American actress

Geraldine Leigh Chaplin ( born July 31, 1944 ) [ 1 ] [ 2 ] is an american actress. She is the daughter of Charlie Chaplin, the first of eight children with fourth wife Oona O’Neill. [ 3 ] After beginnings in dance [ 3 ] [ 1 ] and model, [ 4 ] she turned her attention to act, and made her English-language act debut ( and came to prominence in what would be a Golden Globe -nominated function [ 5 ] ) in her portrayal of Tonya in David Lean ‘s Doctor Zhivago ( 1965 ). [ 6 ] She made her Broadway acting debut in Lillian Hellman ‘s The Little Foxes in 1967, [ 7 ] and played the function of ancient egyptian Queen Nefertiti in Raúl Araiza ‘s Nefertiti and Akhenaton ( 1973 ) with egyptian celebrated actor Salah Zulfikar. Chaplin received her second Golden Globe nominating speech for Robert Altman ‘s Nashville ( 1975 ). She received a BAFTA nominating speech for her function in Welcome to L.A. ( 1976 ). She played her grandma Hannah Chaplin in the biopic, Chaplin ( 1992 ) for which she received her one-third Golden Globe nomination. Chaplin has appeared in a wide variety of critically recognized spanish and french films. She starred in Les Uns et les Autres ( 1981 ), Life Is a Bed of Roses ( 1983 ) and the Jacques Rivette experimental films Noroît ( 1976 ) and Love on the Ground ( 1984 ). She was the partner of conductor Carlos Saura for 12 years until 1979, starring in his films Ana and the Wolves ( 1973 ), Cría Cuervos ( 1976 ), Elisa, vida mía ( 1977 ), and Mamá cumple cien años ( 1979 ). She was awarded a Goya Award for her function in En la ciudad sin límites ( 2002 ), [ 8 ] and was nominated again for The Orphanage ( 2007 ). [ not verified in body ] Her contribution to Spanish cinema culminated in her being awarded the Gold decoration by the spanish Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences in 2006. [ 9 ] In 2018, she starred in Red Land (Rosso Istria), italian movie by Maximiliano Hernando Bruno based on Norma Cossetto and the foibe massacres. In 2019, she played the Duchess of Windsor in season 3 of the Netflix time period drama series The Crown. [ 10 ]

early life and department of education [edit ]

Geraldine Leigh Chaplin was born on July 31, 1944, in Santa Monica, California, [ 2 ] [ 1 ] [ 11 ] the fourth child of actor and film maker Charlie Chaplin, and the first child of his one-fourth wife, Oona O’Neill, [ 3 ] whom he married in 1943. [ 12 ] Charlie Chaplin was 55 when Geraldine Chaplin was born and Oona was 19 years honest-to-god. Geraldine was the first base of their eight children. [ 3 ] [ 12 ] Her paternal grandparents were english Charles Chaplin Sr. and Hannah Chaplin ( born Hannah Harriet Pedlingham Hill ), and her maternal grandparents were Nobel- and Pulitzer-Prize-winning american dramatist Eugene O’Neill and English-born writer Agnes Boulton. [ 13 ] When Geraldine was eight years previous, her don took the family on vacation to Britain and Europe. Two days after the kin set sail, the U.S. Attorney General James P. McGranery signed an order refusing Chaplin license to re-enter the nation. [ 14 ] Chaplin ‘s church father moved the family to Switzerland. [ 15 ] She attended boarding school there, where she became fluent in french and spanish. [ 1 ] besides in this time time period, Geraldine appeared in her founder ‘s film Limelight ( 1952 ). [ 1 ]

career [edit ]

dance and modeling [edit ]

At 17 years of age, she decided to forego college to pursue dancing alternatively, [ 3 ] and study ballet for two years in England, [ citation needed ] including a period in 1961 at the Royal Ballet School. [ 1 ] She then danced professionally for a year in Paris. [ citation needed ] Although a beneficial dancer, she felt she had not trained from an early adequate age to excel at it and so gave up ballet. [ citation needed ] She said, “ I did n’t leave ballet, ballet left me ”. [ This quote needs a citation ] [ failed verification ] It was a capital disappointment to her. Geraldine then found work as a fashion model in Paris. [ citation needed ] [ 16 ] [ 4 ] She was then discovered by David Lean. [ when? ] [ where? ] [ 3 ] It would be many years before she could bring herself to see a ballet performance. [ citation needed ]

early act, 1965–69 [edit ]

When her dream of becoming a ballet dancer ended, Chaplin followed her father into what was to become a prolific acting career. [ 3 ] She came to prominence [ citation needed ] in the role of Tonya in David Lean ‘s Doctor Zhivago ( 1965 ). [ 3 ] David Lean chose her to play the main fictional character ‘s wife, [ 6 ] for which she received a Golden Globe Award nomination in the class, “ Most bright Female Newcomer. ” [ 5 ] In an consultation to publicize the film, she explained, “ Because of my diagnose, the right doors opened. ” [ 17 ]
In 1967, she made her Broadway debut in Lillian Hellman ‘s The Little Foxes. [ 7 ] Her performance was praised by Clive Barnes in a New York Times inspection, where he noted that Chaplin “ acts with intent and force… with a gorgeously raw-voiced sincerity ” giving a performance of “ storm office. ” [ 18 ] In the lapp year, she besides began what would become a significant collaboration, starring in spanish film director Carlos Saura ‘s psychological thriller Peppermint Frappé ( 1967 ). [ citation needed ]

