Charlie Chaplin Biography| Explained by Sohail khan

 

Charlie Chaplin Biography| Explained by Sohail khan 

Charlie Chaplin, he was a legendary comic

actor-filmmaker and confessor he was

born at East Street Woolworth in South

London on 16 April 1889 his father's

the name was Charles Chaplin senior and

mother's name was Hanif Chaplin father

was a singer and mother was an actress

his childhood was marked by poverty and

struggle his parents did not earn much

and hence he started to work at a

the workhouse at the age of seven in 1898

his mother was admitted to a mental

asylum and his father became a severe

alcoholic and he was left to fend for

himself he became a member of the male

dance troupe the eight Lancashire lads

and toured across the music halls in

Great Britain all through 1899 and 1900

in 1903 he was cast in his first show

titled Jim a romance of Cockaigne in

which he played the role of a newsboy

from October 1903 to June 1904 he

traveled with saints Barry and his plays

were immensely successful in 1906 he

became part of the amateur comedy troupe

KC circuses he performed comedy acts

with them and soon rose to prominence

when the troupe finished touring in July

1907 Charlie was left without a job for

a few months and lived with a family in

Kennington in 1910 he played the lead

role in the sketch Jimmy the fearlessness

which was an immediate success in 1913

he signed a contract for a period of one

a year with the New York Motion Picture

A company which promised him pay of $150

a week he acted and directed many films

in 1925 his Academy award-winning film

the gold rush which he directed starred

in and produced was released the gold

rush was rated as the second greatest

film in history by the critics of the

Brussels World's Fair a worldwide

organization of filmmakers in 1928 his

film the circuses were released in this

70-minute silent film he played the role

of a clown, it was one of his

highest-grossing silent films released

in 1936 one of his most remembered films

modern times is considered one of his

most popular silent films it was

selected to be preserved at the Library

of Congress United States and it was

ranked 33rd on the American Film

Institute's list of 100 years100 laughs

as one of the 100 funniest movies in

America

he married four times and three of his

marriages with Mildred Harris Lita gray

and Paulette Goddard ended in divorce in

1943 he married his fourth wife Oona

O'Neill and the couple had eight

children, together they remained together

until his death, his last film was a

countess from Hong Kong released in the

the year 1967

he died in Corsair survived II Vaud

Switzerland on 25 December 1977 at the

age of 88 failure is unimportant it

takes courage to make a full of yourself

said Charlie Chaplin