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Geraldine Chaplin (b. 1944) has always been a spectacular actress. Of course, when hearing or reading about Chaplin, the first thing that comes to mind is British-born screen legend Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977) and the immortal character of The Tramp, first introduced on February 7, 1914, when the Keystone comedy short “Kid Auto Races at Venice” was released. And the rest, as we all know, is history. The film pioneer became a universal icon, a trendsetter, and the greatest comic genius the world has ever known. In terms of filmmaking, from acting, directing, producing, writing, and composing, to running his own Hollywood studio, located on La Brea Avenue—he did everything—he is considered the single most important artist and an unprecedented key figure in the history of filmmaking.

Charlie Chaplin’s first appearance as The Tramp in his second short, “Kid Auto Races at Venice” in February, 1914, written and directed by Henry Lehrman. Two months later, at the early age of twenty-five, Mr. Chaplin began to write and direct his own work.

But Ms. Chaplin, the fourth child of Sir Charles Spencer ‘Charlie’ Chaplin, and the first of his eight children with his fourth wife Oona O’Neill (1925-1991), is and has always been a very accomplished and highly skilled leading, supporting and character actress who first rose to prominence in David Lean’s “Doctor Zhivago” (1965), based on the 1958 Boris Pasternak novel. The film, as well as her outstanding portrayal of Tonya, Zhivago’s childhood sweetheart and later loyal and steadfast wife, marked the start of a very prolific acting career that to this day, over fifty years later, is still going strong.

Throughout her career, the much sought after and perfectly multilingual actress appeared in over one hundred fifty continental films, including several made in France and most of all in Spain, and English-language films she made on both sides of the Atlantic. Ms. Chaplin won multiple film awards and

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    Chaplin family

    Multinational acting family

    The Chaplin family is an acting family. They are the descendants of Hannah Harriet Pedlingham Hill, mother of Sydney John Chaplin (born Sydney John Hill), Sir Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin Jr., and George Wheeler Dryden.

    Members

    The members of the Chaplin family include:

    (i) Mildred Harris (1901–1944), 1 son
    • Norman Spencer Chaplin (1919–1919), died three days after birth
    (ii) Lita Grey (1908–1995), two sons
    • Susan Maree Chaplin, by Susan Magness; married Scott Newton
    • Laurissa Maree Chaplin Newton
    • Allison Mary Chaplin Newton
    • Tyler David Chaplin Newton
    • Casey Jackson Chaplin Newton
    • Stéphane C. Chaplin, by French dancer and actor Noëlle Adam [fr]
    (iii) Paulette Goddard (1910–1990), no children
    (iv) Oona O'Neill (1925–1991), daughter of American playwright Eugene O'Neill and Agnes Boulton; 3 sons, 5 daughters.
    (i) Patricia Johns
    (ii) Patricia Betaudier
    (i) Bernadette McCready
    (ii) Delgermaa Enkhbat
    • Oona Chaplin (2007)
    • Skye Chaplin (2007)
    • Jeffrey Michael Dryden (born 1966) by Jeannie Davis
    • Jesse Wheeler Dryden (stage name: Drunkfux) by Sally Mann
    • Jackson Dryden by Kathy Miller

    References

    Sources

    • Chaplin, Patrice (1995). Hidden Star: Oona O'Neill Chaplin. Richard Cohen Books.

    Geraldine Chaplin

    American actress (born 1944)

    Geraldine Leigh Chaplin (born July 31, 1944) is an American actress whose long career has included roles in English, Spanish, French, Italian and German films.

    Geraldine is a daughter of Charlie Chaplin, the first of eight children with his fourth wife, Oona O'Neill, and thus a granddaughter of playwright Eugene O'Neill. After beginnings in dance and modeling, she turned her attention to acting, and made her English-language acting debut (and came to prominence in what would be a Golden Globe–nominated role) as Tonya in David Lean's Doctor Zhivago (1965). She made her Broadway acting debut in Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes in 1967, and played ancient Egyptian Queen Nefertiti in Raúl Araiza's Nefertiti and Akhenaton (Nefertiti y Aquenatos) (1973) alongside Egyptian actor Salah Zulfikar. Chaplin received her second Golden Globe nomination for Robert Altman's Nashville (1975). She received a BAFTA nomination for her role in Welcome to L.A. (1976). She played her grandmother Hannah Chaplin in the biopic Chaplin (1992), for which she received her third Golden Globe nomination.

    Chaplin has appeared in a wide variety of critically recognized Spanish and French films. She starred in The Ones and the Others (Les Uns et les Autres) (1981), Life Is a Bed of Roses (La vie est un roman) (1983) and the Jacques Rivette experimental films No King (Revenge) (Noroît (Une vengeance)) (1976) and Love on the Ground (L'Amour par terre) (1984). She was the partner of director Carlos Saura for 12 years until 1979, starring in his films Ana and the Wolves (Ana y los lobos) (1973), Raise Ravens (Cría Cuervos) (1976), Elisa, My Life (Elisa, vida mía) (1977), and Mama Turns 100 (Mamá cumple cien años) (1979). She was awarded a Goya Award for her role in In the City Without Limits (En la

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    Charlie Chaplin’s Children

    Norman Spencer Chaplin, son of Mildred Harris and Charlie Chaplin, was born on July 7th, 1919, but sadly died three days later. He is buried under a stone marked simply The Little Mouse.

    Charles Spencer Chaplin, Jr. - born May 5, 1925. He and his brother Sydney attended the Black-Foxe Military Institute in Hollywood and the Lawrenceville School in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. He served in the US Army in Europe during World War II. The boys were mostly raised by their mother and grandmother but as teenagers visited their father frequently, and adored “step mother” Paulette Goddard. Charles married (and later divorced) Susan Magness and they had one daughter, Susan Maree. He subsequently married Marta Brown, which marriage also ended in divorce. He acted in several films, including in his father’s Limelight (1952) but never managed to break into movies or theatre, remaining on the periphery of Hollywood. In 1960 he wrote a biography of his father entitled My Father, Charlie Chaplin. He died aged 42.

    Sydney Earl Chaplin was born March 30th, 1926. He was variously educated at the Black-Foxe military institute, Lawrenceville preparatory school, New Jersey, and North Hollywood high; and did war service in the 65th Infantry Division. In 1946, he joined his friend Jerry Epstein, the actor Kathleen Freeman and students from UCLA in forming the Circle Theatre. Charlie Chaplin himself took a hand with direction, or would happily sit beside Epstein in the box office. The theatre became Hollywood’s first centre of avant-garde drama and the Circle became a meeting place for Hollywood’s brighter people, including Katharine Hepburn, George Cukor and Edward G Robinson.
    Sydney made his screen debut in 1952 as the young romantic lead, opposite Claire Bloom, in his father’s film Limelight, but effective though he was, he found few subsequent rewarding roles. The best of them were Treneh in Howard Hawks’s Land of