Emily Chaplin (born December 3 1959) and

Christopher Chaplin (born July 8,1962).

Life:He was born four days before Adolf Hitler. His first

stage appearance, at age five, was singing a song in place

of his mother who had become ill.In 1908 he joined Fred


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Karno's touring stage company with his brother Sydney;

Stan Laurel was also a member of the same company. In

1912 the troupe went to perform in America, and Chaplin

decided to stay. The following year, producer Mack

Sennett saw him perform and decided to take him on at

the Keystone Studio, which already boasted such names

as 'Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle' , Mabel Normand,

the Keystone Kops and Mack Swain. However, Chaplin

moved on to become an even a bigger star than any of theabove legendary names, making a staggering 35 pictures

in one year alone.

His first movie was Making a Living (1914); however, his

next film, Kid Auto Races at Venice (1914), was destined

to change his entire career. This picture saw him wearing

baggy pants borrowed from 'Roscoe 'Fatty' Arbuckle', size

14 shoes belonging to Ford Sterling (and worn upside

down to keep them from falling off), a tiny jacket from

Keystone Kop Charles Avery, a bowler hat belonging to

Arbuckle's father-in-law and Mack Swain's mustache

trimmed down to toothbrush size.

From 1915 onwards Chaplin wrote, directed, produced,

scored and, of course, starred in all his movies. He joined

the Essanay Company the following year and in


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1917, The Immigrant (1917) and Easy Street (1917) were

both released. In 1918 he and his brother opened their

own studio in Los Angeles, and in 1919 he teamed up

with Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford and D.W.

Griffith to form a joint venture they named United Artists,

for production of their own films. However, Chaplin did

not make a film for the company until 1923 when A

Woman of Paris: A Drama ofFate (1923) was released;

this was followed in 1925 by the classic The GoldRush (1925) and in 1927 by The Circus (1928), for which

he received an Academy Award.

Spouse:

Oona Chaplin (16 June 1943 - 25 December1977) (hisdeath) 8 children

PauletteGoddard

(1 June 1936 - 4 June 1942) (divorced)

Lita Grey

(26 November1924 - 25 August 1927)(divorced) 2 children

MildredHarris

(23 October1918 - 4 April 1921)(divorced) 1 child


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At the Golden Camera Awards 2005 in Berlin, GeraldineChaplin told in a moving speech honoring Jerry


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Lewis about the last time she saw her father alive. Hewatched a movie of Lewis on television screaming "He`sfunny, that bastard!".

He was voted the 9th Greatest Movie Star of all time byEntertainment Weekly.

Is mentioned in the song called "Facts of life" from 2004.

Was 73 years old when his youngest son, Christopher,was born.

Received an Honorary Oscar The 44th Annual AcademyAwards (1972) (TV).

He appeared on stage blowing kisses to the Hollywoodaudience with tears running down his face while hereceived a long standing ovation.

Ironically, he won another Oscar the following year.

Named the #10 Greatest Actors on The 50 GreatestScreen Legends list by the American Film Institute.

In all his years of living and working in the United Stateshe never became a U.S. citizen

His performance as The Tramp in City Lights (1931) isranked #44 on Premiere Magazine's 100 GreatestPerformances of All Time (2006).


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Is portrayed in "Sesame Street" (1969) skits by LindaBove (Linda) and Sonia Manzano (Maria).

His performance as The Little Tramp in CityLights (1931) and a slew of other pictures is ranked #24on Premiere Magazine's 100 Greatest Movie Charactersof All Time.

Composed about 500 melodies, including "Smile" and"This Is My Song".

F

or the premiere of City Lights (1931), Chaplin traveledto London, and stayed there until 1932 before returning tothe U.S. His next film was Modern Times (1936), which

proved to be one of his greatest successes, followed fouryears later by The Great Dictator (1940), which was an


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indictment of the Nazi regime. Chaplin played a dual role,as a Jewish barber who fought in World War I and as theevil Adenoid Hynkel, dictator of Tomania. In 1945 he

started working on a new picture, MonsieurVerdoux (1947), which was based on an idea from OrsonWelles; he is thus credited in the film. In 1952 he releasedwhat is probably his best-known"talkie", Limelight (1952), which also featured hislongtime friend,Buster Keaton.

In 1969 Chaplin began new scores for a number of hisfilms, including The Kid and The Circus (1928). He alsoplanned to make a film called "The Freak" with hisdaughter Victoria Chaplin in the lead role, wearing thewings her father had worn 50 years earlier in The Kid.However, by this time Chaplin was already into his 80s,and he retired to live in Vevey, Switzerland.

In 1975 he was knighted by the Queen of England

He published his memoirs in 1964.

He won a special award "for versatility and genius inwriting, acting, directing and producing" TheCircus (1928).


