Chaplin was directed by her father in her debut, "Limelight" (1951), and in "A Countess from Hong Kong" (1967), and gave a convincing performance as his gaunt, mentally troubled mother--her own grandmother--in Richard Attenborough's 1992 biopic, "Chaplin". She offered a comic turn as another troubled soul--this time, Anne Bancroft's slightly dotty sister--in Jodie Foster's "Home for the Holidays" (1995).