Who is Charlie Chaplin

Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin Jr. (16 April 1889 – 25 December 1977) was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film. He became a worldwide icon through his screen persona, the Tramp, and is considered one of the film industry's most important figures. His career spanned more than 75 years, from childhood in the Victorian era until a year before his death in 1977, and encompassed both adulation and controversy.

Chaplin's childhood in London was one of poverty and hardship. His father was absent and his mother struggled financially - he was sent to a workhouse twice before age nine. When he was 14, his mother was committed to a mental asylum. Chaplin began performing at an early age, touring music halls and later working as a stage ac...
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Charlie Chaplin Poems

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Charlie Chaplin Quotes

• Life could be wonderful if people would leave you alone.
• I went into the business for the money, and the art grew out of it. If people are disillusioned by that remark, I can't help it. It's the truth.
• I do not have much patience with a thing of beauty that must be explained to be understood. If it does need additional interpretation by someone other than the creator, then I question whether it has fulfilled its purpose.
• I went into the business for the money, and the art grew out of it. If people are disillusioned by that remark, I can't help it. It's the truth.
• Failure is unimportant. It takes courage to make a fool of yourself.

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Comments about Charlie Chaplin

• Wefightbullying: my pain may be the reason for somebody’s laugh. but my laugh must never be the reason for somebody’s pain. ― charlie chaplin
• Jinyounglandss: the saddest thing i can imagine is to get used to luxury. charlie chaplin
• Fact: once charlie chaplin entered a contest for “charlie chaplin look-alikes” and he came in third.
• Distractedfilm: charmed: charlie chaplin and sophia loren.
• Feuilladist: two years later, moving picture world publishes a feature on smith's time in russia, in which he claims, among other things, that russians "do not see any humor in american comedies, particularly the slapstick variety... even the charlie chaplin films"

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