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Charlie Chaplin
Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin Jr. was an English comic actor, filmmaker, singer, film editor and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film. He became a worldwide icon through his screen persona, the Tramp, and is considered one of the film industry's most important figures. His career spanned more than 75 years, from his childhood in the Victorian era until a year before his death in 1977.
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Born 16 April 1889 · Died 25 December 1977 · Q882
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2026· 36 entries
Published video “Charlie Chaplin - Diving Skills - Modern Times”.
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everything-theatre.co.uk: Review: Smile: The Charlie Chaplin Story, Pleasance Dome - everything-theatre.co.uk
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OkDiario: La frase de Charlie Chaplin sobre la humanidad: «Pensamos demasiado y sentimos muy poco»
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“And that is bound to make a lot of noise.”
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“There is a great deal of good in communism. We can use the good and segregate the bad.”
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“Simplicity is best ... pompous effects slow up action, are boring and unpleasant ... The camera should not intrude.”
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“This is the picture that I want to be remembered by”
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The Economic Times: Quote of the Day by Charlie Chaplin: 'Life can be wonderful if you're not afraid of it. All it needs is....' - A reminder to live fearlessly by comedy legend
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IMDb: 10 Best Charlie Chaplin Movies: The Tramp Against the Machine
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Broadway Baby: Smile: The Charlie Chaplin Story
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Crime Reads: That Time Charlie Chaplin’s Body Was Stolen From His Grave
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Moneycontrol.com: Quote of the day by Charlie Chaplin: "Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in...
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Published video “Bird Man Hunting”.
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Published video “Tribute to Super Don”.
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Daily Inter Lake: Charlie Chaplin's ‘The Great Dictator’ screens Aug. 25
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Mafab: Képgaléria: Charlie Chaplin emlékére: 10 érdekesség, amit nem tudtál a legendás filmesről
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Moneycontrol.com: Quote of the day by Charlie Chaplin: "My pain may be a reason for somebody’s laugh, but my laugh...
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Chicago Tribune: Today in Chicago History: Essanay Studios — briefly home to Charlie Chaplin — opens for movie production
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Mshale: The Jungle Room With Marcel Cole For 2026 Adelaide Fringe Show Smile: The Story Of Charlie Chaplin Luke Kennard (YXK7MQvNb7)
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Moneycontrol.com: Quote of the day by Charlie Chaplin: "We think too much and feel too little, more than machinery, we...
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zoomtventertainment.com: Daily Reflection from Charlie Chaplin: "In this cruel world, nothing lasts forever, not even our difficulties"
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The Times of India: Quote of the day by Charlie Chaplin: ‘Nothing is permanent in this wicked world, not even our troubles,’
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The Economic Times: Quote of the day by Charlie Chaplin: 'A day without laughter is a...' - inspirational quote by comic actor
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Nuevo Diario Web: El insólito robo del cadáver de Charlie Chaplin que conmocionó al mundo
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Moneycontrol.com: Quote of the day by Charlie Chaplin: “You need power only when you want to do something harmful,...
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thelist.com: Charlie Chaplin Made History When This Unspoken Rule Was Broken For Him At The Oscars
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Published video “Air Is Polluted”.
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Published video “Waldo”.
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Published video “Crisis”.
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Published video “Foreign Man Skank”.
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Published video “Dance Hall Vibes”.
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Published video “Quenchie”.
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Published video “Tribute To Super Don”.
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Published video “Come Back Baby”.
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Public attention spiked: 30,426 Wikipedia readers in one day, 5× the usual 6,075, with 0 article edits.
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2025· 6 entries
Published video “Charlie Chaplin Turns Tears Into Laughs | A Dog’s Life (1918)”.
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The Guardian: The Freak: script of Charlie Chaplin’s unfinished final film to be published
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Published video “Charlie Chaplin’s The Gold Rush in 4K – Official 100th Anniversary Trailer”.
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Published video “Charlie Chaplin – La Ruée vers l’or | Bande-annonce de la restauration 4K pour le 100e anniversaire”.
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Published video “Charlie Chaplin – The Gold Rush | 100th Anniversary 4K Restoration Trailer”.
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Pan Asian Repertory Theatre in New York City produced My Man Kono, a play about Chaplin's relationship with Toraichi Kono
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2024· 7 entries
Published video “Teaser - Chaplin | Spirit of The Tramp”.
