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A Short Biography of Charlie Chaplin

Author Name:

Charlie Chaplin

Born As:

Charles Spencer Chaplin

Other Names:

Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin, Jr., KBE

Born:

16 Apr 1889

Died:

25 Dec 1977




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Actor and director                          
                          
Mother Hannah Harriet Hill - Stage name: Lilly Harley
Father Charles Chaplin, Sr.
First wife Mildred Harris - 1918-21, one son Norman Spencer, died three days old.
Second wife Lita Grey - 1924-27, two sons, Charles Chaplin Jr.1925-1968 and Sydney Earle- 1926
Third wife Paulette Goddard - 1936-42
Fourth wife Oona O'Neill - 1943-77,  three sons: Christopher, Eugene and Michael Chaplin and five daughters: Geraldine, Josephine, Jane, Victoria and Annette-Emilie Chaplin.                          
                          
Chaplin had his major successes in the United States and was a resident from 1914 to 1952, but he retained his British nationality. During the era of McCarthyism, Chaplin was accused of "un-American activities" as a suspected communist sympathizer and J. Edgar Hoover, who had instructed the FBI to keep extensive secret files on him, tried to end his United States residency.