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Destroyed the original negative of Sea Gull, The (1933)before a number of witnesses. The film never saw release,possibly because he was dismayed by the poor

performance of his lead actress, Edna Purviance.

becoming a millionaire, he continued to live in a shabbyhotel room, and kept his studio checks in a trunk formonths.


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He thought his period with Mutual was the mostconsistently pleasant period in his career, although he feltthat the plots of the films were too formualic for his taste.

Ranked #79 in Empire (UK) magazine's "The Top 100Movie Stars of All Time" list. [October1997]

Stan Laurel was his understudy on the English stage.

When both Stan Laurel and Chaplin moved to Americathey shared a room in a boarding house.

Cooking was not allowed in the boarding housewhere Stan Laurel and Chaplin stayed, so he would playthe violin to cover up the sound of Laurel frying up foodon a hot plate.

Invented his tramp costume with the help of 'Roscoe'Fatty' Arbuckle' 's pants. Arbuckle's father-in-law's

derby, Chester Conklin's cutaway,F

ord Sterling's size-14shoes, and some crepe paper belonging to MackSwain (which became the tramp's mustache). The onlyitem that actually belonged to Chaplin was the whangeecane.

He was also the first actor to have a comic strip abouthim; Ed Carey's 1916 strip, "Pa's Imported Son-in-Law",detailed the adventures of Chaplin

In Spain he had a different dubbing actor in each of hissound films. They were: Ricardo Solans for The GreatDictator (1940),Flix Acaso for Limelight (1952) and


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Joaqun Daz for A King in New York (1957). Thedubbing actor of Monsieur Verdoux (1947) is, at thistime, unknown.

Most people (now and during his lifetime) believe thatChaplin had brown eyes because they had only seen himin black and white with black eye makeup on. It fact theywere very blue. Chaplin remarked in his autobiographythat people meeting him for the first time were always

struck by his blue eyes. And his future wife OonaChaplin wrote "Just met Charlie Chaplin. What blue eyeshe has!" to a girlhood friend in 1942.

As a child he was confined to a bed for weeks due to aserious illness. At night his mother would sit at thewindow and act out what was going on outside. This was

a major reason Chaplin became a comedian.Chaplin was (strangely) the more depressed of the two. Inone scene in Limelight, Chaplin's character was dying.While the camera was fading away, Keaton was mutteringto Chaplin without moving his lips, "That's it, good, wait,don't move, wait, good, we're through." In his

autobiography Keaton called Chaplin "the greatest silentcomedian of all time."

Up until his last few movies, he never shot with a workingscript. He would start with a story in his mind andconstantly retool it, often shooting hours of scenes that


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wouldn't make the final cut until he was satisfied. Hespent his nights during filming, critiquing the rushes withhis assistant directors. Consequently compared to the

major studio's films, he spent months/years and excessiveamounts of money on his productions. He often saidthough he would not release any of his films until he was100% satisfied with the result.

After finishing his last film, A Countess from HongKong (1967) in 1966, he composed the music to many of

his silent movies, among them The Circus (1928) in1968, The Kid (1921) in 1971 and A Woman of Paris: ADrama ofFate (1923) in 1976.

His mother was so poor she was once forced to pawn her

son's spare clothes.

His mother was in and out of mental hospitals throughouther life.

His father, with whom he lived for only a brief period oftime in his childhood while his mother was committed toa mental asylum, died as the result of alcohol abuse at 37,when Charlie was 12.

Chaplin remained in remarkably good physical andmental shape for most of his life, still playing tennisregularly well into his seventies and working constantly.


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However, after the competition of what turned out to behis last film, [[A Countess from Hong Kong]] (1967), hishealth began to visibly deteriorate.

Cinematic genius that he was, Chaplin never won anAcademy Award in an acting category, his only Oscarvictory being in the capacity of composer

His trademark character The Tramp appeared in about 70movies, shorts and features, during a period of 26 years,from the one-reeler Kid Auto Races at Venice (1914) in1914 to his triumphant feature The Great Dictator (1940)in 1940.


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Personal quotes of Charlie

chapline:

A day without laughter is a day wasted

All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policemanand a pretty girl.

Life could be wonderful if people would leave youalone

Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make afool of yourself.

The saddest thing I can imagine is to get used toluxury.


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Death:25 December1977, Vevey, Switzerland (natural causes)

He died in his sleep on Christmas Day,1977.

On 3 March 1978 his dead body was stolen from theCorsier- Sur-Vevey cemetery. It took until 18 May whenthe police found it.

His bowler and cane was sold for $150,000 in 1987.

After his death body was recovered from grave robbers,Chaplin was reburied in a vault surrounded by cement.

His handprints, footprints and signature wereimmortalized in cement at Grauman's (now Mann's)Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, but after his fall fromgrace with the Americans because of his political views,the section of cement was removed from public view.

It cannot be located and is now feared lost.


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