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Charlie Chaplin Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin, KBE (16 April 1889 – 25 December 1977), better known as Charlie Chaplin, was an Academy Award-winning English comedic actor. Chaplin became one of the most famous actors as well as a notable filmmaker, composer and musician in the early to mid Hollywood cinema era. He is considered one of the finest mimes and clowns ever captured on film. He greatly influenced other performers.
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Charles Chaplin
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 1910 - 1976
Spouse(s) Mildred Harris (1918-1921) Lita Grey (1924-1927) Paulette Goddard (1936-1942) Oona O'Neill (1943-1977)
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
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Chaplin Won One Oscar In A Competitive Category, And Was Given Two Honorary Academy Awards.

Chaplin won one Oscar in a competitive category, and was given two honorary Academy Awards.

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Competitive Award

In 1972, Chaplin won an Oscar for the Best Music in an Original Dramatic Score for the 1952 film Limelight, which co-starred Claire Bloom. The film also features an appearance with Buster Keaton, which was the only time the two great comedians ever appeared together. Due to Chaplin's political difficulties, the film did not play a one-week theatrical engagement in Los Angeles when it was first produced. Read more...

Honorary Awards

When the first Oscars were awarded on May 16, 1929, the voting audit procedures that now exist had not yet been put into place, and the categories were still very fluid. Chaplin had originally been nominated for both Best Actor and Best Comedy Directing for his movie The Circus, but his name was withdrawn and the Academy decided to give him a special award "for versatility and genius in acting, Read more...

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The Tramp was a child Pauper It has been proven now that Charlie Chaplin was a pauper when he was a child. In a recently published document it is made known that he had had the last grade of food that was made available to him,the 'fourth grade' or the "number four" diet that was required for a person's survival. ...

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