Charlie Chaplin Height, Weight, Age, Facts, Biography, Family

Publish date: 2024-05-19
Charlie Chaplin Quick Info
Height5 ft 4 in
Weight65 kg
Date of BirthApril 16, 1889
Zodiac SignAries
Date of DeathDecember 25, 1977

Charlie Chaplin was an English comic actor, composer, comedian, director, screenwriter, producer, and editor who gained worldwide acclaim in the silent film period with his screen persona “The Tramp”. With a career that spanned more than 75 years, he is considered one of the film industry’s most important and iconic figures. In 1972, Charlie Chaplin received an Honorary Academy Award for “the incalculable effect he has had in making motion pictures the art form of this century”.

Born Name

Charles Spencer Chaplin Jr.

Nick Names

Charlie, Charlot, The Little Tramp

Age

He was born on April 16, 1889.

Died

On December 25, 1977, Charlie Chaplin died after suffering a stroke in his sleep at the age of 88 in his home in Corsier-sur-Vevey, Switzerland.

Resting Place

Cimetière de Corsier-sur-Vevey, Corsier-sur-Vevey, Switzerland

Sun Sign

Aries

Born Place

London, England, United Kingdom

Nationality

English

Education

Charlie Chaplin was sent to Central London District School.

Occupation

Comic Actor, Composer, Comedian, Director, Screenwriter, Producer, Editor

Family

Net Worth

According to CelebrityNetWorth.com, his net worth was $400 Million at the time time of his death.

Build

Slim

Height

5 ft 4 in or 162.5 cm

Weight

65 kg or 143.5 lbs

Girlfriend / Spouse

Charlie Chaplin had dated –

  • Sigrid Holmquist
  • Lila Lee
  • Josephine Dunn
  • Dolores del Rio
  • May Reeves
  • Peggy Pearce
  • Tallulah Bankhead
  • Rebecca West
  • Dagmar Godowsky
  • Hetty Kelly (1908)
  • Mabel Normand (1914)
  • Edna Purviance (1916-1918) – Between 1916 and 1918, he dated American actor Edna Purviance who went on to appear in 35 films with Chaplin over 8 years. Responding to an interviewer after her death, Chaplin said, “How could I forget Edna?”, adding, “She was with me when it all began.”
  • Mildred Harris (1918-1920)​ – In September 1918, he secretly married the 16-year-old actor Mildred Harris to avoid controversy after she revealed that she was pregnant with his child. The pregnancy turned out to be false. On July 7, 1919, she gave birth to their son named Norman Spencer Chaplin who was born malformed and died 3 days later. In April 1920, the marriage ended and Chaplin explained in his autobiography that they were “irreconcilably mismated”.
  • Barbara La Marr (1920-1921)
  • May Collins (1921-1922) – He was once engaged to May Collins.
  • Claire Windsor (1921)
  • Pola Negri (1922-1923)
  • Peggy Hopkins Joyce (1922)
  • Lita Grey (1924-1927)​ – He married actor Lita Grey in a discreet marriage ceremony in Mexico on November 25, 1924, after the surprise announcement of her pregnancy. She was 16 and he was 35 at the time, meaning Chaplin could have been charged with statutory rape under California law. They were blessed with 2 sons – Charles Spencer Chaplin III (b. May 5, 1925) and Sydney Earl Chaplin (b. March 30, 1926). The marriage was unhappy and she left the family home with the children in November 1926. They divorced in 1927 as Chaplin’s lawyers agreed to a cash settlement of $600,000, the largest awarded by American courts at that time.
  • Georgia Hale (1924)
  • Mary Miles Minter (1925)
  • Louise Brooks (1926)
  • Marion Davies (1926-1931)
  • Merna Kennedy (1927)
  • Lupe Velez (1928)
  • Virginia Bradford (1929-1930)
  • Sari Maritza (1931-1933)
  • Paulette Goddard (1932-1942) – He met American actor Paulette Goddard in July 1932 and they married in secret in Canton, China in June 1936. She was granted a Mexican divorce from Chaplin on June 4, 1942.
  • Jinx Falkenburg (1938)
  • Carole Landis (1938-1942)
  • Hedy Lamarr (1941-1942)
  • Oona O’Neill (1943-1977) – He married the 18-year-old Oona O’Neill, the daughter of American playwright Eugene O’Neill, on June 16, 1943. He was 54 years old at the time and their 36-year age gap received massive media attention. The duo remained married until his death and had 8 children over 18 years – daughter Geraldine Leigh Chaplin (b. July 1944), son Michael John (b. March 1946), daughter Josephine Hannah (b. March 1949) (Died in 2023), daughter Victoria (b. May 1951), son Eugene Anthony (b. August 1953), daughter Jane Cecil (b. May 1957), daughter Annette Emily (b. December 1959), and son Christopher James (b. July 1962).

    • Race / Ethnicity

    White

    He was of English and Irish descent.

    Hair Color

    Black

    Eye Color

    Blue

    Sexual Orientation

    Straight

    Distinctive Features

    Brand Endorsements

    Charlie Chaplin’s “The Tramp” image was used by IBM to advertise their personal computers throughout the 1980s.

    Religion

    Although he appeared to be agnostic, he had an Anglican funeral as per his wishes.

    Charlie Chaplin Favorite Things

    Source – IMDb, Wikipedia

    Charlie Chaplin Facts

  • He regarded his mother to be his first influence.
  • Along with Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks Sr., and D. W. Griffith, he co-founded the United Artists in January 1919.
  • On April 10, 1972, he was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6751 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood, California.
  • Adolf Hitler wore the same mustache style as Chaplin. Interestingly, Charlie Chaplin was born 4 days before Adolf Hitler.
  • According to his authorized biographer David Robinson, Charlie Chaplin’s life trajectory became “the most dramatic of all the rags to riches stories ever told”.

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