HAPPY BIRTHDAY CHARLIE

By 1916, just two years after appearing in his first motion picture, Charles Chaplin had become the most famous entertainer in the world. Buoyed by his enormously successful comedies for Keystone and Essanay, he was offered the largest salary ever extended to a motion picture star—$670,000 for a single year’s work—to make twelve two-reel comedies for the Mutual Film Corporation. For Mutual, Chaplin produced what many film historians believe to be his best works.

Charles Spencer Chaplin was born in London, England, on April 16th 1889. His father was a versatile vocalist and actor; and his mother, known under the stage name of Lily Harley, was an attractive actress and singer, who gained a reputation for her work in the light opera field.Charlie was thrown on his own resources before he reached the age of ten as the early death of his father and the subsequent illness of his mother made it necessary for Charlie and his brother, Sydney, to fend for themselves.

Birth name	Charles Spencer Chaplin
Born	16 April 1889 Walworth, London, United Kingdom
Died	25 December 1977 (aged 88) Vevey, Vaud, Switzerland
Medium	Film, music, mimicry
Nationality	British
Years active	1895–1976
Genres	Slapstick, mime, visual comedy
Influenced	Milton Berle Rowan Atkinson Johnny Depp
Spouse	Mildred Harris (m. 1918–1921) 1 child Lita Grey (m. 1924–1927) 2 children Paulette Goddard (m. 1936–1942) Oona O'Neill (m. 1943–1977) 8 children