[www.keralites.net] Surprising Facts About The Legendary Entertainer Charlie Chaplin

 

15 Surprising Facts About The Legendary Entertainer Charlie Chaplin You Would Love To Know Charlie Chaplin…just the name is enough to bring a smile. We all remember laughing uncontrollably at his famous goofiness, wearing a pair of baggy pants, a tight coat, a small bowler hat, a large pair of shoes, a cane and not to forget, the small moustache. This British actor of American movies became one of the biggest stars of the 20th century's silent-film era. Let's go down the memory lane looking at some facts about his life you might not be even aware of.   1. Charlie Chaplin was born just four days before Adolf Hitler.     2. Charlie Chaplin worked with a children's dance troupe before making a huge mark on the big screen.      3. His father, a notorious drinker, abandoned Chaplin, his mother and his older half-brother, Sydney, not long after Chaplin's birth.      4. His mother lost her voice during a play and later in life, she had to be admitted to a mental asylum.     5. He was the first actor to appear on Time magazine.     6. He got married 4 times.     7. He had a fondness for young wives. He was 29 and his first wife was 16 when they married. His second marriage was to 16-year-old Lita Grey, when he was 35. His third marriage to Paulette Goddard, occurred when he was 47 and she was 28. He married his last wife, Oona O'Neill, daughter of playwright Eugene O'Neill, shortly after Oona turned 18. Chaplin was 54.     8. Charlie Chaplin once won third prize in a Charlie Chaplin look-a-like contest.     9. His own daughter, the actress Geraldine Chaplin, portrayed his on screen mother in the movie, " Chaplin ".     10. Due to suspicions of him being a communist, his imprints were removed from the Hollywood 'Walk Of Fame' and have been lost subsequently.     11. Charlie Chaplin never became a U.S. citizen and was exiled from the U.S. in 1953 because he refused to have the American citizenship.     12. He was ordered to pay child support for a child that was not his own.     13. His corpse was stolen for ransom: Three months after Chaplin died on Christmas, 1977, his body was stolen in an effort to extort money from his family. Chaplin's body was recovered 11 weeks later after the grave-robbers were captured. He is now buried under 6 feet of concrete to prevent further theft attempts.     14. He is now buried under 6 feet of concrete to prevent further theft attempts.     15. He has an asteroid named after him. Four years after his death, Ukrainian astronomer, Lyudmila Karachkina, named an asteroid after him. Ms. Karachkina, discoverer of 131 asteroids, named one of them 3623 Chaplin.

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