The whole world knows Charles Spencer Chaplin as Charlie Chaplin - the king of comedy, who stood at the origins of the whole cinema as a whole. It miraculously combined both the talent of the lyceum and the gift of a business man, he was and remains an unsurpassed actor and director.
What would modern cinema be like if the legendary and unique Charles Chaplin did not stand at its origins? Neither ordinary viewers nor experts in this field of art can answer this question. We know and love films with his participation and created by him as a director, but what is known about him? Who is he and where is he from? How was his career path and personal life?
Biography of Charles Chaplin
The future legendary comedian and director was born in London, in 1889, in a poor family of pop actors of one of the music halls of his native city. Problems with money in the family began due to the addiction of the boy's father to alcohol. He was a talented actor, but addiction deprived him of financially advantageous creative proposals.
Charlie lost his father early, he had to go on stage with his mother in order to somehow earn a living. At the age of 7, Charles’s childhood ended - his mother became seriously ill and had to perform on stage along with adult colleagues, and quite successfully.
From the age of 9, Chaplin took full financial care of his family - his sick mother and brother. The boy worked wherever he was taken - he delivered newspapers, worked as a nurse in a hospital, and performed simple duties in a printing house. But he did not forget about the career of an actor, and was not going to give up his dream.
Career actor Charlie Chaplin
In fact, Chaplin’s career began when he was 5 years old. The boy’s mother could not finish his party due to health problems, and he did it instead. Affectionate spectators showered the young talent with money, Charlie carefully collected banknotes, and sang more and more, for an encore.
This incident from childhood was so engraved in Charles's memory that he could no longer dream of anything other than the scene. Earning money wherever possible to feed his family, the boy did not abandon attempts to break into the world of art. And his efforts were rewarded - at age 14, Chaplin was accepted into the troupe of the theater and got a small role in the play.
And at the age of 19, together with the theater of Fred Carnot Chaplin came to America, and decided to stay there. After 5 years, the young man was invited to the American film studio Keystone, where his acting career began.
In 1914, Charlie Chaplin tried his hand already as a screenwriter and director, and the world received a lot of silent film masterpieces. In his film library there are more than 100 acting works, in his creative piggy bank the best directorial works since the beginning of the development of cinema.
