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The couple did not return to the United States for 20 years; instead they settled in Switzerland with their eight children. Chaplin returned to America 1972 to accept a special Academy Award for “the incalculable effect he has had on making motion pictures the art for and of this century. read more

The boy was born for two singers, Charles Chaplin, Sr. and Hannah Hill. Unlike his mother, Chaplin‘s father was quite popular and financially successful However, his father’s success did not make Charlie’s childhood much easier. His parents were soon estranged and Charlie Chaplin Jr. died at the time his only known son was only 2 years old. read more

The Karno troupe was Chaplin's polishing school, for it taught him the rich lessons of his trade by which the actor makes an audience laugh. In 1913, Mack Sennett, then the producer of short film comedies for an insatiable public, signed the actor for $150 a week. read more

A television series about Chaplin's childhood, Young Charlie Chaplin, ran on PBS in 1989, and was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Program. Chaplin's life has also been the subject of several stage productions. Two musicals, Little Tramp and Chaplin, were produced in the early 1990s. read more

Charlie Chaplin Dead at 88; Made the Film an Art Form By BOSLEY CROWTHER harlie Chaplin, the poignant little tramp with the cane and comic walk who almost single-handedly elevated the novelty entertainment medium of motion pictures into art, died peacefully yesterday at his home in Switzerland. He was 88 years old. read more

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