![]() As a child, he was confined to a bed for weeks due to a serious illness, and, at night, his mother would sit at the window and act out what was going on outside. She died in 1928 in the United States, two years after coming to the States to live with Chaplin, by then a commercial success.Ĭharlie first took to the stage when, aged five, he performed in Music Hall in 1894, standing in for his mother. His father died an alcoholic when Charlie was 12, and his mother suffered a mental breakdown, and was eventually admitted temporarily to the Cane Hill Asylum at Coulsdon (near Croydon). In 1896, Chaplin's mother was unable to find work Charlie and his older half-brother Sydney Chaplin had to be left in the workhouse at Lambeth, moving after several weeks to Hanwell School for Orphans and Destitute Children. His parents separated soon after his birth, leaving him in the care of his increasingly unstable mother. and Hannah Harriette Hill (aka Lily Harley on stage), both Music Hall entertainers. There is no doubt, however, as to his parentage: he was born to Charles Chaplin, Sr. There is also uncertainty about his birthplace: London or Fontainebleau, France. ![]() ![]() There is some doubt whether April 16 is actually his birthday, and it is possible he was not born in 1889. He was believed to have been born on April 16, 1889. ![]()
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