7.9· 1952
Romance · Drama
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A fading music hall comedian tries to help a despondent ballet dancer learn to walk and to again feel confident about life.
Limelight
7.91952
Michael Chaplin
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- March 7, 1946 · Santa Monica, California, USA
- Credits
- 10 films · 1 series
Michael Chaplin (born 7 March 1946) is an English-American actor born in Santa Monica, California. He is the second child and eldest son from Charlie Chaplin's fourth and final marriage to Oona O'Neill.
He acted in his father's films Limelight (1952) and A King in New York (1957), In the latter he played 10-year-old Rupert Macabee, a fast-talking advocate of civil rights and a child of communists who, after an initially adversarial period of political dialogue, is befriended by the King and gains his assistance. He was also in "Promise Her Anything", with Warren Beatty and Leslie Caron, 1965, and "The Sandwich Man", 1966.
He was married firstly to the writer Patrice Chaplin and secondly to Patricia Betaudier, who is a painter. He is the father of actresses Carmen Chaplin and Dolores Chaplin.
In the mid-1960s, Michael wrote his autobiography I Couldn't Smoke The Grass On My Father's Lawn.
Known For
6.7· 1957
Comedy · Drama
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A recently-deposed "Estrovian" monarch seeks shelter in New York City, where he becomes an accidental television celebrity. Later, he's wrongly accused of being a Communist and gets caught up in subsequent HUAC hearings.
A King in New York
6.71957
7.7· 2021
Documentary
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A look at the life and work of Charlie Chaplin in his own words featuring an in-depth interview he gave to Life magazine in 1966.
The Real Charlie Chaplin
7.72021
4.1· 1966
Comedy · Romance
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A widowed mother decides to go after the child psychologist she works for because she thinks he'll be able to provide for her toddler, the catch is her employer doesn't know about her son and he doesn't particularly care for children despite his profession.
Promise Her Anything
4.11966
6.5· 1966
Comedy
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A man with a sandwich-board (advert) wanders around London meeting many strange characters.
The Sandwich Man
6.51966
Movies
- 7.9· 1952
Romance · Drama
Age rating: Age rating…A fading music hall comedian tries to help a despondent ballet dancer learn to walk and to again feel confident about life.
Limelight
7.91952
- 6.7· 1957
Comedy · Drama
Age rating: Age rating…A recently-deposed "Estrovian" monarch seeks shelter in New York City, where he becomes an accidental television celebrity. Later, he's wrongly accused of being a Communist and gets caught up in subsequent HUAC hearings.
A King in New York
6.71957
7.0· 2003Documentary
Age rating: Age rating…Brilliant, long in-the-works story of the life and art of the world's greatest comedian and the cinema's first genius, Charlie Chaplin. Produced, written and directed by renowned film critic Richard Schickel.
- 7.7· 2021
Documentary
Age rating: Age rating…A look at the life and work of Charlie Chaplin in his own words featuring an in-depth interview he gave to Life magazine in 1966.
The Real Charlie Chaplin
7.72021
- 4.1· 1966
Comedy · Romance
Age rating: Age rating…A widowed mother decides to go after the child psychologist she works for because she thinks he'll be able to provide for her toddler, the catch is her employer doesn't know about her son and he doesn't particularly care for children despite his profession.
Promise Her Anything
4.11966
- 6.5· 1966
Comedy
Age rating: Age rating…A man with a sandwich-board (advert) wanders around London meeting many strange characters.
The Sandwich Man
6.51966
6.6· 2003Documentary
Age rating: Age rating…An examination of Charles Chaplin's final starring film.
8.2· 2003Documentary
Age rating: Age rating…While silent-film star Charlie Chaplin may have charmed American audiences with the onscreen antics of his lovable "Tramp" character, the actor's private life was marred by a series of public scandals that eventually pushed him into exile. In addition to his penchant for much younger women, Chaplin was unjustly hounded by Senator Joe McCarthy's notorious anti-Communist witch hunts, for which the U.S. revoked his visa in 1952. A bitter and disenchanted Chaplin responded by moving his family to Switzerland, where he remained until his death in 1977. This documentary chronicles Chaplin's life and career during those so-called "forgotten years" (during which he became a prolific and highly respected film-score composer) through previously unreleased archival footage and intimate interviews with his friends and family, including his children Geraldine, Michael, and Eugene.
10.0· 2025Documentary
Age rating: Age rating…A revealing exploration of Chaplin’s Romani heritage constructed from intimate interviews, film extracts, home movies and contributions from renowned contemporary Romani artists.
Chaplin: Spirit of the Tramp
10.02025
NR· 2014Documentary
Age rating: Age rating…A new TV documentary on Chaplin that celebrates a 100 years of the iconic Tramp, presented by Laurent Delahousse.