Charlie Chaplin timeline

Charlie Chaplin Marries Lita Grey

Chaplin first met Lita Grey during the filming of The Kid. Three years later, at age 35, he became involved with the then 16-year-old Grey during... Read more

"The Gold Rush" (film) is Released

The Gold Rush is a 1925 silent film comedy written, produced, directed by, and starring Charlie Chaplin in his Little Tramp role. The film also... Read more

"The Circus" (film) is Released

The Circus is a 1928 silent film which finds Charlie Chaplin's Little Tramp character being chased by a police officer having been mistook for a... Read more

"City Lights" (film) is Released

City Lights is a 1931 American silent romantic comedy film starring, written and directed by Charlie Chaplin. It also stars Virginia Cherrill and... Read more

Charlie Chaplin Marries Paulette Goddard

In 1932, she met Charlie Chaplin and began an eight-year personal and cinematic relationship with him. Chaplin bought Goddard's contract from Roach... Read more

"Modern Times" (film) is Released

Modern Times is a 1936 comedy film by Charlie Chaplin that has his iconic Little Tramp character struggling to survive in the modern,... Read more

"The Great Dictator" (film) is Released

The Great Dictator is a comedy film written, directed, produced by, and starring Charlie Chaplin. First released in October 1940, it was Chaplin's... Read more

Charlie Chaplin Marries Oona O'Neill

During Chaplin's legal trouble over the Barry affair, he met Oona O'Neill, daughter of Eugene O'Neill, and married her on 16 June 1943. He was... Read more

"Monsieur Verdoux" (film) is Released

Monsieur Verdoux is a 1947 black comedy film directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin. The film is about an unemployed banker, Henri Verdoux,... Read more

"Limelight" (film) is Released

Limelight is a 1952 comedy-drama film written, directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin, co-starring Claire Bloom, with an appearance by Buster... Read more

"A King in New York" (film) is Released

A King in New York is a 1957 film directed by and starring Charles Chaplin in his last leading role, which presents a satirical view of certain... Read more

"A Countess from Hong Kong" (film) is Released

A Countess from Hong Kong is a 1967 comedy film and the last film directed by Charlie Chaplin. It was one of two films Chaplin directed in which he... Read more

Charlie Chaplin is Knighted

Chaplin was named in the New Year's Honours List in 1975. On 4 March, he was knighted at age eighty-five as a Knight Commander of the British... Read more

Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin Dies

Chaplin's robust health began to slowly fail in the late 1960s, after the completion of his final film A Countess from Hong Kong, and more rapidly... Read more

Collector finds unseen Charlie Chaplin film in tin sold for £3.20 on eBay

Morace Park was footling around on eBay looking for antiques when he stumbled on an item that was listed casually as an "old film" – and even then... Read more