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 My Favorite Actors/Actresses
I argued with myself over whether or not to add this page. Guess what, I decided to do it. This is just gonna be a page where I can share some of my favorites in the Movie/Theater Industry. I will try to list movies that contain the actor/actress. Like my reading, I have a broad taste in material~~~you should see our movie collection, and you think that's bad, wait till you see my choices in music. <SMILE>
Knowing myself, as I do, I'll probably end up talking about the actors/actresses, characters they play, and why I like them so much, SO PLEASE BE PATIENT. I tend to ramble when it comes to this subject. (You've probably already noticed that, haven't you.)
I may try to categorize these, but who knows. That may take up most of my time.....sheesh....how big will this site become. ;-)
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~I have to admit, one of my all-time favorite actors would have to be Charlie Chaplin. I know, silent films aren't for everyone, but when you think of the talent the people had, that were in these 'flickers', you have to admit, it showed more versatility than being able to 'speak' and be funny. There aren't many of Charlie's films I haven't seen, right now I can't think of a one I have not seen. There is one in particular that I have a hard time watching, simply because it makes me cry. Wanna take a guess as to which one it is? Well, if you guessed "The Kid", you are correct. It is so sad. Not all the way through of course, but when the 'kid' is taken away from his 'daddy', it is more than I can bear. I have seen that look on one of my grandson's face when he had to leave and didn't want to. It will rip your heart out. Of course, I have alittle say in getting to keep my grandson....hehehe...
The love that 'The Tramp' felt for his 'son', and he was his--he raised and cared and loved the boy from infantcy--any way....the love he felt for 'The Kid' was undeniable, I have read interviews where Charlie talked about Jackie Coogan, aka. the kid, and Charlie cared for Jackie almost as much as Tramp loved the Kid. That kind of interaction is evident in the movie.
Ok, I admit, Charles Spencer Chaplin was a cad. He was married and divorced many times, had numerous relationships, and there was the issue of little Carol Anne. But face it...he was a genius.~
  Below are listed some links I found interesting, and thought you might as well:
Part 1 information obtained at:
Date of birth (location)
16 April 1889
Walworth, London, England, UK
Date of death (details)
25 December 1977
Vevey, Switzerland. (natural causes)
Mini biography
Charles Chaplin's parents, Charles and Hannah Chaplin, were music hall... (show more)
Sometimes Credited As:
Ch. Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin
Sir Charles Chaplin
Filmography as: Actor, Director, Writer, Producer, Composer, Miscellaneous Crew, Editor, Himself, Archive Footage
Actor - filmography (1960s) (1950s) (1940s) (1930s) (1920s) (1910s)
Circus, The (1928) (as Charlie Chaplin) .... A Tramp Countess from Hong Kong, A (1967) .... An old steward
King in New York, A (1957) .... King Shadov Limelight (1952) .... Calvero
Monsieur Verdoux (1947) .... Henri Verdoux Great Dictator, The (1940) .... Adenoid Hynkel (dictator of Tomania)/A Jewish barber
Charlie Chaplin Carnival (1938) .... Various roles Charlie Chaplin Cavalcade (1938) .... Various roles
Charlie Chaplin Festival (1938) .... Various roles
Modern Times (1936) (as Charlie Chaplin) .... A factory worker
City Lights (1931) (as Charlie Chaplin) .... A Tramp
... aka City Lights: A Comedy Romance in Pantomime (1931) (USA)
Show People (1928) (uncredited) .... Cameo appearance Gold Rush, The (1925) .... The Lone Prospector
Woman of Paris, A (1923) (uncredited) .... Porter
Hollywood (1923) .... Cameo appearance
... aka Joligud (1923)
Souls for Sale (1923) .... Celebrity
Pilgrim, The (1923) .... The Pilgrim
Pay Day (1922/I) .... Laborer
Idle Class, The (1921) .... Tramp and Husband
... aka Vanity Fair (1921) (USA)
Nut, The (1921) (uncredited) .... Cameo appearance
Kid, The (1921) .... Tramp
Day's Pleasure, A (1919) .... Father... aka Ford Story, A (1919) (USA)
Sunnyside (1919) .... Farm handyman
Shoulder Arms (1918) .... Recruit
Triple Trouble (1918) .... The Janitor
... aka Charlie's Triple Trouble (1918) (USA)
Dog's Life, A (1918) .... Tramp
Chase Me Charlie (1918) .... Charlie
Adventurer, The (1917/I) .... The Convict
Immigrant, The (1917) .... Immigrant
... aka Broke (1917) (USA: 8mm release title (short version))
... aka Hello U.S.A. (1917) (USA)
... aka Modern Columbus, A (1917) (USA)
... aka New World, The (1917/I) (USA)
Cure, The (1917) .... The Inebriate
... aka Water Cure, The (1917) (USA)
Easy Street (1917) .... The Derelict
Rink, The (1916) .... A Waiter. Posing as Sir Cecil Seltzer
... aka Rolling Around (1916) (USA)
... aka Waiter (1916) (USA)
Behind the Screen (1916) .... David (Goliath's assistant)
... aka Pride of Hollywood, The (1916) (USA)
Essanay-Chaplin Revue of 1916, The (1916) (as Charlie Chaplin) .... The tramp
... aka Chaplin Revue of 1916, The (1916) (USA: alternative title)
Pawnshop, The (1916) .... Pawnshop assistant
... aka At the Sign of the Dollar (1916) (USA)
... aka High and Low Finance (1916) (USA)
Count, The (1916) .... Tailor's Apprentice
... aka Almost a Gentleman (1916) (USA)
One A.M. (1916) .... Drunk
... aka Solo (1916) (USA)
Vagabond, The (1916) .... Street Musician
... aka Gipsy Life (1916) (USA)
Fireman, The (1916) .... Fireman
... aka Fiery Circle, The (1916) (USA)
... aka Gallant Fireman, A (1916) (USA)
Floorwalker, The (1916) .... Tramp
... aka Shop (1916) (USA)
... aka Store, The (1916)
Burlesque on Carmen (1916) .... Darn Hosiery
... aka Charlie Chaplin's Burlesque on Carmen (1916) (USA: complete title)
Police (1916) .... Tramp
... aka Charlie in the Police (1916) (USA)
... aka Charlie the Burglar (1916)
... aka Housebreaker (1916)
Burlesque on Carmen (1915) .... Darn Hosiery
... aka Charlie Chaplin's Burlesque on Carmen (1915) (USA: complete title)
His Regeneration (1915)
Night in the Show, A (1915) .... Mr. Pest and Mr. Rowdy
... aka Charlie at the Show (1915)
... aka Night at the Show, A (1915)
Mixed Up (1915)
Shanghaied (1915) .... Tramp
... aka Charlie Shanghaied (1915) (USA)
... aka Charlie on the Ocean (1915)
... aka Charlie the Sailor (1915)
Bank, The (1915) .... Janitor
... aka Charlie Detective (1915)
... aka Charlie at the Bank (1915)
... aka Charlie in the Bank (1915) (USA)
Woman, A (1915/I) .... Gentleman/'Nora Nettlerash'
... aka Charlie the Perfect Lady (1915) (USA)
... aka Perfect Lady, The (1915)
Work (1915) .... Izzy A. Wake's assistant
... aka Charlie at Work (1915)
... aka Charlie the Decorator (1915) (USA)
... aka Only a Working Man (1915)
... aka Paperhanger, The (1915)
... aka Plumber, The (1915)
By the Sea (1915) .... Stroller
... aka Charlie by the Sea (1915) (USA)
... aka Charlie's Day Out (1915)
Tramp, The (1915) .... Tramp
... aka Charlie on the Farm (1915) (USA)
... aka Charlie the Hobo (1915)
... aka Charlie the Tramp (1915) (USA)
Jitney Elopement, A (1915) .... Suitor, the Fake Count
... aka Charlie's Elopement (1915)
... aka Married in Haste (1915)
In the Park (1915) .... Charlie
... aka Charlie in the Park (1915)
... aka Charlie on the Spree (1915)
Champion, The (1915) .... Challenger
... aka Battling Charlie (1915)
... aka Champion Charlie (1915)
... aka Charlie the Champion (1915) (USA)
Night Out, A (1915/I) .... Reveller
... aka Champagne Charlie (1915)
... aka Charlie's Drunken Daze (1915) (USA)
... aka Charlie's Night Out (1915) (USA)
... aka His Night Out (1915) (USA)
His New Job (1915) .... Film Extra
... aka Charlie's New Job (1915)
Between Showers (1914) .... Masher
... aka Charlie and the Umbrella (1914)
... aka Flirts, The (1914)
... aka In Wrong Thunder and Lightning (1914) (USA)
Busy Day, A (1914) .... Wife
... aka Busy as Can Be (1914) (USA)
... aka Lady Charlie (1914)
... aka Militant Suffragette (1914)
Caught in a Cabaret (1914) .... Waiter
... aka Charlie the Waiter (1914) (USA)
... aka Faking with Society (1914)
... aka Jazz Waiter (1914)
... aka Prime Minister Charlie (1914) (USA)
... aka Waiter, The (1914)
Caught in the Rain (1914) .... Tipsy Hotel Guest
... aka At It Again (1914)
... aka In the Park (1914) (USA: reissue title)
... aka Who Got Stung? (1914)
Face on the Bar Room Floor, The (1914) .... Artist
... aka Ham Actor, The (1914)
... aka Ham Artist, The (1914)
