One of the best-known actors and directors of the 20th century, comedic performer, composer and producer. Famous for his character Valkata (The Tramp), a lonely, unbreakable little man
Both parents were stage actors. He had a difficult childhood, his father was an alcoholic and his mother was a Music Hall actress, but had to end her career early because of mental illness. Thanks to his older brother, Charlie went on to star in The Eight Lancashire Lads, then in 1908 in the Carno company, with which he toured the USA in 1912, where by 1915 he was already a Hollywood actor. He quickly became a well-known and popular actor. He made and starred in many films, but it was not until 1940 that the first dubbed film, The Great Dictator, was released - all the previous ones were silent. Č. Chaplin was awarded two Oscars, in 1929 and 1972.
The actor was successful with women, had many wives and 11 children. He was married to Mildred Harris (younger by 13 years; bore one son, who did not survive) from 1918 to 1920, to Lita Grey (younger by 19 years; bore two sons) in 1924, to Paulette Goddard (secret marriage, divorced in 1942) in 1936, to Paulette Goddard (secretly, divorced in 1942) in 1943, to M.
Relations with the US government were strained, especially since World War II, when he was accused of being a communist sympathiser - a charge Chaplin did not accept - so he returned to England and later settled in Vevey, Switzerland.
