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1889, Chaplin was born in an artist's family in the south of London, England, and his parents were artists. His parents separated when he was very young, and Charlie and his half-brother Sydney Chaplin lived with their mother.

1896 his mother lost her job, and the two brothers were sent to the juvenile reformatory in Lamberthz, London. A few weeks later, they were sent to an orphan school. When Chaplin 12 and a half years old, his father died of alcoholism, his mother was mentally ill, and he was finally sent to a mental hospital.

At that time, Cheney and Charlie didn't know that they had a half-brother raised by their father. Later, the brother worked with Charlie Chaplin in a Hollywood studio. Because his father died young at the age of 37 and his mother was mentally ill, young Chaplin was sent to a school for poor orphans.

Seven years later, he left the school for orphans and became a street child. He used to be a newspaper boy, a grocery store clerk, a toy vendor, a doctor's servant, a glass blower, and swept the floor in amusement parks.

Charlie Chaplin 1920 took his mother to the United States, 1928 her mother died in Hollywood.

From 19 19, Chaplin began to make films independently. Since then, he has appeared in more than 80 comedies, among which the famous films in film history include The Gold Rush, Circus, City Lights, Modern Times, The Great Dictator, Mr. Verdun and Stage Career.

These films reflect the evolution of Chaplin from an ordinary humanist to a master of critical realism. Chaplin, with his superb performing arts, showed deep sympathy for the lower-class workers, made bitter satires on various drawbacks of capitalist society, and mercilessly flogged the fascist leader Hitler.

1952, persecuted by McCarthyism, was forced to leave the United States and settle in Switzerland. During his stay in Switzerland, he made a sharp satire on King McCarthyism in new york.

1972, the United States solemnly invited Chaplin to return to Hollywood and awarded him the Oscar Lifetime Achievement Award, saying that he "made an indelible contribution to the film art of this century".

1977 died at the age of 88.

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Chaplin's most prominent role is a tramp, but he is essentially a gentleman, wearing a narrow dress, oversized pants and shoes, a bowler hat, a bamboo stick and a moustache. Chaplin was one of the most talented and influential figures in the silent film period.

He wrote, directed, acted and distributed his own films. He worked in the entertainment circle for more than 70 years, from being a child star in the British Grand Theatre to his death at the age of 88.

From Dickensian childhood in London to the peak of the world film industry, Chaplin was one of the most outstanding figures in the 20th century, and he himself became a cultural idol. The private life and public life in his life were highly praised by some people and severely criticized by some people.

Chaplin won the academy honorary award twice. 1929 When the Academy Awards were first presented on May 6th, there was no voting procedure today, and the differences between awards were very vague.

Chaplin was originally nominated as best actor and best comedy director for his film Circus, but his nomination was later withdrawn. Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences decided to award him a special prize in recognition of his diversity and genius in circus performance, cooperation, director and production. Another film that won a special prize was Jazz Singer.

Forty-four years later, at the end of 1972, Chaplin won the second honorary award for his "inestimable contribution to the film art of this century".

Chaplin returned to America. In addition to winning the prize, he also won the longest standing salute in the history of the Oscar. In the star-studded venue, the audience stood up and applauded for five minutes.

Chaplin was also nominated for best picture, best actor and best original screenplay for The Great Dictator and Mr. Wanderer. Chaplin looked down on the Academy Awards when he made his own films.

His son, Charlie Junior, wrote that Chaplin regarded the golden award he won in 1929 as a joke of a craftsman, so people in Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences were very dissatisfied with him in the 1930 s.

Chaplin's last two films are The King of New York (1957) and The Countess from Hongkong (1967) and sophia loren and Marlon Brando.

People often overlook that Chaplin also won an Oscar. 1973 and claire bloom 1952 won the best original music award.

Buster keaton also appeared in the film, which is the only time that two great comedians appeared at the same time. Because of the political difficulties Chaplin faced at that time, the film was never staged in Los Angeles, which was one of the conditions for being nominated. This condition was not reached until 1972.

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