Charlie Chaplin - Quick facts
He was an English comic actor and film director of the silent film era, and became one of the best known film stars in the world before the end of the First World War.
After adopting his trademark Little Tramp costume, consisting of baggy pants, bamboo cane, bowler hat, and over-sized shoes, Chaplin became a Hollywood icon.
He was the first actor to appear on Time magazine.
He won only one non-honorary Oscar, and it was 21 years “late”.
Chaplin was married for 4 times. He was 29 and his first wife was 16 when they married. His second marriage was to 16-year-old Lita Grey, when he was 35. His third and possibly fictional marriage to Paulette Goddard, was rumored to have occurred when he was 47 and she was 28. He married his last wife, Oona O’Neill, daughter of playwright Eugene O’Neill, occurred when Oona had just turned 18. Chaplin was 54.
Three months after Chaplin died on Christmas, 1977, his body was stolen in an effort to extort money from his family. Chaplin’s body was recovered 11 weeks later after the grave-robbers were captured. He is now buried under 6 feet of concrete to prevent further theft attempts.
He has an asteroid named after him.
The accomplished actress, Geraldine Chaplin, is Charlie’s daughter with his last wife Oona. In the 1992 Hollywood movie adaptation of Charlie Chaplin’s life, Chaplin, she portrayed Hannah Chaplin, Charlie’s mother.
Charlie Chaplin - Films
Making a Living
Kid Auto Races at Venice
Police
The Gold Rush
The Circus
City Lights
Modern Times
The Great Dictator
Monsieur Verdoux
Limelight
A King in New York
A Countess from Hong Kong
How to Make Movies
The Professor
Nice and Friendly
The Essanay-Chaplin Revue
The Chaplin Revue
Chase Me Charlie
Introducing Charlie Chaplin
The Freak
A Woman of the Sea
Life
Zepped
The Gentleman Tramp
The Nut
Hollywood
Show People
Triple Trouble
The Floorwalker
The Fireman
The Vagabond
One A.M.
The Count
The Pawnshop
Behind the Screen
The Rink
Easy Street
The Cure
The Immigrant
The Adventurer
A Dog's Life
The Bond
Shoulder Arms
Sunnyside
A Day's Pleasure
The Kid
The Idle Class
Pay Day
The Pilgrim
A Woman of Paris
Mabel's Strange Predicament
Between Showers
A Film Johnnie
Tango Tangles
His Favorite Pastime
Cruel, Cruel Love
The Star Boarder
Mabel at the Wheel
Twenty Minutes of Love
Caught in a Cabaret
Caught in the Rain
A Busy Day
The Fatal Mallet
Her Friend the Bandit
The Knockout
Mabel's Busy Day
Mabel's Married Life
Laughing Gas
The Property Man
The Face on the Bar Room Floor
Recreation
His New Profession
The Rounders
The New Janitor
Those Love Pangs
Dough and Dynamite
Gentlemen of Nerve
His Musical Career
His Trysting Place
Tillie's Punctured Romance
Getting Acquainted
His Prehistoric Past
His New Job
A Night Out
The Champion
In the Park
A Jitney Elopement
The Tramp
By the Sea
Work
A Woman
The Bank
Shanghaied
A Night in the Show
Burlesque on Carmen
The Masquerader