Fatal Mallet, The (1914) .... Suitor
... aka Hit Him Again (1914)
... aka Pile Driver, The (1914)
... aka Rival Suitors, The (1914)
Gentlemen of Nerve (1914) .... Track Fanatic
... aka Charlie at the Races (1914)
... aka Some Nerve (1914)
Her Friend the Bandit (1914) .... Bandit
... aka Mabel's Flirtation (1914)
... aka Thief Catcher, A (1914)
His Musical Career (1914) .... Piano Mover
... aka Charlie as a Piano Mover (1914) (USA)
... aka Musical Tramps (1914)
... aka Piano Movers, The (1914)
His New Profession (1914) .... Charlie
... aka Good for Nothing, The (1914/II)
... aka Helping Himself (1914)
Kid Auto Races at Venice (1914) .... Tramp
... aka Children's Automobile Race, The (1914)
... aka Kid's Auto Race (1914)
... aka Pest, The (1914) (USA)
Mabel at the Wheel (1914) .... Villain
... aka His Daredevil Queen (1914)
... aka Hot Finish, A (1914/II) (USA)
Mabel's Strange Predicament (1914) .... Tramp
... aka Hotel Mixup (1914)
Property Man, The (1914) .... The Property Man
... aka Charlie on the Boards (1914) (USA)
... aka Getting His Goat (1914)
... aka Props (1914) (USA)
... aka Rustabout, The (1914)
... aka Vamping Venus (1914)
Recreation (1914) .... Tramp
... aka Spring Fever (1914)
Those Love Pangs (1914) .... Masher
... aka Busted Hearts (1914)
... aka Oh, You Girls (1914) (USA)
... aka Rival Mashers, The (1914)
Twenty Minutes of Love (1914) .... Pickpocket
... aka Cops and Watches (1914)
... aka He Loves Her So (1914)
... aka Love-Friend (1914)
His Prehistoric Past (1914) .... Mr. Weakchin
... aka Caveman, The (1914)
... aka Dream, A (1914)
... aka Hula-Hula Dance, The (1914) (USA)
... aka King Charlie (1914)
Getting Acquainted (1914) .... Spouse
... aka Exchange Is No Robbery (1914)
... aka Fair Exchange, A (1914)
... aka Hello Everybody (1914)
Tillie's Punctured Romance (1914) .... Charlie, City Slicker
... aka For the Love of Tillie (1914)
... aka Marie's Millions (1914)
... aka Tillie's Big Romance (1914)
... aka Tillie's Nightmare (1914)
Dough and Dynamite (1914) .... Waiter
... aka Cook, The (1914)
... aka Doughnut Designer, The (1914)
... aka New Cook, The (1914)
His Trysting Place (1914) .... Husband
... aka Family Home (1914)
... aka Family House (1914)
... aka Henpecked Spouse, The (1914) (USA)
... aka His Trysting Places (1914) (USA)
... aka Ladies' Man, The (1914) (USA)
... aka Very Much Married (1914) (USA)
New Janitor, The (1914) .... Janitor
... aka Blundering Boob, The (1914)
... aka New Porter, The (1914)
... aka Porter, The (1914)
Rounders, The (1914) .... Reveller
... aka Going Down (1914) (USA)
... aka Love Thief, The (1914) (USA)
... aka Oh, What a Night (1914) (USA)
... aka Revelry (1914)
... aka Tip, Tap, Toe (1914) (USA)
... aka Two of a Kind (1914)
Masquerader, The (1914) .... Film Actor
... aka Female Impersonator, The (1914) (USA)
... aka Female, The (1914)
... aka Perfumed Lady, The (1914) (USA)
... aka Picnic, The (1914) (USA)
... aka Putting One Over (1914)
Laughing Gas (1914) .... Dentist's Assistant
... aka Busy Little Dentist (1914) (USA)
... aka Dentist, The (1914)
... aka Down and Out (1914)
... aka Laffing Gas (1914) (USA)
... aka Tuning His Ivories (1914) (USA)
Mabel's Married Life (1914) .... Mabel's Husband
... aka Squarehead, The (1914)
... aka When You're Married (1914)
Mabel's Busy Day (1914) .... Tipsy Nuisance
... aka Charlie and the Sausages (1914)
... aka Hot Dog Charlie (1914)
... aka Hot Dogs (1914)
... aka Love and Lunch (1914)
Knockout, The (1914) .... Referee
... aka Counted Out (1914)
... aka Pugilist, The (1914)
Star Boarder, The (1914/II) .... The Star Boarder
... aka Fatal Lantern, The (1914) (USA)
... aka Hash-House Hero, The (1914)
... aka In Love with His Landlady (1914)
... aka Landlady's Pet, The (1914) (USA)
Cruel, Cruel Love (1914) .... Lord Helpus
... aka Lord Helpus (1914)
His Favorite Pastime (1914) .... Drunken masher
... aka Bonehead, The (1914)
... aka Charlie Is Thirsty (1914) (USA)
... aka Charlie's Reckless Fling (1914) (USA)
... aka Reckless Fling, The (1914) (USA)
Tango Tangles (1914) .... Tipsy Dancer
... aka Charlie's Recreation (1914)
... aka Music Hall (1914)
Film Johnnie, A (1914) .... The Film Johnnie
... aka Charlie at the Studio (1914)
... aka Charlie the Actor (1914) (USA)
... aka Film Johnny (1914) (UK)
... aka Million Dollar Job (1914)
... aka Movie Nut (1914)
Making a Living (1914) .... Swindler
... aka Busted Johnny, A (1914)
... aka Doing His Best (1914)
... aka Take My Picture (1914) (USA)
... aka Troubles (1914)
Filmography as: Actor, Director, Writer, Producer, Composer, Miscellaneous Crew, Editor, Himself, Archive Footage
Director - filmography (1960s) (1950s) (1940s) (1930s) (1920s) (1910s)
Circus, The (1928) (as Charlie Chaplin) Countess from Hong Kong, A (1967)
Chaplin Revue, The (1959) King in New York, A (1957)
Limelight (1952)
Monsieur Verdoux (1947) Great Dictator, The (1940)
Charlie Chaplin Carnival (1938) Charlie Chaplin Cavalcade (1938)
Charlie Chaplin Festival (1938)
Modern Times (1936) (as Charlie Chaplin)
City Lights (1931)
... aka City Lights: A Comedy Romance in Pantomime (1931) (USA)
Gold Rush, The (1925) Woman of Paris, A (1923)
Pilgrim, The (1923) (uncredited)
Pay Day (1922/I)
Idle Class, The (1921)
... aka Vanity Fair (1921) (USA)
Kid, The (1921)
Day's Pleasure, A (1919) ... aka Ford Story, A (1919) (USA)
Sunnyside (1919)
Shoulder Arms (1918)
Bond, The (1918)
... aka Charlie Chaplin in a Liberty Loan Appeal (1918)
Triple Trouble (1918)
... aka Charlie's Triple Trouble (1918) (USA)
Dog's Life, A (1918)
Chase Me Charlie (1918)
Adventurer, The (1917/I) (uncredited)
Immigrant, The (1917) (uncredited)
... aka Broke (1917) (USA: 8mm release title (short version))
... aka Hello U.S.A. (1917) (USA)
... aka Modern Columbus, A (1917) (USA)
... aka New World, The (1917/I) (USA)
Cure, The (1917) (uncredited)
... aka Water Cure, The (1917) (USA)
Easy Street (1917) (uncredited)
Rink, The (1916)
... aka Rolling Around (1916) (USA)
... aka Waiter (1916) (USA)
Behind the Screen (1916)
... aka Pride of Hollywood, The (1916) (USA)
Pawnshop, The (1916)
... aka At the Sign of the Dollar (1916) (USA)
... aka High and Low Finance (1916) (USA)
Count, The (1916) (uncredited)
... aka Almost a Gentleman (1916) (USA)
One A.M. (1916)
... aka Solo (1916) (USA)
Vagabond, The (1916)
... aka Gipsy Life (1916) (USA)
Fireman, The (1916)
... aka Fiery Circle, The (1916) (USA)
... aka Gallant Fireman, A (1916) (USA)
Floorwalker, The (1916)
... aka Shop (1916) (USA)
... aka Store, The (1916)
Burlesque on Carmen (1916)
... aka Charlie Chaplin's Burlesque on Carmen (1916) (USA: complete title)
Police (1916)
... aka Charlie in the Police (1916) (USA)
... aka Charlie the Burglar (1916)
... aka Housebreaker (1916)
Burlesque on Carmen (1915)
... aka Charlie Chaplin's Burlesque on Carmen (1915) (USA: complete title)
Night in the Show, A (1915)
... aka Charlie at the Show (1915)
... aka Night at the Show, A (1915)
Shanghaied (1915)
... aka Charlie Shanghaied (1915) (USA)
... aka Charlie on the Ocean (1915)
... aka Charlie the Sailor (1915)
Bank, The (1915)
... aka Charlie Detective (1915)
... aka Charlie at the Bank (1915)
... aka Charlie in the Bank (1915) (USA)
Woman, A (1915/I)
... aka Charlie the Perfect Lady (1915) (USA)
... aka Perfect Lady, The (1915)
Work (1915)
... aka Charlie at Work (1915)
... aka Charlie the Decorator (1915) (USA)
... aka Only a Working Man (1915)
... aka Paperhanger, The (1915)
... aka Plumber, The (1915)
By the Sea (1915)
... aka Charlie by the Sea (1915) (USA)
... aka Charlie's Day Out (1915)
Tramp, The (1915)
... aka Charlie on the Farm (1915) (USA)
... aka Charlie the Hobo (1915)
... aka Charlie the Tramp (1915) (USA)
Jitney Elopement, A (1915)
... aka Charlie's Elopement (1915)
... aka Married in Haste (1915)
In the Park (1915)
... aka Charlie in the Park (1915)
... aka Charlie on the Spree (1915)
Champion, The (1915)
... aka Battling Charlie (1915)
... aka Champion Charlie (1915)
... aka Charlie the Champion (1915) (USA)
Night Out, A (1915/I)
... aka Champagne Charlie (1915)
... aka Charlie's Drunken Daze (1915) (USA)
... aka Charlie's Night Out (1915) (USA)
... aka His Night Out (1915) (USA)
His New Job (1915)
... aka Charlie's New Job (1915)
Busy Day, A (1914)
... aka Busy as Can Be (1914) (USA)
... aka Lady Charlie (1914)
... aka Militant Suffragette (1914)
Caught in the Rain (1914)
... aka At It Again (1914)
... aka In the Park (1914) (USA: reissue title)
... aka Who Got Stung? (1914)
Face on the Bar Room Floor, The (1914)
... aka Ham Actor, The (1914)
