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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>
 
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>
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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]].
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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]].
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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.
 
Chaplin continued to make silent movies long after talking movies began around 1925.
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==Quotations==
 
==Quotations==
 
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"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>
 
"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>
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"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>
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"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''.
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'''Nickname:''' ''Charlie'' and ''Charlot''.
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Chaplin was married four times and had a total of 11 children. He was 54 when he wed Oona O'Neill, his 4th wife; Oona was 18.
      
== Partial Actor Filmography ==
 
== Partial Actor Filmography ==
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