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Chaplin in costume as The Tramp
Born Charles Spencer Chaplin, Jr.
16 April 1889(1889-04-16)
Walworth, London, England
Died 25 December 1977 (aged 88)
Vevey, Switzerland
Occupation Actor, Director
Years active 1914 - 1976[1]
Spouse(s) Mildred Harris (1918-20)
Lita Grey (1924-28)
Paulette Goddard(1936-42)
Oona O'Neill (1943-77)
[show]Awards won
Academy Awards
Academy Honorary Award
1929 The Circus
1972 Lifetime Achievement
Best Original Music Score
1952 Limelight
Other Awards
NYFCC Award for Best Actor
1940 The Great Dictator
Career Golden Lion
1972 Lifetime Achievement

Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin, KBE (16 April 1889 – 25 December 1977), better known as Charlie Chaplin, was an Academy Award-winning English comedy actor. Chaplin became one of the most famous actors as well as a notable director, composer and musician in the early to mid Hollywood cinema era. He is considered to have been one of the finest mimes and clowns ever caught on film and has greatly influenced performers in this field.

He acted in, directed, scripted, produced, and eventually scored his own films. Chaplin was also one of the most creative and influential personalities in the silent-film era. His working life in entertainment spanned over 65 years, from the Victorian stage and music hall in the United Kingdom as a child performer, almost until his death at the age of eighty-eight. Chaplin's high-profile public and private life encompassed highs and lows with both adulation and controversy.

His principal character was "The Tramp" (known as "Charlot" in France and the French-speaking world, Italy, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Romania, and Turkey, as "Carlinhos" in Brazil and "Carlitos" in Argentina). "The Tramp" is a vagrant with the refined manners and dignity of a gentleman. The character wears a tight coat, oversized trousers and shoes, and a derby; carries a bamboo cane; and has a signature toothbrush moustache.
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