... aka Ham Artist, The (1914)
Gentlemen of Nerve (1914)
... aka Charlie at the Races (1914)
... aka Some Nerve (1914)
Her Friend the Bandit (1914)
... aka Mabel's Flirtation (1914)
... aka Thief Catcher, A (1914)
His Musical Career (1914)
... aka Charlie as a Piano Mover (1914) (USA)
... aka Musical Tramps (1914)
... aka Piano Movers, The (1914)
His New Profession (1914)
... aka Good for Nothing, The (1914/II)
... aka Helping Himself (1914)
Mabel's Strange Predicament (1914)
... aka Hotel Mixup (1914)
Property Man, The (1914)
... aka Charlie on the Boards (1914) (USA)
... aka Getting His Goat (1914)
... aka Props (1914) (USA)
... aka Rustabout, The (1914)
... aka Vamping Venus (1914)
Recreation (1914)
... aka Spring Fever (1914)
Those Love Pangs (1914)
... aka Busted Hearts (1914)
... aka Oh, You Girls (1914) (USA)
... aka Rival Mashers, The (1914)
Twenty Minutes of Love (1914)
... aka Cops and Watches (1914)
... aka He Loves Her So (1914)
... aka Love-Friend (1914)
His Prehistoric Past (1914)
... aka Caveman, The (1914)
... aka Dream, A (1914)
... aka Hula-Hula Dance, The (1914) (USA)
... aka King Charlie (1914)
Getting Acquainted (1914)
... aka Exchange Is No Robbery (1914)
... aka Fair Exchange, A (1914)
... aka Hello Everybody (1914)
Dough and Dynamite (1914)
... aka Cook, The (1914)
... aka Doughnut Designer, The (1914)
... aka New Cook, The (1914)
His Trysting Place (1914)
... aka Family Home (1914)
... aka Family House (1914)
... aka Henpecked Spouse, The (1914) (USA)
... aka His Trysting Places (1914) (USA)
... aka Ladies' Man, The (1914) (USA)
... aka Very Much Married (1914) (USA)
New Janitor, The (1914)
... aka Blundering Boob, The (1914)
... aka New Porter, The (1914)
... aka Porter, The (1914)
Rounders, The (1914)
... aka Going Down (1914) (USA)
... aka Love Thief, The (1914) (USA)
... aka Oh, What a Night (1914) (USA)
... aka Revelry (1914)
... aka Tip, Tap, Toe (1914) (USA)
... aka Two of a Kind (1914)
Masquerader, The (1914)
... aka Female Impersonator, The (1914) (USA)
... aka Female, The (1914)
... aka Perfumed Lady, The (1914) (USA)
... aka Picnic, The (1914) (USA)
... aka Putting One Over (1914)
Laughing Gas (1914)
... aka Busy Little Dentist (1914) (USA)
... aka Dentist, The (1914)
... aka Down and Out (1914)
... aka Laffing Gas (1914) (USA)
... aka Tuning His Ivories (1914) (USA)
Mabel's Married Life (1914)
... aka Squarehead, The (1914)
... aka When You're Married (1914)
Filmography as: Actor, Director, Writer, Producer, Composer, Miscellaneous Crew, Editor, Himself, Archive Footage
Writer - filmography (1990s) (1960s) (1950s) (1940s) (1930s) (1920s) (1910s)
Chaplin (1992) (book My Autobiography) ... aka Charlot (1992) (Italy)
Circus, The (1928) (written by) (as Charlie Chaplin) Countess from Hong Kong, A (1967)
Chaplin Revue, The (1959) King in New York, A (1957)
Limelight (1952)
Monsieur Verdoux (1947) Great Dictator, The (1940)
Charlie Chaplin Cavalcade (1938) Charlie Chaplin Festival (1938)
Modern Times (1936) (as Charlie Chaplin)
City Lights (1931)
... aka City Lights: A Comedy Romance in Pantomime (1931) (USA)
Gold Rush, The (1925) Woman of Paris, A (1923)
Pilgrim, The (1923)
Pay Day (1922/I)
Idle Class, The (1921)
... aka Vanity Fair (1921) (USA)
Kid, The (1921)
Day's Pleasure, A (1919) ... aka Ford Story, A (1919) (USA)
Sunnyside (1919)
Shoulder Arms (1918)
Bond, The (1918)
... aka Charlie Chaplin in a Liberty Loan Appeal (1918)
Triple Trouble (1918) (also story)
... aka Charlie's Triple Trouble (1918) (USA)
Dog's Life, A (1918)
Chase Me Charlie (1918) (scenario)
Adventurer, The (1917/I) (also story) (uncredited)
Immigrant, The (1917) (uncredited)
... aka Broke (1917) (USA: 8mm release title (short version))
... aka Hello U.S.A. (1917) (USA)
... aka Modern Columbus, A (1917) (USA)
... aka New World, The (1917/I) (USA)
Cure, The (1917) (also story) (uncredited)
... aka Water Cure, The (1917) (USA)
Easy Street (1917) (also story) (uncredited)
Rink, The (1916)
... aka Rolling Around (1916) (USA)
... aka Waiter (1916) (USA)
Behind the Screen (1916)
... aka Pride of Hollywood, The (1916) (USA)
Pawnshop, The (1916)
... aka At the Sign of the Dollar (1916) (USA)
... aka High and Low Finance (1916) (USA)
Count, The (1916) (uncredited)
... aka Almost a Gentleman (1916) (USA)
One A.M. (1916)
... aka Solo (1916) (USA)
Vagabond, The (1916)
... aka Gipsy Life (1916) (USA)
Fireman, The (1916)
... aka Fiery Circle, The (1916) (USA)
... aka Gallant Fireman, A (1916) (USA)
Floorwalker, The (1916)
... aka Shop (1916) (USA)
... aka Store, The (1916)
Burlesque on Carmen (1916)
... aka Charlie Chaplin's Burlesque on Carmen (1916) (USA: complete title)
Police (1916)
... aka Charlie in the Police (1916) (USA)
... aka Charlie the Burglar (1916)
... aka Housebreaker (1916)
Night in the Show, A (1915)
... aka Charlie at the Show (1915)
... aka Night at the Show, A (1915)
Shanghaied (1915)
... aka Charlie Shanghaied (1915) (USA)
... aka Charlie on the Ocean (1915)
... aka Charlie the Sailor (1915)
Bank, The (1915)
... aka Charlie Detective (1915)
... aka Charlie at the Bank (1915)
... aka Charlie in the Bank (1915) (USA)
Woman, A (1915/I)
... aka Charlie the Perfect Lady (1915) (USA)
... aka Perfect Lady, The (1915)
Work (1915)
... aka Charlie at Work (1915)
... aka Charlie the Decorator (1915) (USA)
... aka Only a Working Man (1915)
... aka Paperhanger, The (1915)
... aka Plumber, The (1915)
By the Sea (1915)
... aka Charlie by the Sea (1915) (USA)
... aka Charlie's Day Out (1915)
Tramp, The (1915)
... aka Charlie on the Farm (1915) (USA)
... aka Charlie the Hobo (1915)
... aka Charlie the Tramp (1915) (USA)
Jitney Elopement, A (1915)
... aka Charlie's Elopement (1915)
... aka Married in Haste (1915)
In the Park (1915)
... aka Charlie in the Park (1915)
... aka Charlie on the Spree (1915)
Champion, The (1915)
... aka Battling Charlie (1915)
... aka Champion Charlie (1915)
... aka Charlie the Champion (1915) (USA)
Night Out, A (1915/I)
... aka Champagne Charlie (1915)
... aka Charlie's Drunken Daze (1915) (USA)
... aka Charlie's Night Out (1915) (USA)
... aka His Night Out (1915) (USA)
His New Job (1915)
... aka Charlie's New Job (1915)
His Prehistoric Past (1914)
... aka Caveman, The (1914)
... aka Dream, A (1914)
... aka Hula-Hula Dance, The (1914) (USA)
... aka King Charlie (1914)
Getting Acquainted (1914)
... aka Exchange Is No Robbery (1914)
... aka Fair Exchange, A (1914)
... aka Hello Everybody (1914)
Dough and Dynamite (1914) (uncredited)
... aka Cook, The (1914)
... aka Doughnut Designer, The (1914)
... aka New Cook, The (1914)
His Trysting Place (1914)
... aka Family Home (1914)
... aka Family House (1914)
... aka Henpecked Spouse, The (1914) (USA)
... aka His Trysting Places (1914) (USA)
... aka Ladies' Man, The (1914) (USA)
... aka Very Much Married (1914) (USA)
Rounders, The (1914)
... aka Going Down (1914) (USA)
... aka Love Thief, The (1914) (USA)
... aka Oh, What a Night (1914) (USA)
... aka Revelry (1914)
... aka Tip, Tap, Toe (1914) (USA)
... aka Two of a Kind (1914)
Masquerader, The (1914)
... aka Female Impersonator, The (1914) (USA)
... aka Female, The (1914)
... aka Perfumed Lady, The (1914) (USA)
... aka Picnic, The (1914) (USA)
... aka Putting One Over (1914)
Mabel's Married Life (1914)
... aka Squarehead, The (1914)
... aka When You're Married (1914)
Filmography as: Actor, Director, Writer, Producer, Composer, Miscellaneous Crew, Editor, Himself, Archive Footage
Producer - filmography (1960s) (1950s) (1940s) (1930s) (1920s) (1910s)
Circus, The (1928) (producer) (as Charlie Chaplin) Countess from Hong Kong, A (1967) (producer)
Chaplin Revue, The (1959) (producer) King in New York, A (1957) (producer) (uncredited)
Limelight (1952) (producer) (uncredited)
Monsieur Verdoux (1947) (producer) Great Dictator, The (1940) (producer)
Charlie Chaplin Carnival (1938) (producer) Charlie Chaplin Cavalcade (1938) (producer)
Modern Times (1936) (producer) (uncredited)
City Lights (1931) (producer) (uncredited)
... aka City Lights: A Comedy Romance in Pantomime (1931) (USA)
Woman of the Sea, A (1926) (producer) ... aka Sea Gull, The (1926) (USA: alternative title)
... aka Woman by the Sea, A (1926) (USA)
Gold Rush, The (1925) (producer) (uncredited)
Woman of Paris, A (1923) (producer)
Pilgrim, The (1923) (producer)
Pay Day (1922/I) (producer)
Idle Class, The (1921) (producer) (as Charlie Chaplin)
... aka Vanity Fair (1921) (USA)
Kid, The (1921) (producer)
Day's Pleasure, A (1919) (producer) ... aka Ford Story, A (1919) (USA)
Shoulder Arms (1918) (producer)
