Geraldine Chaplin facts for kids
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Geraldine Chaplin
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Chaplin in 2023
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Geraldine Leigh Chaplin
July 31, 1944 Santa Monica, California, U.S.
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| Citizenship | United States United Kingdom Spain |
| Occupation | Actress |
| Years active | 1952–present |
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Patricio Castilla
(m. 2006) |
| Partner(s) | Carlos Saura (1967–1979) |
| Children | 2, including Oona Chaplin |
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| Family | Chaplin family |
Geraldine Leigh Chaplin (born July 31, 1944) is a famous actress with a long career. She has acted in many movies in different languages like English, Spanish, French, Italian, and German.
Geraldine is the daughter of the legendary actor Charlie Chaplin. She was the first of eight children he had with his fourth wife, Oona O'Neill. This also makes her the granddaughter of the famous writer Eugene O'Neill.
She started her career in dance and modeling. Later, she became an actress. Her first big English-speaking role was as Tonya in David Lean's movie Doctor Zhivago in 1965. This role earned her a nomination for a Golden Globe Award. She also got Golden Globe nominations for her roles in Nashville (1975) and Chaplin (1992). In Chaplin, she played her own grandmother, Hannah Chaplin.
Geraldine Chaplin has also starred in many well-known Spanish and French films. She worked closely with Spanish director Carlos Saura for 12 years, starring in several of his movies like Raise Ravens (1976). She won a Goya Award (a top Spanish film award) for her role in In the City Without Limits (2002). In 2006, she received a special gold medal from the Spanish Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences for her amazing work in Spanish cinema. More recently, she played the Duchess of Windsor in the popular Netflix series The Crown in 2019.
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Early Life and Family
Geraldine Leigh Chaplin was born on July 31, 1944, in Santa Monica, California. She was the fourth child of the famous actor and filmmaker Charlie Chaplin. She was also the first child of Charlie Chaplin and his fourth wife, Oona O'Neill. They got married in 1943.
When Geraldine was born, her father Charlie Chaplin was 55 years old, and her mother Oona was 19. Geraldine was the first of their eight children. Her grandparents on her father's side were Charles Chaplin Sr. and Hannah Chaplin. On her mother's side, her grandparents were the Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning American writer Eugene O'Neill and the English writer Agnes Boulton.
When Geraldine was eight, her family went on vacation to Britain and Europe. While they were away, the U.S. government decided that her father, Charlie Chaplin, could not return to the United States. So, her family moved to Switzerland. Geraldine went to boarding school there and learned to speak French and Spanish very well. During this time, she also appeared in her father's film Limelight (1952).
Career Beginnings
Dance and Modeling
When she was 17, Geraldine decided not to go to college. Instead, she wanted to become a dancer. She studied ballet in England for two years, including some time at the Royal Ballet School in 1961. After that, she danced professionally in Paris for a year. Even though she was a good dancer, she felt she hadn't started training early enough to be the best. So, she decided to stop ballet.
After dancing, Chaplin worked as a fashion model in Paris. It was there that the famous film director David Lean noticed her.
First Acting Roles (1965–1969)
After her dream of being a ballet dancer ended, Geraldine followed her father into acting. She quickly became well-known for her role as Tonya in David Lean's movie Doctor Zhivago (1965). Lean chose her to play the main character's wife. For this role, she was nominated for a Golden Globe Award for "Most Promising Female Newcomer." In an interview, she said that her famous last name helped open doors for her.
In 1967, she made her debut on Broadway in the play The Little Foxes by Lillian Hellman. A reviewer from The New York Times, Clive Barnes, praised her performance. He said she acted with "spirit and force" and showed "surprising power."
That same year, she began an important partnership with Spanish film director Carlos Saura. She starred in his psychological thriller Peppermint Frappé (1967).
Major Roles and Spanish Cinema
From The Hawaiians to Cría Cuervos (1970–1979)
Chaplin starred with Charlton Heston in the American historical film The Hawaiians (1970). She also appeared in The Three Musketeers (1973) and its sequel, The Four Musketeers (1974). In Nefertiti y Aquenatos (1973), she played the ancient Egyptian queen Nefertiti.
In 1975, Chaplin played Opal, a BBC reporter, in Robert Altman's movie Nashville. This role earned her a second Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress. She continued to work with Altman in films like Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976) and A Wedding (1978).
Chaplin also co-wrote scripts and starred in several films directed by Carlos Saura. These movies brought her great success. Some of them include Ana and the Wolves (1973), Raise Ravens (1976), Elisa, My Life (1977), and Mama Turns 100 (1979). Cría Cuervos won a special award at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival. Critics praised Chaplin's "superb" acting in the film.
She also received a BAFTA nomination for her role in Welcome to L.A. (1976), directed by Alan Rudolph. She was highly praised for her role in Remember My Name (1978).
In 1977, Chaplin told The New York Times that her career was doing better in Europe than in the United States. She felt she didn't get many offers in America, except from directors like Altman and James Ivory.
French and Other Roles (1980–1989)
In the 1980s, Chaplin took on many roles in French-language films. These included Claude Lelouch's The Ones and the Others (1981) and Alain Resnais' Life Is a Bed of Roses (1983). She also appeared in the American film I Want to Go Home (1989).
Chaplin, Scorsese, and Zeffirelli (1990–1999)
In 1992, Geraldine Chaplin played her own grandmother, Hannah Chaplin, in the movie Chaplin. This film was about her father's life. For this role, she received her third Golden Globe Award nomination.
Soon after, she worked with famous director Martin Scorsese in The Age of Innocence (1993). She also appeared in Franco Zeffirelli's movie Jane Eyre (1996). Later, she starred in Mother Teresa: In the Name of God's Poor (1997).
The Spanish Period (2000–Present)
Geraldine Chaplin won a Goya Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the Spanish-Argentine thriller In the City Without Limits (2002). She also appeared in Pedro Almodóvar's film Talk to Her (2002). She worked with director J. A. Bayona in The Orphanage (2007), which earned her another Goya Award nomination. She also received the Crystal Globe for her role in the Catalan drama The Mosquito Net (2010).
In 2006, the Spanish Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences gave Chaplin a gold medal. This was to honor her important contributions to Spanish cinema.
She appeared in the movie The Wolfman in 2010. She also starred with Salma Hayek in Americano and with Jane Fonda in All Together (both 2011). She worked with director J. A. Bayona again in The Impossible (2012), A Monster Calls (2016), and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom (2018). For her role in the Dominican Republic film Sand Dollars (2014), Chaplin won the Best Actress Award at the Havana Film Festival.
In 2018, she starred in Red Land, an Italian film. In 2022, she appeared in a music video for the song "Pure" by Swiss artist Gjon's Tears.
Personal Life
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Geraldine Chaplin has a son named Shane Saura Chaplin, who was born in 1974. His father is the Spanish film director Carlos Saura, who directed many of the films Chaplin appeared in.
Geraldine also has a daughter named Oona Chaplin, who is now an actress in British and Spanish films. Geraldine married Oona's father, Chilean cinematographer Patricio Castilla, in 2006.
As of 2011, Chaplin has a home in Miami. She also spends time in her homes in Madrid and Corsier-sur-Vevey, Switzerland. Her Swiss home is close to where her parents used to live for many years.
Images for kids
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Chaplin on a film set in Naples, Italy
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Chaplin in 2014
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See also
In Spanish: Geraldine Chaplin para niños
