![]() Back in Hollywood he appeared in a horror film, So Evil, My Sister (1974), and thereafter made occasional appearances in TV dramas. Otherwise, between 19 he worked in France and Italy, accepting secondary roles in films now best forgotten. Also in England, he played alongside Marlon Brando and Sophia Loren in his father’s last film, the romantic comedy A Countess from Hong Kong (1967). Twice he went to Britain to star in independent low-budget comedies directed by his Circle Theatre collaborator Epstein: Follow That Man (1961) and The Adding Machine (1969), from the Elmer Rice play that had been the Circle’s first notable success. His eventual departure from the cast and disillusion with the stage appear to have been the result of deteriorating relations with his Tony-winning co-star Barbra Streisand. His best and last Broadway role was in Funny Girl (1964), for which he was again Tony-nominated. Then came a less fortunate play, In the Counting House (1962), which closed after four performances. This was followed by another musical, Subways are for Sleeping (1961), with a book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green and music by Jule Styne. In George Axelrod’s comedy Goodbye Charlie (1959) his co-star was Lauren Bacall. His first starring role was opposite Judy Holliday in Bells are Ringing (1956), which ran for 924 performances and earned him a Tony award as best supporting or featured actor in a musical. He had supporting roles in George Marshall’s western Pillars of the Sky (1956) and Jack Sher’s Four Girls in Town (1957), but had greater success on Broadway. On Land of the Pharaohs he was romantically involved with the female star, Joan Collins and later the same year, working on Gregory Ratoff’s Abdulla the Great, he embarked on a much-publicised affair with the film’s star, Kay Kendall. Tall and handsome, he was constantly in and out of love. The best of them were Treneh in Howard Hawks’s Land of the Pharaohs and the leading role in a good British thriller, Ken Hughes’s Confession, both in 1955. Sydney made his screen debut in 1952 as the young romantic lead, opposite Claire Bloom, in his father’s film Limelight, but effective though he was, he found few subsequent rewarding roles. The theatre became Hollywood’s first centre of avant-garde drama and the Circle became a meeting place for Hollywood’s brighter people, including Katharine Hepburn, George Cukor and Edward G Robinson. Charlie Chaplin himself took a hand with direction, or would happily sit beside Epstein in the box office. In 1946, he joined his friend Jerry Epstein, the actor Kathleen Freeman and students from UCLA in forming the Circle Theatre. He was variously educated at the Black-Foxe military institute, Lawrenceville preparatory school, New Jersey, and North Hollywood high and did war service in the 65th Infantry Division. Sydney Earl Chaplin was born March 30th, 1926. In 1960 he wrote a biography of his father entitled My Father, Charlie Chaplin. ![]() He acted in several films, including in his father’s Limelight (1952) but never managed to break into movies or theatre, remaining on the periphery of Hollywood. He subsequently married Marta Brown, which marriage also ended in divorce. Charles married (and later divorced) Susan Magness and they had one daughter, Susan Maree. The boys were mostly raised by their mother and grandmother but as teenagers visited their father frequently, and adored “step mother” Paulette Goddard. He served in the US Army in Europe during World War II. He and his brother Sydney attended the Black-Foxe Military Institute in Hollywood and the Lawrenceville School in Lawrenceville, New Jersey. He is buried under a stone marked simply The Little Mouse.Ĭharles Spencer Chaplin, Jr. Norman Spencer Chaplin, son of Mildred Harris and Charlie Chaplin, was born on July 7th, 1919, but sadly died three days later. Left to right: Charlie Chaplin, his wife Oona, and six of their eight children, Josephine, Victoria, Eugene, Jane, Annie and Christopher ![]() Postcard London: Entire British Production (1916), ex Lisa Stein Haven Collectionįamily tree available here.
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