Bond, The (1918) (producer)
... aka Charlie Chaplin in a Liberty Loan Appeal (1918)
Dog's Life, A (1918) (producer)
Adventurer, The (1917/I) (producer) (uncredited)
Immigrant, The (1917) (producer) (uncredited)
... aka Broke (1917) (USA: 8mm release title (short version))
... aka Hello U.S.A. (1917) (USA)
... aka Modern Columbus, A (1917) (USA)
... aka New World, The (1917/I) (USA)
Cure, The (1917) (producer) (uncredited)
... aka Water Cure, The (1917) (USA)
Easy Street (1917) (producer) (uncredited)
Rink, The (1916) (producer)
... aka Rolling Around (1916) (USA)
... aka Waiter (1916) (USA)
Behind the Screen (1916) (producer)
... aka Pride of Hollywood, The (1916) (USA)
Pawnshop, The (1916) (producer)
... aka At the Sign of the Dollar (1916) (USA)
... aka High and Low Finance (1916) (USA)
Count, The (1916) (producer) (uncredited)
... aka Almost a Gentleman (1916) (USA)
One A.M. (1916) (producer)
... aka Solo (1916) (USA)
Vagabond, The (1916) (producer)
... aka Gipsy Life (1916) (USA)
Fireman, The (1916) (producer)
... aka Fiery Circle, The (1916) (USA)
... aka Gallant Fireman, A (1916) (USA)
Floorwalker, The (1916) (producer)
... aka Shop (1916) (USA)
... aka Store, The (1916)
Filmography as: Actor, Director, Writer, Producer, Composer, Miscellaneous Crew, Editor, Himself, Archive Footage
Composer - filmography (2000s) (1990s) (1980s) (1970s) (1960s) (1950s) (1940s) (1930s) (1920s) (1910s)
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin (2003) Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush (2003) (TV)
Charlie Chaplin - Les années suisses (2003) (TV)
... aka Charlie Chaplin: The Forgotten Years (2003) (TV) (International: English title)
Hope Floats (1998) (song "Smile") Pokhorony Stalina (1990) (as Ch. Chaplin)
... aka Stalin's Funeral (1990)
Chapliniana (1987) (TV) Something to Celebrate (1983) (uncredited)
... aka Il faut fêter ça! (1983) (Canada: French title)
Unknown Chaplin (1980) (TV) (title theme from "The Kid (1921)")
Gentleman Tramp, The (1975) Smile (1975)
Circus, The (1928) (composed in 1969) (as Charlie Chaplin) Countess from Hong Kong, A (1967)
Chaplin Revue, The (1959) King in New York, A (1957)
Limelight (1952)
Monsieur Verdoux (1947) Great Dictator, The (1940) (uncredited)
Modern Times (1936) (as Charlie Chaplin) City Lights (1931)
... aka City Lights: A Comedy Romance in Pantomime (1931) (USA)
Gold Rush, The (1925) (1942 version) Woman of Paris, A (1923) (composed in 1976)
Pay Day (1922/I) (composed in 1971)
Idle Class, The (1921) (composed in 1971)
... aka Vanity Fair (1921) (USA)
Kid, The (1921) (composed in 1971)
Day's Pleasure, A (1919) (composed for reissue) ... aka Ford Story, A (1919) (USA)
Sunnyside (1919) (composed for reissue)
Shoulder Arms (1918) (composed in 1957 for "Chaplin Revue, The")
Dog's Life, A (1918) (composed in 1957 for "Chaplin Revue, The (1957)")
Filmography as: Actor, Director, Writer, Producer, Composer, Miscellaneous Crew, Editor, Himself, Archive Footage
Miscellaneous Crew - filmography (1960s) (1950s) (1920s)
Circus, The (1928) (singer: title music) (1969) (as Charlie Chaplin) Chaplin Revue, The (1959) (lyricist: "Bound for Texas") Limelight (1952) (choreographer) (music arranger)
Woman of the Sea, A (1926) (additional scenes) ... aka Sea Gull, The (1926) (USA: alternative title)
... aka Woman by the Sea, A (1926) (USA)
Filmography as: Actor, Director, Writer, Producer, Composer, Miscellaneous Crew, Editor, Himself, Archive Footage
Editor - filmography (1960s) (1930s) (1920s)
Circus, The (1928) (uncredited) City Lights (1931) (uncredited) ... aka City Lights: A Comedy Romance in Pantomime (1931) (USA)
Gold Rush, The (1925) (uncredited) Filmography as: Actor, Director, Writer, Producer, Composer, Miscellaneous Crew, Editor, Himself, Archive Footage
Himself - filmography (1990s) (1980s) (1970s) (1950s) (1940s) (1930s) (1920s) (1910s)
"Biography of the Millenium: 100 People - 1000 Years" (1999) (mini) TV Series .... Himself (# 95) Charlie Chaplin: A Tramp's Life (1997) (TV) .... Himself
Unknown Chaplin (1980) (TV) .... Himself, in Out-TakesWien-Film (1976) .... Himself Chaplinesque, My Life and Hard Times (1972) .... Himself
... aka Eternal Tramp, The (1992) (USA: video title)
44th Annual Academy Awards, The (1972) (TV) .... Himself - Honorary Award Recipient
Screen Snapshots: Spike Jones in Hollywood (1953) .... Himself Herrliche Zeiten (1950) .... Himself
... aka Wonderful Times (1951) (USA)
Picture People No. 3: Hobbies of the Stars (1941) .... HimselfMarch of Time: The Movies Move On (1939) (as Charlie Chaplin) .... Himself Film Parade, The (1933) (as Charlie Chaplin) .... Archive Footage, 'The Champion' (1910)
... aka March of the Movies (1933) (USA)
Hollywood on Parade (1932/II) .... Himself
Movie Album, The (1931) .... Himself
Screen Snapshots (1926) .... HimselfBond, The (1918) .... Himself... aka Charlie Chaplin in a Liberty Loan Appeal (1918)
Filmography as: Actor, Director, Writer, Producer, Composer, Miscellaneous Crew, Editor, Himself, Archive Footage
Archive Footage Cecil B. DeMille: American Epic (2004) (TV) .... Himself
Chaplin Today: The Circus (2003) (TV)
Chaplin Today: Monsieur Verdoux (2003) (TV)
Chaplin Today: The Kid (2003) (TV)
Chaplin Today: A Woman of Paris (2003) (TV) .... Himself
Chaplin Today: City Lights (2003) (TV)
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin (2003) .... Himself
Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush (2003) (TV)
Chaplin Today: Modern Times (2003) (TV)
Charlie Chaplin - Les années suisses (2003) (TV) .... Himself
Chaplin Today: Limelight (2002) (TV)
Tramp and the Dictator, The (2002) (uncredited) .... Himself
Captured on Film: The True Story of Marion Davies (2001) (TV) (uncredited) .... Himself
Without Lying Down: Frances Marion and the Power of Women in Hollywood (2000) (TV) (uncredited) .... Himself
A&E Biography: Sophia Loren - Actress Italian Style (1999) (TV) .... Himself
Star Power: The Creation of United Artists (1998) (V) .... Himself
Birth of a Nation (1997) .... Himself
Mary Pickford: A Life on Film (1997) (uncredited) .... Himself (with Pickford, Fairbanks, Griffith)
Judy Garland's Hollywood (1997) (V)
Sports on the Silver Screen (1997) (TV) (uncredited) .... Himself
Roaring Twenties, The (1996) (V) (uncredited) .... Himself ('The Little Tramp' character)
Chaplin's Goliath (1996) .... Himself
"Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century, The" (1996) (mini) (uncredited) .... Himself
Casting Couch, The (1995) (V)
Celluloid Closet, The (1995) (uncredited) .... David, Goliath's assistant
Oscar's Greatest Moments (1992) (V) .... Himself
Chaplin (1992) (uncredited) .... The Little Tramp/Adenoid Hynkel/A Jewish Barber
"Only In Hollywood" (1991) .... Himself
Hollywood Sex Symbols (1988) (V)
Secret Life of Sergei Eisenstein, The (1987) .... Himself (waves at fans)
Hollywood Outtakes (1984) .... Himself
Zelig (1983) (uncredited) .... Himself
Ken Murray Shooting Stars (1979) .... Himself
Hitler - eine Karriere (1977) .... Himself
It's Showtime (1976)
Gentleman Tramp, The (1975) .... Himself
Brother, Can You Spare a Dime? (1975) .... Himself
Funniest Man in the World, The (1969)
Chaplin's Art of Comedy (1966)
Big Parade of Comedy, The (1964) (uncredited)
30 Years of Fun (1963)
Nickelodeon Days (1962)
Days of Thrills and Laughter (1961) (as Charlie Chaplin)
When Comedy Was King (1960) (as Charlie Chaplin)
Chaplin Revue, The (1959) .... Narrator/Various
Memories of Famous Hollywood Comedians (1952) (as Charlie Chaplin) .... Himself
Fifty Years Before Your Eyes (1950) .... Himself
Screen Snapshots No. 8: Looking Back (1946) (as Charlie Chaplin) .... Himself
Ewige Jude, Der (1940) .... Himself (1931)
Part 2 information obtained at:
 The TrampCharles Spencer Chaplin was born in London, England, on April 16th 1889. His father was a versatile vocalist and actor ; and his mother, known under the stage name of Lily Harley, was an attractive actress and singer, who gained a reputation for her work in the light opera field. Charlie was thrown on his own resources before he reached the age of ten as the early death of his father and the subsequent illness of his mother made it necessary for Charlie and his brother, Sydney, to fend for themselves. Having inherited natural talents from their parents, the youngsters took to the stage as the best opportunity for a career. Charlie made his professional debut as a member of a juvenile group called "The Eight Lancashire Lads" and rapidly won popular favour as an outstanding tap dancer.
