Born in London in 1889 and died in 1977, Chaplin rose from a poverty-stricken childhood to become the most famous face of the silent era. As the Tramp he mixed slapstick with sentiment and social comment, and he wrote, directed, starred in and scored his own films.
Filmography
- The Tramp (1915)
- The Immigrant (1917)
- A Dog's Life (1918)
- Shoulder Arms (1918)
- The Kid (1921)
- The Pilgrim (1923)
- A Woman of Paris (1923)
- The Gold Rush (1925)
- The Circus (1928)
- City Lights (1931)
- Modern Times (1936)
- The Great Dictator (1940)
- Monsieur Verdoux (1947)
- Limelight (1952)
- A King in New York (1957)
Photo: By P.D Jankens - Fred Chess, Public Domain, Wikimedia Commons