Charlie Chaplin

English actor and filmmaker (1889–1977)

7 dated entries naming Charlie Chaplin, drawn from 6 separate years between 1889 CE and 1978 CE. Nothing here is written by us: each line is the sentence a Wikipedia year article used, and the link beside it opens the exact revision.

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19th century

1889April 16 – Charlie Chaplin, English comic actor, film director (d. 1977)source

20th century

1919February 5 – United Artists (UA) is incorporated in the United States by D. W. Griffith, Charlie Chaplin, Mary Pickford and Douglas Fairbanks as a motion picture producer.source
1921January 21 – The full-length silent comedy drama film The Kid, written, produced, directed by and starring Charlie Chaplin (in his Tramp character), with Jackie Coogan, is released in the United States.source
1931January 30 – Charlie Chaplin comedy drama film City Lights receives its public premiere at the Los Angeles Theater with Albert Einstein as guest of honor. Contrary to the current trend in cinema, it is a silent film, but with a score by Chaplin. Critically and commercially successful from the start, it will place consistently in lists of films considered the best of all time.source
1940October 15 – Charlie Chaplin's The Great Dictator, a satirical anti-fascist comedy film, premieres in New York City. Written, directed, produced by and starring Chaplin as his first true sound film, it is a critical and commercial success and goes on to become Chaplin's most financially successful work. Filming began in September 1939.source
1978March 1 – Charlie Chaplin's remains are stolen from Cosier-sur-Vevey, Switzerland.source
1978May 17 – Charlie Chaplin's coffin is found some 15 km mi from the cemetery from which it was stolen, near Lake Geneva.source

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