When he was about fourteen, he got his first chance to act in a legitimate stage show, and appeared as "Billy" the page boy, in support of William Gillette in "Sherlock Holmes". At the close of this engagement, Charlie started a career as a comedian in vaudeville, which eventually took him to the United States in 1910 as a featured player with the Fred Karno Repertoire Company. He scored an immediate hit with American audiences, particularly with his characterization in a sketch entitled "A Night in an English Music Hall". When the Fred Karno troupe returned to the United States in the fall of 1912 for a repeat tour, Chaplin was offered a motion picture contract. He finally agreed to appear before the cameras at the expiration of his vaudeville commitments in November 1913 ; and his entrance in the cinema world took place that month when he joined Mack Sennett and the Keystone Film Company. His initial salary was $150 a week, but his overnight success on the screen spurred other producers to start negotiations for his services. At the completion of his Sennett contract, Chaplin moved on to the Essanay Company (1915) at a large increase. Sydney Chaplin had then arrived from England, and took his brother’s place with Keystone as their leading comedian.
The following year Charlie was even more in demand and signed with the Mutual Film Corporation for a much larger sum to make 12 two-reel comedies. These include "The Floorwalker", "The Fireman", "The Vagabond", "One A.M." (a production in which he was the only character for the entire two reels with the exception of the entrance of a cab driver in the opening scene), "The Count", "The Pawnshop", "Behind the Screen", "The Rink", "Easy Street" (heralded as his greatest production up to that time), "The Cure", "The Immigrant" and "The Adventurer".
When his contract with Mutual expired in 1917, Chaplin decided to become an independent producer in a desire for more freedom and greater leisure in making his movies. To that end, he busied himself with the construction of his own studios. This plant was situated in the heart of the residential section of Hollywood at La Brea Avenue. Early in 1918, Chaplin entered into an agreement with First National Exhibitors’ Circuit, a new organization specially formed to exploit his pictures. His first film under this new deal was "A Dog’s Life". After this production, he turned his attention to a national tour on behalf of the war effort, following which he made a film the US government used to popularize the Liberty Loan drive : "The Bond". His next commercial venture was the production of a comedy dealing with the war. "Shoulder Arms", released in 1918 at a most opportune time, proved a veritable mirthquake at the box office and added enormously to Chaplin’s popularity. This he followed with "Sunnyside" and "A Day’s Pleasure", both released in 1919.
In April of that year, Chaplin joined with Mary Pickford, Douglas Fairbanks and D.W. Griffith to found the United Artists Corporation. B.B. Hampton, in his "History of the Movies" says : "The corporation was organized as a distributor, each of the artists retaining entire control of his or her respective producing activities, delivering to United Artists the completed pictures for distribution on the same general plan they would have followed with a distributing organization which they did not own. The stock of United Artists was divided equally among the founders. This arrangement introduced a new method into the industry. Heretofore, producers and distributors had been the employers, paying salaries and sometimes a share of the profits to the stars. Under the United Artists system, the stars became their own employers. They had to do their own financing, but they received the producer profits that had formerly gone to their employers and each received his share of the profits of the distributing organization."
However, before he could assume his responsibilities with United Artists, Chaplin had to complete his contract with First National. So early in 1921, he came out with a six-reel masterpiece, "The Kid", in which he introduced to the screen one of the greatest child actors the world has ever known - Jackie Coogan. The next year, he produced "The Idle Class", in which he portrayed a dual character. Then, feeling the need of a complete rest from his motion picture activities, Chaplin sailed for Europe in September 1921. London, Paris, Berlin and other capitals on the continent gave him tumultuous receptions. After an extended vacation, Chaplin returned to Hollywood to resume his picture work and start his active association with United Artists.
Under his arrangement with U.A., Chaplin made eight pictures, each of feature length, in the following order : "Woman Of Paris" (1923) which he wrote, directed and produced, but in which he only appeared in a cameo role and gave the limelight to Edna Purviance and Adolphe Menjou ; "Gold Rush" (1925) ; "Circus" (1928) ; "City Lights" (1931) ; "Modern Times" (1936) ; "The Great Dictator" (1940), in which he played a dual role and talked on the screen for the first time ; "Monsieur Verdoux" (1947) in which the public saw a new Chaplin, minus his traditional moustache, baggy trousers and wobbly cane ; and "Limelight" (1952) . In 1957, he released his comedy "A King in New York" which Chaplin wrote, acted in and directed, as well as composing the music, and in 1966 he produced his last picture "A Countess from Hong Kong" for Universal Pictures, starring Sophia Loren and Marlon Brando.
Chaplin’s versatility extended to writing, music and sports. He was the author of at least four books, "My Trip Abroad", "A Comedian Sees the World", "My Autobiography", "My Life in Pictures" as well as all of his scripts. An accomplished musician, though self-taught, he played a variety of instruments with equal skill and facility (playing violin and cello left-handed). He was also a composer, having written and published many songs, among them : "Sing a Song" ; "With You Dear in Bombay" ; and "There’s Always One You Can’t Forget", "Smile", "Eternally", "You are My Song", as well as the soundtracks for all his films.
Charles Chaplin was one of the rare comedians who not only financed and produced all his films (with the exception of "A Countess from Hong Kong"), but was the author, actor, director and soundtrack composer of them as well.
He died on Christmas day 1977, survived by eight children from his last marriage with Oona O’Neill, and one son from his short marriage to Lita Grey.
  Sir Charles Chaplin Charles and his brother, Sydney
Read about the "Charlie Chaplin FBI File".
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~Now this brings me to another favorite of mine...I know, I know, you're probably tired of reading by now, but while you're here why not go on and read some more. <SMILE>~
Robert Downey, Jr.
 Photo found at: RDJ Fan site
(following information found at:
"I could be known as the guy who destroyed Chaplin.
Or from now on, known only as the guy who played Chaplin."
- ROBERT DOWNEY JR, 1992
DID YOU KNOW....?
Universal Pictures orginally owned the film, but refused to 'green-light' the project with Robert in the lead. Tri-Star later snagged it
Robert won over in the audition process by doing something no one had asked for - improvising a scene as Chaplin as an older man
Robert won the role over numerous actors including - Billy Crystal, Robin Williams, Matthew Broderick & Emilio Estevez
Robert knew little about Chaplin before signing onto the film. He ended up studying everything he could, and going through tons of training (including learning how to play tennis left handed - since Chaplin was left handed)
Robert prepared for this role, for almost a year. He watched all of Chaplin's films, read every book possible, and studied Chaplin's voice and mannerisms through newsreel footage and documentaries. He was also trained by a mime expert and changed his whole posture in order to become the Little Tramp
In his research, Robert was given full run of the Museum of the Moving Image in London, England. He tried on Chaplin's coat and boots from The Great Dictator, and when trying on Chaplin's coat from City Lights, he found (and kept) a cigar stub he found in the jacket's pocket
DIRECTOR, RICHARD ATTENBOROUGH ON THE TYPE OF ACTOR HE NEEDED FOR THE ROLE OF CHAPLIN
"I was looking for an actor, in his 20s, who was young enough to come down to play Charlie in his late teens but also had the skill to take that age up to 50, 60, 70 and 80.."
"He had to be romantic, good looking, a wonderful actor, charismatic, a ballet dancer practically, somebody who could move with the most exquisite grace and could play humor..."
"without the right actor, we had no movie because Chaplin is the movie. People thought that all we needed was someone who could twirl a cane and impersonate the Little Tramp walk. The fact is, an actor worth his salt can do that."
"What we were seeking was a talent that was far more multifaceted and, if it did exist, extremely rare, perhaps unique."
WHY HE CHOSE ROBERT...
"Robert Downey captured the essence. It's not only that they look alike, he moves in the same way. He has the grace, the romance and the beauty that I remember so vividly. I find it just incredible."
Sources:
- US Magazine
- GQ
- Chaplin Press kit
- Born on April 4, 1965 in New York City
- His middle name is John
- Original last name was Elias until his father had changed it
- His parents are, Robert Downey Sr., and Elsie Ford (divorced)
- Has one sister, Allyson (18 months older)
- While growing up, lived in places such as.. Greenwich Villiage, England, New Mexico, Connecticut, and Woodstock NY
- His debut role at age 5 (playing a puppy) was in his father's movie, Pound
- Attended Santa Monica High, but never graduated
- Was an SNL castmember for the 85-86 season (alongside Anthony Michael Hall)
- Once worked as a waiter in New York and once served peppermint tea to Sting ;-)
- Met Sarah Jessica Parker on the set of Firstborn when they were both 18
- Was involved with Parker for seven years
- Married Deborah Falconer (in her mother's backyard in Walnut Creek, California) in May of 1992 after only dating for six weeks
- Nominated for a Golden Globe, and an Oscar for his role in, Chaplin
- Won a British Academy Award for his role in, Chaplin
- Recorded a song for the Chaplin soundtrack entitled 'Smile'
- In September 1993, his son Indio was born
- Anthony Michael Hall is Indio's godfather
- Is currently separated from Deborah Falconer
- Won a Golden Globe for his role as Larry Paul on Ally McBeal in 2001
- Won a Screen Actors Guild Award for his role as Larry Paul on Ally McBeal
- Recorded two songs for the Ally McBeal Christmas album, A Very Ally Chirstmas- 'River' and 'White Chirstmas'
- Recorded three songs for the Ally McBeal soundtrack album, For Once In My Life- 'Chances Are','Every Breath You Take', and 'Snakes'
- Wrote and performed 'Snakes' which he first publically played sans lyrics at the end of Two Girls and a Guy
- Is currently nominated for an Emmy for his role as Larry Paul on Ally McBeal
- Starred in Elton John's video "I Want Love"
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~On to another of my favorites. My children think I should have listed this one first, as I have been a fan of him for a very long time. My first introduction to this fine actor was when I was a young girl. I was lucky enough to see a James Bond movie at a local theater, and I was hooked.
