Biography of Charlie Chaplin - comedian with sad eyes

In 1889, the sixteenth of April, in London, in the acting family of Lily and Charles Chaplin, a son was born, who was named Charles Spencer Chaplin.

Children's years of the artist

The biography of Charlie Chaplin - the future great actor-comedian - was far from cloudless. My father practically did not see the father, as he drank a lot. And her mother earned quite well in the theater, until she lost her voice, and with it the work. Therefore, the children's years were a period of hardship and difficulties with rare gaps in happiness.

The path to the career of the film actor was long and difficult, although Charlie Chaplin tried himself on stage at a very young age and, I must say, not unsuccessfully. Since the mother lost her job, the family lived interrupted by casual earnings, which for the time being allowed them to make ends meet. Charlie Chaplin, whose biography is full of ups and downs, never dropped his hands and did not give up.

As a child, their family repeatedly came to the workhouse because of their poverty and poverty. But as the actor himself later told, for them and his brother it was something in the form of travel, a change in the surrounding situation. Only when they were sent to the orphanage with their brother, while parting, he fully realized the bitterness of his fate Charlie Chaplin. The biography, a brief history of his childhood in particular, can be characterized as a constant search for opportunities for a more or less normal life.

Mother from hardship and adversity lost her reason, she was placed in a psychiatric Clinic. During this period of time, the biography of Charlie Chaplin tells of his life with his father. His father had already had a different family by that time, and Charlie Chaplin was considered a free labor force. In the end, the mother recovered and took them with her brother to her.

First success

Charlie Chaplin went to school, and that's where the first success in the role of comedian came to him. After learning a funny poem, he told his friend and was heard by the teacher. His recitation was so pleasing, that for several days he performed this number in front of different classes and teachers. The biography of Charlie Chaplin recorded this moment when the boy consciously formed a desire to make the audience laugh.

Way to glory

Charlie Chaplin never managed to complete his education, although his mother insisted that he attend school. The boy left her for work in the ensemble "Eight Lancashire boys." From this period begins his career as an artist. However, he did not last long at this job, as there were health problems. The next stage of the artistic career was the participation of Charlie Chaplin in the play "Sherlock Holmes". Then, not without the help of Sydney's brother, Chaplin at the age of 18 was admitted to the group of Fred Carnot.

As part of the group of comedians, Charlie Chaplin toured America. The biography of Charlie Chaplin as a film actor began a year after that. He starred in his first film - "Making a living." In 1914 on the screens there were already 34 films with Charlie Chaplin. The image chosen for the screen by Charlie Chaplin - a tramp with an amusing gait in ridiculous shoes and with the soul of a gentleman - lasted at the peak of popularity for more than half a century. He still causes an unchanged smile on the faces of the audience.