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Snopes rated the claim “Silent-era film actor Charlie Chaplin once lost a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest.” Unproven.
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Published video “Charlie Chaplin and Max Eastman - Rare Archival Footage”.
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Published video “Charlie Chaplin and Eric James at the Manoir de Ban - Rare Home Movie Footage”.
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The Guardian: ‘His success was rammed down my throat’: Charlie Chaplin’s son Michael on fame, failure and finding peace
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Published video “A Woman of Paris, Charlie Chaplin - Archives with Commentary by Arnold Lozano (FR with ENG captions)”.
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Published video “Happy new year, everyone! (The Gold Rush, Charlie Chaplin)”.
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2023· 3 entries
Published video “Charlie Chaplin - A WOMAN OF PARIS - 100th Anniversary Trailer - New 4K Restoration”.
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The Guardian: Josephine Chaplin, actor and daughter of Charlie Chaplin, dies aged 74
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Released album “Limelight”.
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2022· 4 entries
The Cheat Sheet: Charlie Chaplin Was Knighted and Won an Oscar Despite Being Kicked out of the U.S.
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The Guardian: Charlie Chaplin interview: ‘In the tradition of Swift’ – archive, 7 June 1947
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The Guardian: The Real Charlie Chaplin review – a gripping study of a complex superstar
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The Guardian: The Real Charlie Chaplin review – the elusive personality of the little tramp
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2021· 1 entry
The alley where Chaplin shot The Kid was renamed Chaplin-Keaton-Lloyd Alley in honour of Chaplin and his contemporaries
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2019· 4 entries
Snopes.com rated the claim “Silent-era actor Charlie Chaplin wrote a poem entitled, "As I Began to Love Myself."” Incorrect Attribution.
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Released album “Charlie Chaplin Film Music Anthology”.
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Released album “Chaplin's Smile: Song Arrangements for Violin and Piano”.
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Released album “The Complete Soundtracks”.
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2018· 3 entries
Released album “A King in New York (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)”.
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Snopes rated the claim “A still from a 1920s Charlie Chaplin silent film resembles an online meme popularized nearly a century later.” Mostly True.
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Snopes.com rated the claim “A still from a 1920s Charlie Chaplin silent film resembles an online meme popularized nearly a century later.” Mostly True.
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2015· 5 entries
Released album “Modern Times”.
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Released album “The Kid (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)”.
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Released album “The circus (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)”.
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Released album “The Gold Rush (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)”.
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Commemorates the meeting between Chaplin and Mahatma Gandhi at a local house in 1931
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2013· 1 entry
Two plays about Chaplin premiered in Finland: Chaplin at the Svenska Teatern, and Kulkuri (The Tramp) at the Tampere Workers' Theatre
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2012· 2 entries
Released album “Modern Times - The Original Soundtrack”.
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Released album “City Lights”.
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2011· 1 entry
Two large murals depicting Chaplin on two 14-storey buildings were also unveiled in Vevey
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2008· 1 entry
“Exile’s Return : A Lion In Winter”
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2007· 1 entry
The American Film Institute named City Lights the 11th greatest American film of all time, while The Gold Rush and Modern Times again ranked in the top 100
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2006· 2 entries
A bowler hat and a bamboo cane that were part of the Tramp's costume were bought for $140,000 in a Los Angeles auction
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Thomas Meehan and Christopher Curtis created another musical, Limelight: The Story of Charlie Chaplin, which was first performed at the La Jolla Playhouse in San Diego in 2010
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2004· 1 entry
Released album “A música de Chaplin”.
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2003· 1 entry
Declassified British archives belonging to the British Foreign Office revealed that author and social critic George Orwell secretly accused Chaplin of being a secret communist and a friend of the USSR in the 1949 Orwell'
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2001· 2 entries
“Comedy Quotes from the Movies”
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Released album “Charlie Chaplin & The Fureys”.
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2000· 2 entries
Released album “The Music of Charles Chaplin, Volume 2: The Talkies”.
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Released album “The Music of Charles Chaplin, Volume 1: The Silent Movies”.
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1999· 1 entry
The American Film Institute ranked Chaplin as the 10th greatest male star of Classic Hollywood Cinema
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1998· 1 entry
The film critic Andrew Sarris called Chaplin "arguably the single most important artist produced by the cinema, certainly its most extraordinary performer and probably still its most universal icon"
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1997· 2 entries
Snopes rated the claim “The mortal remains of Charlie Chaplin were abducted and held for ransom.” True.