For those who have not guessed, I am refering to the one and only....
 Now I'm not saying that there haven't been fine actors play this role. Some of them I'm very fond of also, but Sir Sean is by far (in my eyes) the one that will always be 007 to me. I can talk for hours on this man. I have seen every movie, interview, or appearence I could get my hands on. Not to mention I've read as much too. But I won't do that here. Let's just say, "I love this man for his brilliance-and he isn't bad to look at either." If you wanna talk about Sir Sean, please contact me, I'd love it.~
 Information below found at:  Date of birth (location)
25 August 1930
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland, UK
Mini biography
Sean Connery found fame and fortune as the suave, sophisticated British agent
Sometimes Credited As:
Sir Sean Connery
*Filmography as: Actor, Producer, Director, Himself, Archive Footage, Notable TV Guest Appearances
Actor - filmography (In Production) (2000s) (1990s) (1980s) (1970s) (1960s) (1950s)
Josiah's Canon (2005) (announced) League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, The (2003) .... Allan Quatermain... aka LXG (2003) (USA: promotional abbreviation)
... aka League, The (2003) (USA: promotional title)
... aka Liga der außergewöhnlichen Gentlemen, Die (2003) (Germany)
Finding Forrester (2000) .... William Forrester
Entrapment (1999) .... Robert MacDougal... aka Verlockende Falle (1999) (Germany)
Playing by Heart (1998) .... Paul
... aka Intermedia (1998) (Canada: English title)
Avengers, The (1998) .... Sir August de Wynter
Rock, The (1996) .... John Patrick Mason
Dragonheart (1996) (voice) .... Draco
First Knight (1995) .... King Arthur
Just Cause (1995) .... Paul Armstrong
Good Man in Africa, A (1994) .... Dr. Alex Murray
Rising Sun (1993) .... Capt. John Connor
Medicine Man (1992) .... Dr. Robert Campbell
... aka Last Days of Eden, The (1992)
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991) (uncredited) .... King Richard
Highlander II: The Quickening (1991) .... Juan Sánchez Villa-Lobos Ramírez
... aka Highlander II: The Renegade Version (1991) (UK: director's cut) (USA: video title (director's cut))
... aka Highlander - Le retour (1991) (France)
Russia House, The (1990) .... Bartholomew 'Barley' Scott Blair
Hunt for Red October, The (1990) .... Captain Marko Ramius
Family Business (1989) .... Jessie McMullen Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989) .... Professor Henry Jones
Presidio, The (1988) .... Lt. Col. Alan Caldwell
... aka Presidio: The Scene of the Crime, The (1988) (UK)
Untouchables, The (1987) .... Jim Malone
Name der Rose, Der (1986) .... William of Baskerville
... aka Name of the Rose, The (1986) (USA)
... aka Nom de la rose, Le (1986) (France)
... aka Nome della rosa, Il (1986) (Italy)
Highlander (1986) .... Juan Sanchez Villa-Lobos Ramirez
Never Say Never Again (1983) .... James Bond
... aka James Bond 007 - Sag niemals nie (1984) (West Germany)
Five Days One Summer (1982) .... Douglas Meredith
Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight (1982) .... The Green Knight
... aka Sword of the Valiant (1984) (USA: video box title)
... aka Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Gawain and the Green Knight (1982)
Wrong Is Right (1982) .... Patrick Hale
... aka Man with the Deadly Lens, The (1982)
Time Bandits (1981) .... King Agamemnon/Fireman
Outland (1981) .... Marshal William T. O'Niel
Cuba (1979) .... Maj. Robert Dapes Meteor (1979) .... Dr. Paul Bradley
First Great Train Robbery, The (1979) .... Edward Pierce/John Simms/Geoffrey
... aka Great Train Robbery, The (1979) (USA)
Bridge Too Far, A (1977) .... Maj. Gen. Roy Urquhart
Next Man, The (1976) .... Khalil Abdul-Muhsen
... aka Arab Conspiracy, The (1976)
... aka Double Hit (1976)
Robin and Marian (1976) .... Robin Hood
Man Who Would Be King, The (1975) .... Daniel Dravot
... aka Rudyard Kipling's The Man Who Would Be King (1975) (USA: complete title)
Wind and the Lion, The (1975) .... Mulay Achmed Mohammed el-Raisuli the Magnificent
Ransom (1975) .... Nils Tahlvik
... aka Terrorists, The (1975) (USA)
Murder on the Orient Express (1974) .... Colonel Arbuthnot
Zardoz (1974) .... Zed
Offence, The (1973) .... Detective Sergeant Johnson
... aka Offense, The (1973) (UK)
... aka Something Like the Truth (1973)
Diamonds Are Forever (1971) .... James Bond
... aka Ian Fleming's Diamonds Are Forever (1971) (USA: complete title)
Anderson Tapes, The (1971) .... John Anderson
Krasnaya palatka (1971) .... Roald Amundsen
... aka Red Tent, The (1971) (USA)
... aka Tenda rossa, La (1971) (Italy)
... aka Tsiteli karavi (1971) (Soviet Union: Georgian title)
Molly Maguires, The (1970) .... Jack Kehoe
Male of the Species (1969) (TV) Shalako (1968) .... Moses Zebulon 'Shalako' Carlin
... aka Man nennt mich Shalako (1968) (West Germany)
You Only Live Twice (1967) .... James Bond
... aka Ian Fleming's You Only Live Twice (1967) (USA: complete title)
Fine Madness, A (1966) .... Samson Shillitoe
Thunderball (1965) .... James Bond
... aka Ian Fleming's Thunderball (1965) (UK: complete title)
Hill, The (1965) .... Trooper Joe Roberts
Goldfinger (1964) .... James Bond
... aka Ian Fleming's Goldfinger (1964)
Woman of Straw (1964) .... Anthony Richmond
Marnie (1964) .... Mark Rutland
From Russia with Love (1963) .... James Bond
... aka Ian Fleming's 'From Russia with Love' (1963) (UK: complete title)
Dr. No (1962) .... James Bond
... aka Doctor No (1962) (UK)
... aka Ian Fleming's Dr. No (1962) (UK: complete title)
Longest Day, The (1962) .... Pvt. Flanagan
"Adventure Story" (1961) TV Series .... Alexander
Frightened City, The (1961) .... Paddy Damion
On the Fiddle (1961) .... Pedlar Pascoe
... aka Operation Snafu (1965) (USA)
... aka Operation War Head (1961) (USA: reissue title)
Anna Karenina (1961/II) (TV) .... Wronski
Macbeth (1961) (TV) .... Macbeth
"Age of Kings, An" (1960) (mini) TV Series .... Hotspur
Without the Grail (1960) (TV) .... Innes Corrie
Colombe (1960) (TV) .... Julien
Crucible (1959) (TV) .... John Proctor Tarzan's Greatest Adventure (1959) .... O'Bannion
Square Ring, The (1959) (TV) .... Rick Martell
Darby O'Gill and the Little People (1959) .... Michael McBride
Women in Love (1958) (TV) .... Jewish Pianist/Nazi War Criminal
Another Time, Another Place (1958) .... Mark Trevor
No Road Back (1957) .... Spike
Time Lock (1957) .... Welder #2
Anna Christie (1957) (TV) .... Mat Burke
Action of the Tiger (1957) .... Mike
Hell Drivers (1957) .... Johnny Kates
... aka Hard Drivers (1957)
Requiem for a Heavyweight (1957) (TV) .... Mountain McClintock
Lilacs in the Spring (1955) (uncredited)
... aka Let's Make Up (1955) (USA)
*Filmography as: Actor, Producer, Director, Himself, Archive Footage, Notable TV Guest Appearances
Producer - filmography(2000s) (1990s)
League of Extraordinary Gentlemen, The (2003) (executive producer) ... aka LXG (2003) (USA: promotional abbreviation)
... aka League, The (2003) (USA: promotional title)
... aka Liga der außergewöhnlichen Gentlemen, Die (2003) (Germany)
Finding Forrester (2000) (producer)
Entrapment (1999) (producer) ... aka Verlockende Falle (1999) (Germany)
Rock, The (1996) (executive producer)
Just Cause (1995) (executive producer)
Rising Sun (1993) (executive producer)
Medicine Man (1992) (executive producer)
... aka Last Days of Eden, The (1992)
*Filmography as: Actor, Producer, Director, Himself, Archive Footage, Notable TV Guest Appearances
Director - filmography Bowler and the Bonnet, The (1969) *Filmography as: Actor, Producer, Director, Himself, Archive Footage, Notable TV Guest Appearances
Himself - filmography (2000s) (1990s) (1980s) (1970s) (1960s)
76th Annual Academy Awards, The (2004) (TV) .... Himself, making opening announcement 75th Annual Academy Awards, The (2003) (TV) .... Himself - Presenter: Best Supporting Actress/Past winner
James Bond: A BAFTA Tribute (2002) (TV) .... Himself
Best Ever Bond (2002) (TV) .... Himself
"Secrets of Superstar Fitness" (2002) TV Series .... Himself
Behind the Scenes: Finding Forrester (2001) (V) .... Himself
A&E Biography: James Bond - The Secret Life of 007 (2000) (TV) .... Himself
Harry Saltzman: Showman (2000) (V) .... Himself
BBC and the BAFTA Tribute to Michael Caine, The (2000) (TV) .... Himself
Inside 'Dr. No' (2000) (V) .... Himself
James Bond Story, The (2000) (TV) .... Himself
... aka 007: The James Bond Story (2000) (TV) (New Zealand: English title)
Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts, The (1999) (TV) .... Himself "30 Years of Billy Connolly" (1998) (mini) TV Series .... Himself
Junket Whore (1998) .... Himself
70th Annual Academy Awards, The (1998) (TV) (uncredited) .... Himself - Presenter: Best Picture/Past Winner
