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Oona O'Neill Chaplin
Oona Oneil - 1943.jpg
O'Neill in Santa Barbara, California in 1943
Born
Oona O'Neill

(1925-05-14)14 May 1925
Warwick Parish, Bermuda
Died 27 September 1991(1991-09-27) (aged 66)
Corsier-sur-Vevey, Switzerland
Spouse(s)
Charlie Chaplin
(m. 1943; wid. 1977)
Children Geraldine Chaplin (b. 1944)
Michael Chaplin (b. 1946)
Josephine Chaplin (b. 1949)
Victoria Chaplin (b. 1951)
Eugene Chaplin (b. 1953)
Jane Chaplin (b. 1957)
Annette Chaplin (b. 1959)
Christopher Chaplin (b. 1962)
Parent(s) Eugene O'Neill (1888–1953)
Agnes Boulton (1893–1968)

Oona, Lady Chaplin (née O'Neill) (May 14, 1925 – September 27, 1991) was the fourth wife and later widow of British comic and filmmaker Sir Charles "Charlie" Chaplin. She was the daughter of Nobel and Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Eugene O'Neill and writer Agnes Boulton.

In 1954, she gave up her American citizenship and became a British citizen.


Images for kids

  • Eugene O'Neill, Cape Cod, 1922

    O'Neill's parents and older brother, Shane, photographed in Cape Cod in 1922, three years before her birth

  • "Spithead" - 18th Century Bermudian home of Hezekiah Frith and 20th Century home of Eugene O'Neill

    Spithead, O'Neill's childhood home in Bermuda. It was built in the nineteenth century by privateer Hezekiah Frith.

  • Chaplin family 1961

    The Chaplins and six of their eight children in 1961. From left to right: Geraldine, Eugene, Victoria, Chaplin, O'Neill, Annette, Josephine and Michael.

  • Charles Chaplin and Oona Chaplin Grave in Corsier-sur-Vevey

    Charles and Oona Chaplin's graves in Corsier-sur-Vevey


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