Pictured on one of fifteen 32¢ US commemorative postage stamps in the "Celebrate the Century" series, issued 3 February 1998, celebrating the 1910s.
In Spain he had a different dubbing actor in each of his sound films. They were: Ricardo Solans (The Great Dictator (1940)), Felix Acaso (Limelight (1952)) and Joaquín Díaz (A King in New York (1957)). The dubbing actor of 'Monsieur Verdoux (1947)_ is, at this time, unknown.
Father-in-law of Jean-Baptiste Thierree.
Son-in-law of Eugene O'Neill.
Grandfather of James Thierree.
Most people (now and during his lifetime) believe that Chaplin had brown eyes because they had only seen him in black and white with black eye makeup on. It fact they were very blue. Chaplin remarked in his autobiography that people meeting him for the first time were always struck by his blue eyes. And his future wife Oona wrote "Just met Charlie Chaplin. What blue eyes he has!" to a girlhood friend in 1942.
Was an accomplished musician who, in his later years, often reissued his silent films with scores he had composed himself.
His handprints, footprints and signature were immortalized in cement at Grauman's (now Mann's) Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, but after his fall from grace with the Americans because of his political views, the section of cement was removed from public view. It cannot be located and is now feared lost.
Half brother of Wheeler Dryden.
His mother, Hannah Smith Chaplin, was Romanichal (English Gypsy).
Grandfather of actress Kiera Chaplin.
Grandmother of Aurelia Thierree.
Although Adolf Hitler was not at all a fan - in fact he had been misinformed that Charlie was Jewish, and therefore despised him - he was also well aware of how beloved Charlie was throughout the world at that time, and that was the reason he grew the Chaplin moustache: he thought it would endear him to the people. (Source: The Tramp and the Dictator)
Biography in: "Who's Who in Comedy" by Ronald L. Smith. Pg. 99-102. New York: Facts on File, 1992.
As a child he was confined to a bed for weeks due to a serious illness. At night his mother would sit at the window and act out what was going on outside. This was a major reason Chaplin became a comedian.
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