What does Charlie Chaplin do?

Charlie Chaplin (1889 April16-1977 February 25th), born in London, England, is an English film actor, director and screenwriter.

Charlie Chaplin's first film was Making a Living. Chaplin started writing, directing and performing from 19 15, and even worked as a producer and editor. Later, he joined Essani Company, and 19 17 produced Immigration and Easy Street. 19 18, he and his brother started their own company in los Angeles. In 19 19, douglas fairbanks and others were summoned. But it was not until 1923 that Chaplin made the first film "Women in Paris" for this company. Later, 1925' s The Gold Rush and 1928' s Circus won Chaplin an Oscar.

Chaplin came to London in 193 1 for the premiere of City Lights, and returned the following year. His next film is 1936' s Modern Times. Four years later, he filmed The Great Dictator. 1952, his audio film "Life on the Stage" was released, and he moved to Switzerland in the same year. He made the last film "The Countess" from Hong Kong on 1967, and died at his home in Switzerland on Christmas morning at the age of 88.

Chinese name: Charlie Chaplin.

Mbth: CharlieChaplin。

Alias: Charles Spencer Chaplin

Nationality: UK

Constellation: Aries

Place of birth: London, England

Date of birth: 1889 April 16.

Date of death:1977 65438+February 25th.

Occupation: actor

Masterpieces: The Gold Rush, City Lights, Modern Times, The Great Dictator, Mr. Valdu, Stage Career.

Main achievements: Lifetime Achievement Award of BAFTA.

Venice Film Festival Golden Lion Award Lifetime Achievement Award

Oscar honor award

Early experience

Chaplin claimed to be born at 1838, East Walworth Street, Southwark, Downtown London on April 6, 1989, but there was no exact birth certificate. 1June 1996 to1June 1998, young Charlie was just an ordinary resident of the poor school in the central area of Hanwell. 1898 Christmas, little Charlie, who was under the age of 10, became a professional stage actor. Because of his father's occupation, he joined a juvenile troupe at that time. After several weeks of training, Jackson quickly selected members of the troupe to perform the dance. 1900 On Christmas Day, this troupe named Lancashire won the opportunity to perform the animals in the kitchen in the ballet Cinderella. In this play, young Chaplin dressed up as a cat and had the first chance to make people laugh by acting.

190 1 In the spring of, Charlie left Lancashire Theatre. On May 9 of the same year, my father died at the age of 37, and he could no longer provide any form of help to his young son. In the next two years, little Charlie did everything: selling flower girl, being a barber, being a doctor and being a newsboy. But he spends most of his time working in glass factories and printing houses. He once worked as a toy boat in a private enterprise. 1903 in may, my brother Sidney returned from the sea and planned to take to the stage with the entertainment he learned on the boat. With Sidney's encouragement, Charlie, who was only 14 years old, got up the courage to recommend himself to West End of London's agent, and soon got the role of Billy Peggy in the drama Sherlock Holmes by a touring troupe. Before waiting for the tour to start, he played a newsboy in the stage play "Jim, The Romance of Anle Township". In more than two years, he played the role of Billy in several companies' stage plays, and played the role of Billy again at the Princess Theatre in London. After another trip to Sherlock Holmes, Charlie and Sidney joined the comedy stage play Repair. 1In May, 906, he joined another stage play, Cathy's Palace Circus, and performed for the play for more than one year. 17-year-old Charlie has started to play the leading role in comedies.

1908 On February 20th, Chaplin signed a contract with Fred Carnaud, manager of the British Variety Theatre, and renewed the contract for three years in September 19 10. Charlie played the leading role in Carnaud's plays Birds in Mask, Football Team and Brave Jimmy.

Performance experience

1965438+In September, 2002, he was selected to participate in the tour of Carnaud Theatre Company. This tour lasts from September of 19 10 to June of19/2. He also toured with young comedian Stanley Jefferson of Lancashire Opera House and later Stan Laurel. After touring across the United States from new york to California, the troupe returned to Europe for four months, and he got the opportunity to tour the United States for the second time, which was in June of 19 12. 19 13 in the spring, Chaplin was asked to contact kessel and Bowman, who are the new york headquarters of the keystone film company. Both parties signed a one-year work contract on September 23rd of 19 13.

