Chaplin, Charlie

1. A twentieth-century English-born filmmaker and actor who did most of his work in the United States. In his silent film comedies , he created the beloved character the Little Tramp, who wore a shabby black suit, derby hat, and floppy shoes and walked with a cane. The Gold Rush , City Lights , and Modern Times are some of Chaplin's best-known films.

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Well, Charlie Chaplin married someone that was 15 around that time.

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The last release of secret docs revealed the Security Service spied on Charlie Chaplin at the request of J Edgar Hoover's FBI.

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When Charlie Chaplin is sitting there, and Virginia Cherrell empties a can of dirty water from her flower shop onto his face.

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We went to see Queen Latifah at the Charlie Chaplin Studio in Los Angeles.

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His eyes vary between squinty and with big black dots very much like Charlie Chaplin.

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One of the crew has hurriedly made himself up as "Charlie Chaplin."

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They are apt to be political radicals, and it has been freely rumored that Charlie Chaplin is a Socialist.

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Children who don't see Charlie Chaplin have, of course, been robbed of much of their childhood.

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Charlie Chaplin's rise to affluence and power coincided with the bloodiest struggle in history.

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Plumbers on their lodge nights, I am told, have their very own Charlie Chaplin.

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