4. EARLY LIFE
• Poverty and hardship
• He was sent to workhouse twice in his life before age nine
• Because of hardship he started performing as stage actor and
comedian
• His first film was launched at age 19
• First appearance in “MAKING A LIVING” - 1914
• He acted in various well known silent movies like “THE GOLD RUSH”,
“THE CIRCUS”, “CITY LIGHT”
• One of his famous movies is “THE GREAT DICTATOR”
5. MOTHER
•Charlie always cited his
own mother as a great
inspiration
•Hannah was an actor,
singer and dancer in the
British music halls
6. FATHER
•The senior Charles
Chaplin married Hannah
in 1885 and took to the
stage professionally a
year later
•He was a well known
English music hall
entertainer
7. WHAT HE DID IN HIS LIFE???
ACTED
PRODUCED
WROTE
DIRECTED
COMPOSED
8. BEST
KNOWN AS…
ENGLISH ACTOR, COMEDIAN,
AND FILMMAKER
SPECIALLY SILENT MOVIES
MOST ADMIRED CHARACTER
“THE TRAMP”
BEST
KNOWN AS…
9. FILM MAKING TECHNIQUES
CHAPLIN NEVER SPOKE MUCH ABOUT HIS
FILMMAKING METHODS, CLAIMING SUCH A
THING WOULD BE TANTAMOUNT TO A
MAGICIAN REVEALING HIS OWN TRICKS.
10. MOVIE THE CIRCUS MILESTONES
•Won Oscar in 1929
•Nominated for:
•Best Production
•Best Director in comedy movies
•Best Actor
•Best Original story
11. CHARLIE'S STATUE
•A statue of Charlie Chaplin
was made by John
Doubleday, to stand in
Leicester Square in London.
•It portrays the actor,
comedian and filmmaker in
his best-known role, as The
Tramp.
12. HONOURED WITH HIS IMAGE…
In 1985,
honoured
Chaplin was
with his
image on
stamp of
a postage
the United-
Kingdom, and in 1994
on the United States
postage stamp.