19 14, Chaplin's first film "Making a living" was released. Later, I made many movies, such as Twenty Minutes of Love and Mabel's Married Life. 19 14 At the end of the year, Chaplin's one-year contract expired. At this time, Essanay Film Company poached Chaplin with a weekly salary of $65,438+$0,250 and a signing fee of $65,438+$0,000.

In Isanai Film Company, Chaplin gained more freedom and met his future wife, Edna Purviance. "Rogue" made him express the life of the people at the bottom with comedy, and the strong irony in "Work" won him applause. Since then, women, banks and police have made him famous among people. After the days of Essanay Film Company ended, the films "Charlie Chaplin's burlesque" and "Triple Trouble" were broadcast without Chaplin's consent, and Chaplin did not get legal recognition after suing.

19 17 in June17, Chaplin signed a much-publicized "million-dollar contract" with FirstNationalExhibitorsCircuit, which will pay125,000 dollars in advance for each of Chaplin's eight independent films. The first film was A Dog's Life, followed by 19 18' s Army, 19 19' s Bright Side and Happy Day. He also played two roles in 192 1' s Idle Class, a boring rich man and a tramp in Body body double. On the payday of 1922, he played a wage earner with a family. In The Fake Pastor, he played a fugitive who was mistaken for a country priest.

19 18 years, due to the great improvement of independence, Chaplin established his own studio. Chaplin also conducted some independent production activities during this period. He showed his new studio in the comedy documentary How to Make a Movie. The distribution company refused to release the documentary, which was remake 70 years later before being released. Bond is an effort made by Chaplin Film Studio for the war, and it is a comedy that appeals to people to buy war bonds. The professor didn't finish, but some tense scenes remained. NiceandFriendly is a short comedy in which a friend who visited Chaplin made a guest appearance. It was not until 1923 that Chaplin made the first film "A Woman in Paris" for this company.

In the movie Paris Woman from 65438 to 0923, Chaplin made a guest appearance as a station porter. 1925' s The Gold Rush and 1928' s Circus won Chaplin an Oscar.

Chaplin came to London in 193 1 for the premiere of City Lights, and returned the following year. His next film is 1936' s Modern Times. Four years later, he filmed The Great Dictator, in which he played the Jewish barber and Hitler respectively. 1947, he filmed Mr. Verdu.

1952, his film Life on the Stage was released, and he moved to Switzerland in the same year. The King of new york (1957) is a portrayal of this life. 1967, he made the last film The Countess from Hong Kong. Queen Elizabeth II awarded the title of Sir Chaplin to the 86-year-old on 1975. 197765438+On February 25th, Chaplin died peacefully in his sleep at home at the age of 88.

Personal life

domestic

Chaplin's parents are both professional singers. Her mother, Hannah haret Pai Dellinger Hamhill, was the daughter of a junior shoemaker at that time. /kloc-at the age of 0/9, she officially took the stage for the first time under the stage name Lili-Harry LilyHarley. His father, CharlesChaplinSenior, came from a family of butchers and tax collectors in Suffolk, and started his career as a professional singer in London at the age of 24.

Chaplin Hannah and I got married in June 1885. When Charles I toured the United States with the troupe, Hannah had an affair with another actor in the theater, Leo Dryden, and gave birth to a son, WheelerDryden. The happy life of Chaplin's family broke down. Charles I became an alcoholic and died at the age of 37. Hannah raised her two young sons in abject poverty until she fell ill for health reasons. Severe mental instability made her physical condition go from bad to worse from 1898 until she was finally put in a mental hospital. Young Sidney and Charlie were sent to the national poor house together after a long period of poverty and hunger. Later, Sidney was sent to a training ship named exmouth and began to receive sailor training. Later, Sidney became a flight attendant on a passenger ship between Britain and South Africa.

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Heidi Kelly, who is four years younger than Chaplin, is a dancer and Chaplin's first girlfriend. When they first met, Chaplin 19 years old and Heidi Kelly was only 15 years old. Kelly was performing in front of Chaplin, and Chaplin fell in love with her at first sight. Soon he proposed to her, but this time he was rejected.

From 19 16 to 19 17, edna purviance not only appeared in many Chaplin films, but also became Chaplin's lover. Their relationship came to an end in 19 18, because at the end of 19 18, Chaplin married Mildred Harris. But until 1923, Puwin was the heroine of Chaplin's films, including the business card "The Search for Immortals". Until 1958, Chaplin paid her salary.

