Charlie Chaplin
Born April 16, 1899
London, England
Died December 25, 1977
Vevey, Switzerland
Actor and comedian in the era of American silent films
Charlie Chaplin. Library of Congress.
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Chaplin, Charlie (1889-1977)
Comedian, actor, writer, producer, and director Charlie Chaplin, through the universal language of silent comedy, imprinted one of the twentieth century's most di...
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Chaplin, Charlie (1889-1977)
Although his contributions to film extend from acting to directing, producing, and composing, it was his acting in silent films that brought Charlie Chaplin fame and made ...
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The film actor, director, and writer Charles Spencer Chaplin (1889-1977) was one of the most original creators in the history of the cinema. His remarkable portrayal of "the tramp"--a sympathetic comi...
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Master actor, director, producer, composer, and writer, Charles Spencer Chaplin was born into a theatrical family in East Lane, Walworth, London. His parents were music hall entertainers. Hannah Chapl...
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Charlie, as he is most commonly known by, was the first to control every aspect of the filmmaking process. He has transformed the movie industry into and art with his silent films.
In 1910 Chaplin t...
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New Delhi (dpa) - The French government has announced that it is
conferring its highest civilian honour, the Legion d'Honneur on
Bollywood legend Amitabh Bachchan, media rep...
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Cannes, France (dpa) - Imagine Michael Jackson moves into a castle
in Scotland with Marilyn Monroe, Charlie Chaplin and their daughter
Shirley Temple, and you are in a world...
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Marcel MarceauPARIS (AP) _ Marcel Marceau, the master of mime who transformed silence into poetry with lithe gestures and pliant facial expressions that spoke to generations of young and old, died ...
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New Delhi (dpa) - The French government has bestowed its highest
civilian honour, the Legion d'honneur on Bollywood legend Amitabh
Bachchan, media reports said Sunday.
...
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Background Info
Richard ‘Dickie’ Attenborough
was born in
Cambridge
on 29 August, 1923. The son of the president of a theatrical organisation, he started acting at the tender age of...
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Question 1 of 10:
John
Mills
knew he wanted to be an actor since he was 6, but what was his occupation before his big break?
Door-to-door salesman
Street cleanerCar mechanicNurseQuestion 2 of 10:...
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Dec 18 (Reuters) - Following are some of the major
events to have occurred on December 25 since 1900: 1914 - A group of British and German soldiers
observed an unofficial "Christmas Truce" on the ...
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Canadian-born ballet dancer (b. April 25, 1923,
Toronto
, Ont.—d. Aug. 9, 2006,
Winston-Salem, N.C.
), had technical and dramatic skills that shone in the many and various roles she created...
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Mary Wilson, the luscious-lipped founding member of the Supremes, took a moment in the middle of her rendition of Charlie Chaplin’s “Smile” last week at Feinstein’s to perk ...
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Berlin (dpa) - Regarded as the building's "godfather," Kaiser
Wilhelm 11 personally put in an appearance when the legendary Adlon
Hotel was opened on Berlin's Pariser Platz ...
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