Biography Of Charlie Chaplin

CHARLIE CHAPLIN

Charlie Chaplin known for his immeasurable contributions to cinema and arts, Charlie Chaplin was an eccentric performer.
His satire on political and social conditions often led him to pay the price for voicing his opinions.
Born on April 16, 1889, Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin Jr. spent his early childhood in poverty.
His mother was a struggling actor and his father, who was a singer, had abandoned the family when he was three. His mother was a frequent inmate of the mental hospital, which led him to start working when he was 10.
The incredible vocal talent and his acting flair were inborn in him. He debuted as a member of the group “The Eight Lancashire Lads”.
He was got recognition for his performance in Fred Karno's Speechless Comedians, in 1910. He received his first motion picture contract in 1912.
His film venture took off from under the Keystone Film Company in Mack Sennett's film Making a Living in 1914. But it was his second film, ‘Kid Auto Races ar Venice' that gave him worldwide recognition through the character of the tramp.
Charlie also worked wit other production houses namely the Essanay Company and the Mutual Film Corporation.
Easy Street, One AM, The Pawnshop and The Adventurer are some of the prominent films that he produced. Soon Chaplin decided to venture on his own and he started making his own films.
By 1919, Chaplin owned his studio; he along with Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford and D.W. Griffith formed United Artists. This allowed him to be in control of every aspect of the film making process.
In the following years he made the masterpieces, A Woman of Paris, The Gold Rush, City Lights, Modern Times, The Great Dictator and Monsieur Verdoux. He received his first Academy Award for his film ‘The Circus'.
Chaplin's personal life was quiet rocky. His relationship with actress Pola Negri remained under the media glare continuously. He married four times, his last wife being Oona O'Neill. He had eight children with her and a son from his short marriage with Lita Grey.
Charlie Chaplin was named Knight Commander of the British Empire, in 1975. On December 25, 1977, he died in his sleep.