Sean Connery, an Intimate Portrait (1997) .... Himself
Sean Connery Close Up (1997) (V) .... Himself
Secrets of 007: The James Bond Files, The (1997) (TV) .... Himself
Happy Birthday Shirley (1996) (TV) (uncredited) .... Himself (pre-recorded footage))
Behind the Scenes with 'Goldfinger' (1995) (V) .... Himself
... aka Making of 'Goldfinger', The (1999) (V) (USA: DVD title)
Behind the Scenes with 'Thunderball' (1995) (V) .... Himself
James Bond 007: Yesterday and Today (1995) (V) .... Himself
Three Decades of James Bond 007 (1995) (V) .... Himself
In Search of James Bond with Jonathan Ross (1995) (TV) .... Himself as James Bond
World of 007, The (1995) (TV) .... Himself
30 Years of James Bond (1992) (TV) .... Himself
61st Annual Academy Awards, The (1989) (TV) .... Himself - Co-presenter: Best Supporting Actor Memories of Me (1988) .... Himself
60th Annual Academy Awards, The (1988) (TV) .... Himself - Best Supporting Actor Winner
Rosa dei nomi, La (1987) .... Himself
Happy Anniversary 007: 25 Years of James Bond (1987) (TV) .... Himself
James Bond 007: Coming Attractions (1984) (TV) .... Himself
G'ole! (1982) (voice) .... Commentator
American Film Institute Salute to Alfred Hitchcock, The (1979) (TV) .... Himself Dream Factory, The (1975) .... Himself
España campo de golf (1972) .... Himself
Bowler and the Bonnet, The (1969) .... Himself Un monde nouveau (1966) (uncredited) .... Himself
... aka Mondo nuovo, Un (1966) (Italy)
... aka New World, A (1966)
... aka Un monde jeune (1966)
... aka Young World, A (1966)
*Filmography as: Actor, Producer, Director, Himself, Archive Footage, Notable TV Guest Appearances
Archive Footage 101 Biggest Celebrity Oops (2004) (TV) .... Himself #65 Things They Shouldn't Say
Premiere Bond: Die Another Day (2002) (TV) (uncredited) .... Himself as James Bond
Bond Girls Are Forever (2002) (TV) (uncredited) .... Himself as James Bond
Ken Adam: Designing Bond (2000) (V) .... Himself as James Bond
Music of James Bond, The (2000) (V) .... Himself as James Bond
Silhouettes: The James Bond Titles (2000) (V) .... Himself as James Bond
Cubby Broccoli: The Man Behind Bond (2000) (TV) (uncredited) .... Himself as James Bond
Double-O Stunts (2000) (V)
Inside 'Diamonds Are Forever' (2000) (V) .... Himself
Inside 'From Russia with Love' (2000) (V) (uncredited) .... Himself as James Bond
Inside 'On Her Majesty's Secret Service' (2000) (V) (uncredited) .... Himself as James Bond
Inside 'You Only Live Twice' (2000) (V) (uncredited) .... Himself as James Bond
Inside Q's Laboratory (2000) (V) .... Himself as James Bond
John Barry: Licence to Thrill (2000) (TV) .... Himself as James Bond
Trouble with Marnie, The (2000) (TV) .... Himself
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade: A Look Inside (1999) (TV) .... Himself as Prof. Henry Jones
Terence Young: Bond Vivant (1999) (V) (uncredited) .... Himself as James Bond
Nobody Does It Better: The Music of James Bond (1998) (TV) .... Himself as James Bond
Audrey Hepburn Remembered (1993) (TV) .... Himself as Robin Hood
"Fame in the Twentieth Century" (1993) (uncredited) .... Himself
Many Faces of Bond, The (1989) (V) (uncredited) .... Himself
Bonds Are Forever (1986) (V) .... Himself
*Filmography as: Actor, Producer, Director, Himself, Archive Footage, Notable TV Guest Appearances
Notable TV Guest Appearances"Celebrities Uncensored" (2003) playing "Himself" (archive footage) (episode # 1.15) 26 November 2003
"Parkinson" (1971) playing "Himself" (as Sir Sean Connery) 4 October 2003
"Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The" (1992) playing "Himself" 17 July 2003
"Leute heute" (1997) playing "Himself" in episode: "World Sports Award" 15 May 2002
"Sonic Underground" (1999) playing "Great Grandfather Athair" (voice) in episode: "New Echidna in Town" (episode # 1.29) 7 October 1999
"Sonic Underground" (1999) playing "Great Grandfather Athair" (voice) in episode: "No Hedgehog Is an Island" (episode # 1.27) 5 October 1999
"Sonic Underground" (1999) playing "Great Grandfather Athair" (voice) in episode: "Flying Fortress" (episode # 1.25) 3 October 1999
"Tonight Show with Jay Leno, The" (1992) playing "Himself" 20 May 1996
"Superstars of Action" (1993) playing "Himself" in episode: "Sean Connery" 1995
"Mike Douglas Show, The" (1961) playing "Himself" 11 July 1977
"What's My Line?" (1950) playing "Mystery Guest" 3 October 1965
"Jack Benny Program, The" (1950) playing "Porter" in episode: "Jack Hires Opera Singer in Rome" (episode # 7.9) 13 January 1957
"Sailor of Fortune" (1955) in episode: "The Crescent and the Star" (episode # 2.13)
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Graham Greene
 ~What can I say about this fine actor. I am in awe of his talent and have put forth much effort to learn all I can about him. I am a collector of his movies, which I watch until they can no longer be played. At that point, I look for them on DVD, or request them as gifts for Christmas and my birthday.~ <SMILE>
The following information (and picture above) was found at:
Please visit this site....it is awesome. I enjoyed looking thru all that was listed here, and I think others will too.
Graham Greene was born 22 June 1952 on the Six Nations Reservation in
Ontario, Canada. He is full blooded Oneida Indian. Graham is the second
of six children born toJohn (an ambulance driver and maintenance man)
and Lillian Greene.
Upon graduating from the Century Of Indigenous Theatre, a Native Theatre
school program in 1974, he began his acting career in 1976. As one of the
Nation's most high profile aboriginal performers, he is best known in
theatre for his performances in Tomson Highway's "Dry Lips Oughta Move
To Kapuskasing" and also in Judith Thompson's play "The Crackwalker" at
the Native Earth Performing Arts. He has performed in London, England at
Theatre Passe Muraille, Manitoba Theatre Centre, The Royal Alexandra
Theatre, and The 25th Street Theatre.
Graham Greene has won awards including a Dora Mayor Moore Award for
Best Performance in "Dry Lips Oughta Move To Kapuskasing" in 1989, and
a Gemini for his role as Mr. Crabby Tree in "Dudley The Dragon," a children's
program. He won a First American In The Arts Award in 1996 for his role as
Joe Lambert in "Die Hard 3: With A vengeance." Graham was nominated
an Oscar for his 1990 performance of Kicking Bird in "Dances With Wolves."
 One of my favorites.
GRAHAM GREENE FILMOGRAPHY
* RUNNING BRAVE 1983
* REVOLUTION 1985
* POWWOW HIGHWAY 1989
* WHERE THE SPIRIT LIVES 1989
* LOST IN THE BARRENS 1990
* NORTHERN EXPOSURE (tv series) 1990
* DANCES WITH WOLVES 1990
* CLEARCUT 1991
* RAIN WITHOUT THUNDER 1992
* THUNDERHEART 1992
* THE LAST OF HIS TRIBE (tv) 1992
* SQUANTO AND THE FIRST THANKSGIVING 1992
* SPIRIT RIDER (tv) 1993
* EARTH AND THE AMERICAN DREAM (voice) 1993
* COOPERSTOWN (tv) 1993
* BROKEN CHAIN (tv) 1993
* BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT 1993
* MEDICINE RIVER 1993
* HUCK AND THE KING OF HEARTS 1993
* SAVAGE LAND 1994
* RUGGED GOLD (tv) 1994
* NORTH 1994
* MAVERICK 1994
* CAMILLA 1994
* LONESOME DOVE: THE SERIES (tv) 1994
* THE ADVENTURES OF DUDLEY THE DRAGON (tv) 1994
* DIE HARD: WITH A VENGEANCE 1995
* 500 NATIONS (tv series) 1995
* RAIN WITHOUT THUNDER 1995
* THE PATHFINDER 1996
* SABATOGE 1996
* WOUNDED 1997
* THE EDUCATION OF LITTLE TREE 1997
* SONG OF HIAWATHA 1997
* THE HIRED HEART 1997
* SHATTERED IMAGE 1998
* A STRANGER IN TOWN 1998
* TOUCHED 1999
* GREY OWL 1999
* BAD MONEY 1999
* THE GREEN MILE 1999
* THE RED GREEN SHOW (tv series)
* WINTER DANCE 2000
* TRIAL BY FIRE (tv) 2000
* DESIRE 2000
* EXHIBIT A: SECRETS OF FORENSIC SCIENCE (tv) 2000
* CHRISTMAS IN THE CLOUDS 2001
* LOST AND DELIRIOUS 2001
* SNOW DOGS 2002
* SKINS 2002
* THE NEW BEACHECOMBERS (tv) 2002
* DUCT TAPE FOREVER 2002
* BIG SPENDER 2003
- LA LAW - date unknown
- MURDER, SHE WROTE - date unknown
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Lon Chaney
A master. A genius. What can be said about Lon Chaney? A man whose talents were under-rated by many. And in some ways...still are. To watch his movies may include having a favorite genre. I happen to like many types of movies. But, indeed one of my favorites is Horror, which many of Mr. Chaney's movies were considered.
 pic found at biography.com
Born Alonzo "Lon" Chaney, on April 1, 1883, in Colorado Springs, Colorado. Nicknamed "The Man of a Thousand Faces," he appeared in 157 films between 1913 and 1930. Best remembered for his inventive use of makeup and his portrayal of grotesque characters, Chaney’s most famous starring roles were in film productions of The Hunchback of Notre Dame and The Phantom of the Opera.
