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[[File:Fairbanks Pickford Chaplin.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford, and Chaplin at a Liberty Loan Rally]]
[[File:Fairbanks Pickford Chaplin.jpg|thumb|300px|right|Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford, and Chaplin at a Liberty Loan Rally]]
Sir '''Charles Spencer Chaplin''', KBE ([[London]], [[England]], 1889 - Vevey, [[Switzerland]], December 25, 1977), was an English actor, considered to be one of the pivotal stars of the silent film era. He is associated with the popular "Little Tramp" character; a man with the toothbrush mustache, bowler hat, bamboo cane, and a funny walk. His parents were music hall performers.
Sir '''Charles Spencer Chaplin''', KBE ([[London]], [[England]], 1889 - Vevey, [[Switzerland]], December 25, 1977), was an English actor, considered to be one of the pivotal stars of the silent film era. Indeed, he created the concept of [[Hollywood]] stardom, whereby the public would see a movie based on who was in it, rather than what it was about. He is associated with the popular "Little Tramp" character; a man with the toothbrush mustache, bowler hat, bamboo cane, and a funny walk. His parents were music hall performers.
His first full-length film was ''The Kid'' (1921), possibly autobiographical. He was named Knight Commander of the [[British Empire]] in 1975. Chaplin composed about 500 melodies, including "Smile" and "This is My Song".<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000122/bio Biography]</ref> Admirers included [[George Bernard Shaw]], [[Marcel Proust]] and [[Sigmund Freud]].
His first full-length film was ''The Kid'' (1921), possibly autobiographical. He was named Knight Commander of the [[British Empire]] in 1975. Chaplin composed about 500 melodies, including "Smile" and "This is My Song".<ref>[https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000122/bio Biography]</ref> Admirers included [[George Bernard Shaw]], [[Marcel Proust]] and [[Sigmund Freud]]. Chaplin's began his acting career at the age of 8, and his adult height was 5'4".<ref>https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000122/bio</ref>
After being the top star of silent movies, Chaplin's first talking movie, ''The Great Dictator'' (1940), was a mockery of [[Adolf Hitler]] that faced possible [[liberal censorship]] by governments appeasing him, including in [[Britain]]. Yet it was the second highest-grossing movie in the [[United States]] that year and today is recognized as being brilliant and prophetic.<ref>https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20210204-the-great-dictator-the-film-that-dared-to-laugh-at-hitler</ref> Chaplin was strongly opposed to the [[Nazi]]s long before [[World War II]].
Chaplin, who was [[Ephebophilia (Sexuality)|ephebophilic]], was married four times and had a total of 11 children. He was 54 when he wed Oona O'Neill, his 4th wife and last wife; Oona was 18.
Chaplin continued to make silent movies long after talking movies began around 1925.
==Quotations==
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"All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty girl"
"All I need to make a comedy is a park, a policeman and a pretty girl."
"As for [[politics]], I'm an anarchist. I hate governments and rules and fetters. Can't stand caged animals. People must be free."<ref>https://www.askideas.com/62-all-time-best-politics-quotes-and-sayings/</ref>
"Let us strive for the impossible. The great achievements throughout history have been the conquest of what seemed the impossible."<ref>https://charliechaplinmuseumfoundation.com/en/home/</ref>
"I think a very great deal of myself. Everything is perfect or imperfect, according to myself. I am the perfect standard."
"I think a very great deal of myself. Everything is perfect or imperfect, according to myself. I am the perfect standard."
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'''Nickname:''' ''Charlie'' and ''Charlot''.
'''Nickname:''' ''Charlie'' and ''Charlot''.
== Partial Actor Filmography ==
== Partial Actor Filmography ==
ANN DOUGLAS <ref>[http://www.time.com/time/time100/artists/profile/chaplin.html The Time 100]
ANN DOUGLAS <ref>[http://www.time.com/time/time100/artists/profile/chaplin.html The Time 100]
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== Songs ==
Songs by Charlie Chaplin include:
*Beautiful, Wonderful Eyes
*Eternally
*Falling Star
*Mandolin Serenade
*Now That It's Ended
*Sing A Song
*Smile
*The Spring Song
*The Terry Theme
*Weeping Willows
*Without You
*You Are The Song
== See also ==
== See also ==