The Hawaiians through Cría Cuervos, 1970–79 [edit ]

Chaplin starred alongside Charlton Heston in the american historic film The Hawaiians ( 1970 ). Chaplin then appeared in The Three Musketeers ( 1973 ), and Mexican Television movie, Raúl Araiza ’ s Nefertiti y Aquenatos ( 1973 ) in which she played the function of ancient egyptian tabby Nefertiti with Egyptian actor Salah Zulfikar vitamin a well as the sequel, The Four Musketeers ( 1974 ). Chaplin was cast as the objectionable BBC reporter Opal in Robert Altman ‘s Nashville ( 1975 ), for which she received her second Golden Globe nomination, for Best Supporting Actress. [ 19 ] She went on to star in the Altman films Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull’s History Lesson ( 1976 ), and then A Wedding ( 1978 ), doing Roseland ( 1977 ) in between. Chaplin late occasionally co-wrote scripts for and starred in several former Saura films—for these, receiving her greatest critical success [ citation needed ] —such as Ana and the Wolves ( 1973 ), Cría Cuervos ( 1976 ), Elisa, vida mía ( 1977 ) and Mamá cumple cien años ( 1979 ). Cría Cuervos won the special Jury Prize Award at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival. [ 20 ] Critic Vincent Canby praised Chaplin ‘s “ brilliant ” performance. [ 21 ] Chaplin starred in respective films produced by Altman and directed by Alan Rudolph, with a BAFTA -nominated character in Welcome to L.A. ( 1976 ), in which she played a housewife addicted to cab rides. [ 22 ] She received critical acclaim for her character in Remember My Name ( 1978 ), in which she played Anthony Perkins ‘ homicidal estranged wife. [ citation needed ] In an interview with The New York Times in 1977, [ full citation needed ] Chaplin cited that her career was going more successfully in Europe than in the United States. She complained that “ I merely seem to work with Altman here … I do n’t have any offers in this area, none. not even an interesting handwriting to read. The only person who always asks me is Altman—and James Ivory. “ [ This quote needs a citation ]

French-language and other roles, 1980–89 [edit ]

In the 1980s, Chaplin starred in several French-language roles, including Claude Lelouch ‘s Les Uns et les Autres ( 1981 ), Alain Resnais ‘ Life Is a Bed of Roses ( 1983 ), Jacques Rivette ‘s experimental Love on the Ground ( 1984 ), and then the American film, I Want to Go Home ( 1989 ). Chaplin besides starred in Rudolph ‘s 1920s-set film, The Moderns ( 1988 ) .

Chaplin, Scorsese, and Zeffirelli, 1990–99 [edit ]

In the biographic film about her church father, Chaplin ( 1992 ), she played her grandma Hannah Chaplin, for which she was nominated for her third gear Golden Globe Award. [ 19 ] soon after, she was directed by Martin Scorsese in The Age of Innocence ( 1993 ), and appeared in Franco Zeffirelli ‘s version of Jane Eyre ( 1996 ). Chaplin went on to appear in Mother Teresa: In the Name of God’s Poor ( 1997 ).

The spanish period, 2000–present [edit ]

Odessa International Film Festival 2012. Geraldine Chaplin Chaplin received a Goya Mejor Actriz de Reparto for her character in Spanish-Argentine thriller En la ciudad sin límites ( In the City Without Limits, 2002 ). [ 8 ] other celebrated spanish films she collaborated with and appeared in Pedro Almodóvar ‘s Talk to Her ( 2002 ), and Juan Antonio Bayona ‘s The Orphanage ( 2007 ), for which she received a second Goya Award nominating speech. [ citation needed ] She besides recently starred in the Catalan play, The Mosquito Net ( 2010 ), for which she was awarded the Crystal Globe. [ 23 ] In 2006 Chaplin was awarded the gold decoration by the Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España —the Spanish Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences—for her contribution to Spanish cinema. [ 9 ] Chaplin appeared in The Wolfman, in 2010. In Americano, she appeared with Salma Hayek, and featured with Jane Fonda in All Together ( both 2011 ). She reunited with Juan Antonio Bayona for the films The Impossible ( 2012 ), A Monster Calls ( 2016 ) and Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom ( 2018 ). Chaplin received the Best Actress Award at the Havana Film Festival for her function in the Dominican Republic film Sand Dollars ( 2014 ). [ citation needed ] In 2018, she starred in Red Land (Rosso Istria), an italian movie by Maximiliano Hernando Bruno based on Norma Cossetto and the foibe massacres. [ 24 ]

personal biography [edit ]

The Orphanage in Chaplin at a screening ofin Madrid in 2007 Chaplin has had two serious, long-run relationships. The beginning was with spanish film director Carlos Saura, who directed her in several films. They have a son, Shane Saura Chaplin. Her second long-run kinship has been with Chilean cameraman Patricio Castilla, whom she married in 2006, and with whom she has a daughter, Oona, an actress in British and spanish films. In 1978, the Chaplin class were the victims of a fail extortion plot by kidnappers who had stolen the body of Charlie Chaplin. Geraldine Chaplin negotiated with the kidnappers, who had besides threatened her baby son. [ 25 ] As of 2011, Chaplin has maintained a home in Miami. She besides was spending time in residences between Madrid and Corsier-sur-Vevey, Switzerland ( the latter near the early long-time home of her and her father ). [ 26 ]

Filmography [edit ]

In a break on the set at the Caffè Gambrinus in Naples – Italy .

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television [edit ]

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