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Charlie Chaplin’s Family
| Name: | Relation: | Notes: |
|---|---|---|
| Lita Grey | wife | born on April 15, 1908; married in 1924; divorced in 1927; died at age 87 on December 29, 1995 in Woodland Hills, California; Chaplin cast her in his "The Kid" when she was 12 and the two were married when she was 16; when they divorced Grey received $825,000, the then-largest divorce settlement in American history |
| Oona O'Neill | wife | married from June 1943 until Chaplin's death in 1977; daughter of American playwright Eugene O'Neill; met Chaplin in 1942 at age 17 when a Hollywood agent recommended her for a part in the unfilmed "Shadow and Substance"; renounced her American citizenship in 1954; died of pancreatic cancer at age 66 on September 27, 1991 in Corsier-sur-Vevey, Switzerland |
| Mildred Harris | wife | married in 1918; divorced in 1920; born on November 29, 1901; died on July 20, 1944 |
| Paulette Goddard | wife | married c. 1933, divorced in 1942; some controversy has surrounded exactly when the two were married; Goddard acted opposite Chaplin in his films "Modern Times" (1936) and "The Great Dictator" (1940); born on June 3, 1911; died on April 23, 1990 |
| Jane Chaplin | daughter | born in 1957; mother, Oona O'Neill |
| Eugene Chaplin | son | born in 1953; mother, Oona O'Neill |
| Annette Chaplin | daughter | born in 1959; mother, Oona O'Neill |
| Michael Chaplin | son | born in 1946; mother, Oona O'Neill; debuted in father's "A King in New York" (1957) |
| Victoria Chaplin | daughter | born in 1951; mother, Oona O'Neill |
| Geraldine Chaplin | daughter | born on July 31, 1944; mother, Oona O'Neill; debuted as street urchin in "Limelight"; portrayed her grandmother in biopic "Chaplin" (1992) |
| Josephine Chaplin | daughter | born in 1949; mother, Oona O'Neill |
| Charles Chaplin Jr | son | born in 1925; mother, Lita Grey; debuted in "Limelight" (1952) as one of the clowns; died in 1968 |
| Christopher Chaplin | son | born in 1962; mother, Oona O'Neill |
| Sydney Earl Chaplin | son | born on March 30, 1926; mother, Lita Grey; made film debut as the romantic lead of "Limelight"; starred in several Broadway shows in the late 1950s and 1960s including "Funny Girl" (1964) |
| James Thieree | grandson | made film debut in Peter Greenaway's "Prospero's Books" (1991) |
| Kiera Chaplin | granddaughter | born c. 1981; daughter of Eugene Chaplin |
| Dolores Chaplin | granddaughter | appeared in the film "The Ice Rink" (2000) |
| Hannah Chaplin | mother | born in 1865; had breakdown after husband left; institutionalized for most of her remaining years; died in 1928; portrayed by her granddaughter Geraldine in the biopic "Chaplin" (1992) |
| Charles Chaplin | father | born in 1863; left family when Chaplin was a young child; died of alcoholism in 1901 |
| Sydney Chaplin | half-brother | born in 1885; handled most of brother's business affairs in the 1920s; died in 1965 |
| Wheeler Dryden | half-brother | died in 1957 |
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