Charlie Chaplin

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English person comic actor composer film director film producer human screenwriter silent film actor

Charlie Chaplin was a pioneering English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer best known for his iconic silent film character "The Tramp" and his profound influence on the development of cinema.

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Charles Chaplin 2
Charles Chaplin Sr. 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf English person ⓘ
comic actor ⓘ
composer ⓘ
film director ⓘ
film producer ⓘ
human ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
silent film actor ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Original Score ⓘ
Honorary Academy Award ⓘ
Knight or Dame Commander ⓘ
surface form: Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
birthDate 1889-04-16 ⓘ
birthPlace England ⓘ
London, England ⓘ
surface form: London

United Kingdom ⓘ
causeOfDeath stroke ⓘ
child Annette Chaplin ⓘ
Christopher Chaplin ⓘ
Eugene Chaplin ⓘ
Geraldine Chaplin ⓘ
Jane Chaplin ⓘ
Josephine Chaplin ⓘ
Michael Chaplin ⓘ
Sydney Chaplin (son of Charlie Chaplin) ⓘ
Victoria Chaplin ⓘ
citizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
coFounderOf United Artists ⓘ
createdCharacter The Tramp ⓘ
deathDate 1977-12-25 ⓘ
deathPlace Corsier-sur-Vevey ⓘ
Switzerland ⓘ
Vaud ⓘ
familyName Charlie Chaplin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Chaplin
founded United Artists ⓘ
fullName Charlie Chaplin self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin
genre silent film ⓘ
givenName Charles ⓘ
honorificPrefix Sir ⓘ
influenced film comedy ⓘ
world cinema ⓘ
instrument cello ⓘ
violin ⓘ
movement silent era of cinema ⓘ
notableWork City Lights ⓘ
Limelight ⓘ
Modern Times ⓘ
The Gold Rush ⓘ
The Great Dictator ⓘ
The Kid ⓘ
The Tramp ⓘ
occupation actor ⓘ
comedian ⓘ
composer ⓘ
film director ⓘ
film producer ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
parent Hannah Chaplin ⓘ
sibling Sydney Chaplin (half-brother) ⓘ
spouse Lita Grey ⓘ
Mildred Harris ⓘ
Oona O’Neill ⓘ
Paulette Goddard ⓘ
style pathos in comedy ⓘ
slapstick ⓘ
yearsActive 1898–1976 ⓘ

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Modern Times → writer → Charlie Chaplin ⓘ
The Gold Rush → writer → Charlie Chaplin ⓘ
The Great Dictator → writer → Charlie Chaplin ⓘ
The Kid → writer → Charlie Chaplin ⓘ