Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin (16 April 1889 – 25 December 1977) was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film. He became a worldwide icon through his screen persona, the Tramp, and is considered one of the film industry's most important figures.

Aug 5, 2017 · Charlie Chaplin seated at desk. “That night was my first appearance and mother’s last,” Chaplin wrote. For his mother’s voice cracking was another sign of her deteriorating health due to disease, later confirmed to be syphilis, possibly contracted during her teenage years.

The Tramp (Charlot in several languages), also known as the Little Tramp, was English actor Charlie Chaplin's most memorable on-screen character and an icon in world cinema during the era of silent film. The Tramp is also the title of a silent film starring Chaplin, which Chaplin wrote and directed in 1915.

Watch Charlie Chaplin’s historic first appearance as The Tramp in Kid Auto Races at Venice (1914), a silent slapstick comedy from the Keystone Studios era. I...

Apr 16, 2014 · He made his first film appearance early the following year, playing an out-of-work swindler in “Making a Living.” Wearing a handlebar mustache, top hat and monocle, he got in a few funny gags,...

Oct 21, 2014 · Charlie Chaplin adopted his most famous screen persona in the 1915 feature movie The Tramp – but he had developed the character throughout a series of short films in 1914. A new book celebrates...

Feb 20, 2025 · Charlie Chaplin was a British comedian, producer, writer, director, and composer who is widely regarded as the greatest comic artist of the screen and one of the most important figures in motion-picture history. He is known for films such as The Gold Rush (1925), City Lights (1931), and Modern Times (1936).

First, Charlie at 24 years old in his film debut for Mack Sennett in 1914 called "Making a Living". Second, his last film appearance in the film "A Countess ...

His own very first appearance on the stage at the age of five was precipitated when her voice broke in front of a particularly tough crowd. Charlie, already a natural performer, it seems, was pushed on in her stead and sang two songs, pausing only to pick up coins thrown by the surprised and amused audience. A young Hannah Chaplin in stage costume

Watch documentaries, discussions and real footage of major events that shaped the world we live in today. • Video. A public domain video.Making a Living (1914) marked Charlie Chaplin’s...