Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin KBE 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 most important figures in the history of the film industry.
BORN: April 16, 1889, London, United Kingdom
DIED: December 25, 1977, Corsier-sur-Vevey, Switzerland
SPOUSE: Oona O’Neil (m. 1943–1977)
CHILDREN: Geraldine Chapline, Victoria Chaplin, Michael Chaplin
QUOTE BY CHARLIE CHAPLIN
Life is a tragedy when seen in close-up, but a comedy in long-shot.
WHAT I WISH FOR YOU TODAY
Here’s to being brave & being seen CLOSE-UP; here’s to lots of LONG-SHOTS!
POST DEDICATION
This post is dedicated to Jennifer Plante Johnson for making some particularly thoughtful suggestions about my curated work on Social Media platforms, for possessing a bit of CHARLIE in her soul, and for her clown soul always receiving my clown soul and embracing me like a little clown soul-sister.