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Snopes.com rated the claim “The mortal remains of Charlie Chaplin were abducted and held for ransom.” True.
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1996· 1 entry
Released album “The Film Music of Charles Chaplin”.
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1992· 2 entries
The Sight & Sound Critics' Top Ten Poll ranked Chaplin at No
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Released album “The Music of His Films”.
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1989· 3 entries
Was marked with several events around the world, and on 15 April 2011, a day before his 122nd birthday, Google celebrated him with a special Google Doodle video on its global and other country-wide homepages
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And was nominated for an Emmy Award for Outstanding Children's Program
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Released album ““Oh! That Cello”: Music by Charlie Chaplin”.
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1977· 5 entries
Died 1977-12-25.
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Career landmark: funeral.
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“I am for people. I can't help it.”
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“I remain just one thing, and one thing only — and that is a clown. It places me on a far higher plane than any politician.”
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“Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.”
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1976· 2 entries
Awarded BAFTA Fellowship (1976).
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Chaplin was made a Fellow of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
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1975· 1 entry
Awarded Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (1975).
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1973· 1 entry
Awarded Academy Award for Best Original Dramatic Score for Limelight (1973).
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1972· 7 entries
Won Golden Lion (1972).
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Awarded Academy Honorary Award (1972).
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Won Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement (1972).
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Having been previously excluded because of his political beliefs
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The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences offered Chaplin an Honorary Award, which Robinson sees as a sign that America "wanted to make amends"
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And a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Lincoln Center Film Society the same year
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As part of a renewed appreciation for his work
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1971· 1 entry
Was made a Commander of the National Order of the Legion of Honour at the Cannes Film Festival
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1969· 1 entry
Released album “Der Circus”.
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1967· 1 entry
Released album “Charles Chaplin's a Countess From Hong Kong”.
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1965· 2 entries
Awarded Erasmus Prize (1965).
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And Ingmar Bergman were joint winners of the Erasmus Prize and, in 1971, he was appointed a Commander of the National Order of the Legion of Honour by the French government
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1959· 3 entries
Awarded Bodil Honorary Award (1959).
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“room for the Little Man in the atomic age”
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The year of his 70th birthday, Chaplin stated that there was still "room for the Little Man in the atomic age"
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1957· 1 entry
“As for politics, I am an anarchist. I hate government and rules – and fetters ... People must be free.”
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1955· 1 entry
When he sold the remainder of his stock in United Artists, which had been in financial difficulty since the early 1940s
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1952· 1 entry
Awarded Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (1952).
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1942· 1 entry
Citing incompatibility and separation for more than a year
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1931· 1 entry
The comedian decided to take a holiday and ended up travelling for 16 months
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1929· 2 entries
Awarded Academy Honorary Award for The Circus (1929).
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A second Honorary Award for "the incalculable effect he has had in making motion pictures the art form of this century" in 1972, and a Best Score award in 1973 for Limelight (shared with Ray Rasch and Larry Russell)
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1925· 2 entries
“The whole point of the Little Fellow is that no matter how down on his ass he is, no matter how well the jackals succeed in tearing him apart, he”
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"The whole point of the Little Fellow is that no matter how down on his ass he is, no matter how well the jackals succeed in tearing him apart, he's still a man of dignity"
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1919· 1 entry
Chaplin co-founded the distribution company United Artists, which gave him complete control over his films
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1918· 1 entry
Career landmark: marriage.
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1917· 2 entries
Made four more films for Mutual: Easy Street, The Cure, The Immigrant and The Adventurer
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Professional Chaplin imitators were so widespread that he took legal action, with magazine writers complaining that nine out of ten men who attended costume parties did so dressed as the Tramp
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1914· 1 entry
Chaplin gained widespread popularity through his appearances in Keystone Studios films
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1909· 1 entry
Is dramatised in the chapter titled "Modern Times" in Alan Moore's Jerusalem (2016), a novel set in the author's home town of Northampton, England
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1906· 1 entry
And, by 1908, he was one of their key performers
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1898· 1 entry
“This next film must be an epic! The Greatest!”
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1889· 1 entry
Born 1889-04-16.
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