![]() Avg.User Rating: Rate this person: Actor Born: July 31, 1944 in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, CA Biography:Bearing more than a passing physical resemblance to her famous father "Sir Charles Chaplin", graceful, versatile "Geraldine Chaplin" is an internationally respected leading and character actress. The eldest daughter from "Charles Chaplin"'s marriage to Oona O'Neill, the daughter of famed playwright "Eugene O'Neill", she spent her first eight years in Hollywood, but then moved with her family to Switzerland when her father was persecuted by the U.S. government for his political beliefs. In her new home, Ms. Chaplin attended private schools and was trained in classical ballet at the Royal Ballet School in London with the English "Royal Ballet". She made her film debut in the elder Chaplin's "Limelight" (1952) as a dancer. She also played a small role in her father's last film, Countess From Hong Kong (1964). She had her first major adult role in 1965 playing Omar Shariff's wife, Tonya, in "Doctor... Full Biography
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