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Sir Charles Spencer “Charlie” Chaplin, KBE (16 April 1889 – 25 December 1977) was an English comic actor, film director and composer best known for his work during the silent film era. He became the most famous film star in the world before the end of World War I. Chaplin used mime, slapstick and other visual comedy routines, and continued well into the era of the talkies, though his films decreased in frequency from the end of the 1920s. His most famous role was that of The Tramp, which he first played in the Keystone comedy Kid Auto Races at Venice in 1914. From the April 1914 one-reeler Twenty Minutes of Love onwards he was writing and directing most of his films, by 1916 he was also producing them, and from 1918 he was even composing the music for them. With Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and D. W. Griffith, he co-founded United Artists in 1919.

• Birth name: Charles Spencer Chaplin
• Born: 16 April 1889 Walworth, London, England, United Kingdom
• Died: 25 December 1977 (aged 88) Vevey, Switzerland
• Medium: Film, music, mimicry
• Nationality: British
• Years active: 1895–1976
• Genres: Slapstick, mime, visual comedy
• Influenced: Benny Hill Marcel Marceau The Three Stooges Federico Fellini Milton Berle Peter Sellers Rowan Atkinson Johnny Depp Jacques Tati
• Spouse: Mildred Harris (m. 1918–1921) «start: (1918)–end+1: (1922)»“Marriage: Mildred Harris to Charlie Chaplin” Location: (linkback://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Chaplin) 1 child Lita Grey (m. 1924–1927) «start: (1924)–end+1: (1928)»“Marriage: Lita Grey to Charlie Chaplin” Location: (linkback://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Chaplin) 2 children Paulette Goddard (m. 1936–1942) «start: (1936)–end+1: (1943)»“Marriage: Paulette Goddard to Charlie Chaplin” Location: (linkback://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Chaplin) Oona O’Neill (m. 1943–1977) «start: (1943)–end+1: (1978)»“Marriage: Oona O’Neill to Charlie Chaplin” Location: (linkback://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charlie_Chaplin) 8 children

Read more about Charles Chaplin at Wikipedia or at the Internet Movie Database

THE DVD SHELF: Chaplin's "Modern Times," Ferrell's "Elf," Sondheim's "Birthday Concert," the Sherman Brothers, "Fantasia" and More
Playbill Combined , 2010-12-05 05:00:00
We screen Blu-ray editions of Charles Chaplin's "Modern Times" and Charles Laughton's "The Night of the Hunter"; M-G-M's "Mutiny on the Bounty"; a collector's edition "Elf"; the New York Philharmonic's birthday concert for Sondheim and more.

THE DVD SHELF: Chaplin's "Modern Times," Ferrell's "Elf," Sondheim's "Birthday Concert," the Sherman Brothers, "Fantasia" and More
Playbill Combined , 2010-12-05 05:00:00
We screen Blu-ray editions of Charles Chaplin's "Modern Times" and Charles Laughton's "The Night of the Hunter"; M-G-M's "Mutiny on the Bounty"; a collector's edition "Elf"; the New York Philharmonic's birthday concert for Sondheim and more.

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