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Charlie Chaplin is born
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First music hall performance
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Young Charles and brother Sydney, with their mother, enter Lambeth Workhouse (for the poor). Within a few weeks the boys will be sent to Hanwell School for Orphans and Destitute Children.
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Hannah has a mental breakdown. Charles and Sydney live for a time with Charles Sr. and his mistress. Young Charles first appears with the Lancashire Lads.
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Young Charles is controversially comic as a cat in a production of Cinderella at the London Hippodrome.
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Chaplin begins performing for the Karno Troupe, joining his brother Sydney, who is largely responsible for Charles's placement.
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Chaplin leaves with a Karno Troupe for a tour of the United States and Canada.
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Chaplin leaves with the Karno Troupe for a second tour of the U.S. and Canada.
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"Making a living" Film is released
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Chaplin marries Mildred Harris
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Divorced by Mildred Harris
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Chaplin's first United Artists production -- A Woman of Paris -- opens. Chaplin writes and directs but does not star in this critically acclaimed excursion into drama.
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Chaplin marries Lita Grey.
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Divorced by Lita Grey. Seemingly every stage of the proceedings has been played out in the newspapers since Grey's original filing for divorce in January.
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Hannah Chaplin dies.
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At the first Academy Award ceremony, Chaplin is honored with a special Oscar "for versatility and genius in writing, acting, directing and producing The Circus.
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Chaplin and family leave New York by ship, bound for Europe. Chaplin will show his young family the English haunts of his youth. While at sea, Chaplin, still a British subject, has his U.S. reentry permit cancelled
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Chaplin wins an Oscar (with Raymond Rasch and Larry Russell) for Best Original Dramatic Score for 1972, from Limelight. The 1952 film was eligible for belated consideration because a Los Angeles theater had never previously shown the film an Academy rule
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Chaplin dies at his estate in Switzerland.