Chaney was one of four children born to speech and hearing impaired parents. His father worked as a barber. When young Lon was still a child, his mother became seriously ill and was bedridden for the rest of her life. He left school and spent much of his time caring for her and his siblings, and entertaining them with pantomimed stories. Chaney later recalled his childhood as a happy time, with a tightly knit family that spent much time together at home.
His older brother, John, was the manager of a theater. When Chaney was barely a teenager he started to work there, handling and then making props. He often watched the performances and became an apprentice stagehand. In later years, he still proudly displayed his membership card in the local stagehands' union. His father, however, thought that one member of the family in the theater was enough. Chaney moved to Denver where he worked during the next several years as a carpet layer, wallpaperer, interior decorator, and guide on trail rides to Pike's Peak.
In his late teens, he was invited to join his brother's production of a comic opera. Chaney immediately left his job as a decorator. The company was soon bought by Charles Holmes, who took it on a three-year tour across the West.
After several years of traveling performances, Chaney joined a vaudeville team in San Francisco and began to think about trying his luck at films. His wife was working as a nightclub singer and reportedly became an alcoholic. Although the reasons are not totally clear, she made an unsuccessful suicide attempt. The poison she drank destroyed her singing voice. Chaney divorced her and prevented her from having any contact with their son Creighton. He married Hazel Bennett Hastings, a union that lasted until his death. Chaney remained an intensely private person throughout his career. Rather than attend film openings, he preferred to go trout fishing. He rarely gave interviews. His own face without makeup was so seldom seen in photographs that Chaney was often unrecognized in public. Like his father, Chaney discouraged his son from becoming an actor.
In 1912, Chaney attempted to find work at Universal Studios in Hollywood. At that time, the studio was a converted corral with a single building where filming took place. Chaney was hired as an extra, which meant that he did everything from occasional bit parts to moving scenery. His first film appearance was in the 1913 film, Poor Jake's Demise.
 During the next few years he played small parts in about 70 short films and a few feature films at Universal Studios. Notable among these was 1919's The Wicked Darling, -- not for the quality of his performance, but because it marked his first recorded film appearance with director Tod Browning, with whom Chaney would make ten films.
Chaney remained with Universal Studios for six years, and recalled later how he fought to get his salary raised above one hundred dollars per week. He left that studio (although he later returned to it several times to star in feature films), and soon made his "breakthrough" in 1919's The Miracle Man. In this film he played a beggar who could dislocate his limbs at will. Although the director wanted to hire a contortionist, Chaney won the part at his audition. As he told Movie Magazine in 1925, "I flopped down, rolled my eyes up in my head like a blind man, and started dragging my body along the ground."
Career Peaked in Two Famous FilmsAfter The Miracle Man, Chaney was in demand for roles that highlighted both his talents as a character actor and his ability to endure sometimes extreme physical pain to portray a maimed or deformed character.
Chaney became one of Hollywood's most popular actors during the silent film era, eventually accumulating a total of 157 recorded film appearances between 1913 and 1930. In 1923, he starred in what would become one of his best-known films, a silent version of Victor Hugo's novel The Hunchback of Notre Dame. To play this role, Chaney endured incredible physical discomfort and often agonizing pain. He described the experience to Movie Magazine: "My body was strapped into a harness, which gave it the appearance of being stunted and deformed. I could work only a few hours a day, it hurt me so. I wore false teeth, which made it almost impossible for me to speak. Over one eye was a heavy lump of putty." The harness weighed 72 pounds; and the putty over his eye caused permanent blurring of his vision.
In 1925, Chaney starred in a silent version of The Phantom of the Opera, once again playing a physically grotesque character at great cost to his own comfort. To play the title character (whose face was a "living death's-head," according to Michael Dempsey in Film Comment), Chaney reportedly inserted wires into his nostrils to make them point upward.
 Even though he is best remembered for these portrayals of characters with a horrible physical appearance, Chaney did not see them as monsters. As he told reporter Louella Parsons in one of his few interviews (in the New York Morning Telegraph), "I want always to create sympathy and in the end to win redemption. There would be no purpose in playing so hideous a character if in the end we could not feel the man had a soul and that he had been saved from utter degradation."
On August 26, 1930, at the age of only 47, Chaney died in Los Angeles as the result of a throat hemorrhage from bronchial cancer, probably brought on by his heavy smoking habit. His final film, The Unholy Three, was released several weeks before his death. The role of Dracula went to the relatively unknown Bela Lugosi, who became a star. In future years Chaney's son Creighton (who changed his name to Lon Chaney, Jr.) also became an actor, appearing in almost 150 films. He often played monsters in horror films, including the Wolf Man, Frankenstein's Monster, the Mummy, and Dracula.
 Many of Chaney's best film performances no longer can be seen. The nitrate film used in the early days of filmmaking deteriorated, and only about 25 hours of Chaney on film are known to exist, out of his 157 film appearances. Many of his roles are only captured now in publicity photographs and posters. Chaney's life story was told in the 1957 film, Man of a Thousand Faces, starring James Cagney.
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Katharine Hepburn
Can you begin to imagine what our World would have been like, had this wonderful woman not been a part of it? I can't, nor do I want to.
Ms. Hepburn has to be one of (if not only) the true natural beauties of our time. I enjoy watching her in anything she had ever done. And I enjoy them as much today and I did when I first saw them. I thank my parents for introducing me to movies containing this wonderful woman.
As you have seen, I use Biography.com quit often in keeping up with information about my favorites....can you believe, they did NOT have any information about this lovely lady. ~SH
 Katharine Houghton Hepburn was born on May 12, 1907, in Hartford, CT, at 22 Hudson Street, which was then opposite the Hartford Hospital. Her mother, Katharine Martha Houghton, was a strong willed and intelligent feminist and suffragist. Her father, Thomas Norval Hepburn, was a doctor who fought for the prevention of sexually transmitted diseases. Both of Hepburn's parents were strong advocates of birth control. Katharine credited her parents for her sense of adventure and independence.
Hepburn had five siblings, Tom (b. 1905), Dick (b. 1911), Bob (b. 1913), Marion (b. 1918) and Peg (b. 1920). In 1921, Katharine found her beloved brother Tom hanging by the neck in their aunt's attic while on a visit. It was never determined whether his death was a suicide or a stunt gone wrong, but his death was terribly traumatic for young Katharine, and would haunt her for years.
Hepburn attended Bryn Mawr College, graduating in 1928. While in college, she met Ludlow Ogden Smith, who she married in 1928 (and later divorced in 1934). Also at Bryn Mawr, she became active in theatrical productions, and after her senior year she appeared in two productions in Baltimore. That same year, she moved to New York to begin training as an actor, and appeared in her first New York production, The Big Pond. Although she was fired from that show after only one night, she soon found regular work on Broadway.
In 1932, Hepburn appeared on Broadway in The Warrior's Husband. Her performance was well received, and led to several screen tests, and eventually to a role in the 1932 film A Bill of Divorcement. Hepburn received excellent notices for her performance in this film. A string of films followed in the 1930s, including Morning Glory, her third film, for which Hepburn received her first Academy Award for Best Actress.
 In 1933 Hepburn returned to New York to star in the Broadway production of The Lake, which turned out to be a critical and commercial failure. Upon her return to Hollywood, she starred in a string of films of varying quality and success, and by 1938 she was labeled "box office poison" by exhibitors who claimed that people weren't paying to see her films.
In 1939 Hepburn again returned to New York to star on Broadway, this time in The Philadelphia Story as Tracy Lord, a role playwright Philip Barry had written for her. The play was a tremendous success, and Hepburn, who owned the film rights (Howard Hughes had bought them for her), sold them to L.B. Mayer and MGM on the condition that she would star. The movie, like the play, was successful, earning Hepburn, Cary Grant and James Stewart Academy Award nominations (Stewart won).
Hepburn's next film was Woman of the Year, her first pairing with Spencer Tracy. Hepburn and Tracy would go on to star together in nine films, and would carry on a love affair for 27 years.
In the 1940s and 50s, Hepburn continued to appear in films and on stage. In these two decades, she received seven Academy Award nominations, and won two Oscars for Best Actress, for Guess Who's Coming to Dinner and The Lion in Winter. On the London stage, she appeared in three Shakespeare plays in 1955, and toured with them in Australia. In 1957 and 1960 she appeared in four more Shakespeare productions in Stratford, CT.
In 1969 Hepburn took a risk by starring on Broadway in Coco, a musical about the life of Coco Chanel. Despite Hepburn's worries about her singing voice, Coco had a successful run on Broadway.
 Throughout the 1970s, Hepburn appeared in several television movies, including Love Among the Ruins in 1975 with Laurence Olivier, for which she won an Emmy Award. In 1979 she was awarded the Screen Actor's Guild Lifetime Achievement Award.
Hepburn's record fourth Academy Award for Best Actress was achieved for her work in the 1981 film On Golden Pond, co-starring Henry Fonda. Hepburn's last film work was a brief appearance in the 1994 film Love Affair.
In 1991, Hepburn published an autobiography entitled "Me: Stories of My Life," which gave a rare glimpse into her personal as well as her professional life.
Hepburn was romantically linked to several men throughout her life. She had relationships with Hollywood agent Leland Hayward and multimillionaire Howard Hughes in the 1930s. However, her romance with Spencer Tracy was clearly her most important relationship. The two never married, due to the fact that Tracy was already married, and, because he was Catholic, couldn't divorce. However, they were together for almost three decades, frequently working and living together, and Hepburn admits that she loved him.
 Katharine Hepburn continued to be active even in her old age, riding her bicycle and swimming in the ocean near her house in Old Saybrook, CT. While she was always somewhat reclusive, she appeared in public less and less as she grew older. The last few years of her life, with her health declining, she generally remained at home. Katharine Hepburn died in her home, surrounded by loved ones, on June 29, 2003, at the age of 96.
~MOVIES~
~TELEVISION~
 Gone but not forgotten.
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