19181kloc-0/On October 23rd, 29-year-old Chaplin married Mildred Harris, a child star aged 16. Chaplin and Harris had a child named Norman Chaplin, but little Norman died at an early age. By 1920, Chaplin and Harris divorced, and the marriage lasted less than two years.

192 1 year, Chaplin met Rita Gray for the first time while filming the story of finding a fairy. Three years later, 35-year-old Chaplin met Rita Gray again when he was preparing to shoot The Gold Rush. At this time, she was 16 years old. In the same year, namely1924,65438+February 26th, Chaplin married Gray after she became pregnant. They have two children. One is Charles Chaplin Jr, born in 1925, who directly contributed to this marriage and later became an actor. The other was born a year later and named Sidney Earl Chaplin. By 1928, the two finally divorced, and Chaplin paid $825,000 in alimony.

From 1932 to 1940, Chaplin maintained a special relationship with the actress paulette goddard. In life, they are partners, in work, they are partners. For most of these eight years, paulette goddard lived in Chaplin's home in Beverly Hills, Hollywood. 1940, when their relationship ended, a statement came out saying that they had been secretly married on 1936. Their de facto marriage ended amicably on 1942.

Chaplin and Joan Barry became lovers on 1942. At that time, Chaplin chose her to star in his upcoming film. Later, Barry's serious psychological problems became more and more obvious, and Chaplin couldn't bear it, so they broke up. 1943, Barry took Chaplin to court after giving birth to the child. Although the blood test proved that it was not Chaplin's child, the court did not take the blood test results as valid evidence at that time. Finally, the court ruled that Chaplin had the obligation to raise children. The following year, California passed a law recognizing that blood tests can be used as evidence. The federal prosecutor dropped the charges against Chaplin accordingly.

While the legal dispute with Joan Barry was still going on, Chaplin met Oona Oneill, the daughter of playwright Eugene O 'Neill. 1June 6, 943, Chaplin married You Na who returned to China. Chaplin was 54 years old and Una was only 18 years old. In this regard, Eugene O 'Neill was extremely annoyed. After they got married, they broke off contact with their daughter and never changed this decision until their death. Chaplin and You Na have eight children, including five daughters and three sons. Navi Chaplin lived 14 years, and she died of pancreatic cancer in 199 1 year.

Main work

Participate in movies

King new york-None.

Stage career-none

Mr. Verdu-1947

The great dictator-1940

Modern-none

City Light-None

Circus-1928

Gold rush-1925

Payday-None

Seek the Son and Meet the Fairy-192 1

Dog life-none

Immigrants-None

Anle Street-None

Tramp ship

Between showers-19 14

Make a living-19 14

Be a film director

Winning record

Personality assessment

Fat pants, tattered hat, moustache, big-headed shoes, and a crutch that never leaves his hand, Chaplin brought American silent film to the peak with his expression and movements (New Century Weekly Review).

Personality dispute

From the first film, Chaplin's true description of the people at the bottom of society attracted left-wing intellectuals, but at the same time it also aroused the vigilance of conservative American right-wingers. The FBI began to record files about his activities and his assistants as early as the beginning of 1923. Edgar Hoover, who was the director of the FBI for a long time, regarded him as a special target and assigned special agents to follow him for many years, but found no evidence that Chaplin supported the American * * * production party. McCarthyists accused him of his patriotic behavior during World War II, especially his support for the Soviet Union, an American ally at that time. Right-wing journalists were ordered to take action against him, and the FBI also manipulated the insane actress Jon Barry behind the scenes, accusing Chaplin of being the father of her child. Right-wing organizations such as the American Veterans Association immediately engaged in activities to suppress Chaplin. The cinema showing Chaplin's films was blocked, and no one in Hollywood dared to have any contact with Chaplin and his family. The commission of inquiry into non-American activities considered allowing him to testify in court, but later gave up the idea. 1952 September 17, Chaplin, his wife Oona Oneill and their four children sailed for London on the Queen Elizabeth to attend the world premiere of "Stage Career" held in London. When the ship sailed at sea for two days, the US Attorney General announced that Chaplin's entry visa had been revoked because Chaplin was a foreigner (he retained British citizenship).