Charles Chaplin
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London, England |
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| Published My Autobiography in 1964. |
| First went on stage at age 5 when his mother's voice failed her during a performance. |
| Co-founded United Artists in 1919 with Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and D.W. Griffith. |
| Lost a paternity suit brought against him by actress Joan Barry in 1943 despite the fact that blood tests proved that Barry's child wasn't his. |
| Lived in a series of workhouses and an orphanage as a young child. |
| Desperate poverty and deprivation in his childhood inspired his character The Little Tramp. |
| Knighted by Queen Elizabeth II in 1975. |
| Fourth wife Oona O'Neill was the daughter of playwright Eugene O'Neill; her father disinherited her after her marriage to Chaplin. |
| Both of his parents were music-hall entertainers. |
