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Sydney Earl Chaplin (March 30, 1926 – March 3, 2009) was an American actor. He was the second son of Charlie Chaplin and Lita Grey. One of his major roles was in his father's film Limelight (1952). In theater, Chaplin won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for his 1957 performance in Bells Are Ringing.

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Sydney Chaplin
Born	Sydney Earl Chaplin (1926-03-30)March 30, 1926 Beverly Hills, California, U.S.
Died	March 3, 2009(2009-03-03) (aged 82) Rancho Mirage, California, U.S.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1952–1977
Spouse(s)	Noëlle Adam ​ ​ (m. 1960; div. 1985)​ Margaret Beebe ​ (m. 1998)​
Children	Stephan
Parent(s)	Charlie Chaplin Lita Grey
Relatives	See Chaplin family

Early years

Born in 1926 in Beverly Hills, California,[1] Chaplin was the second son of Charlie Chaplin and Lita Grey. His parents had married in November 1924 when Lita became pregnant with Sydney's elder brother Charles. Sydney was born five weeks prematurely, 10 months after the birth of his older brother. He was named for his father's half-brother, Sydney Chaplin. His parents divorced a year after his birth. The boys later had eight half-siblings from their father's fourth marriage to Oona O'Neill.

His mother insisted on calling him "Tommy" due to her distaste for his namesake uncle. Sydney and his older brother were brought up mostly by their maternal grandmother, while his mother attempted to advance her career as a singer. The family spent most of one year in Nice, where the boys became fluent in French.[2]

Chaplin was educated at the boarding schools Black-Foxe Military Institute and Lawrenceville School in New Jersey, as well as the public North Hollywood High School.[2]

Career

After serving in the United States Army during World War II in Europe, Chaplin returned to California, where he became involved in acting both on stage and in films. He gained early acting experience in The Circle Theater, now known as El Centro Theatre, including acting in three plays directed by his father.[3]

He also appeared in several Broadway productions, including Bells Are Ringing opposite Judy Holliday in 1957, for which he won a Tony Award for Best Performance by a Featured Actor in a Musical. In 1959, he costarred with Lauren Bacall in George Axelrod's comedy Goodbye Charlie and headlined Jule Styne's 1961 musical Subways Are for Sleeping. He played in Funny Girl opposite Barbra Streisand in 1964, for which he was nominated for a Tony Award.[4] Chaplin also had supporting roles in two of his father's films, Limelight (1952) and A Countess from Hong Kong (1967).[1]

Chaplin retired from acting in the 1970s. In the 1980s, he owned and managed a restaurant, Chaplin's, in Palm Springs, California.

Following his retirement from acting, Chaplin seldom made public appearances. Exceptions included his attendance at Cinecon in Los Angeles in 1998, and at the Cineteca di Bologna 2002 festival (Il Cinema Ritrovato), which mounted a fiftieth-anniversary screening of Limelight. He appeared also at the San Francisco Silent Film Festival in 2004, where he spoke after screenings of his father's film The Circus to promote film historian Jeffrey Vance's Chaplin books.[5]

Personal life

In 1960 Chaplin married French dancer and actress Noëlle Adam, by whom he had one son, Stephan (born 1960). In 1985 this marriage ended in divorce.

He became involved with Margaret Beebe in 1984. They married in 1998, and remained married until Chaplin's death.

Book

Chaplin helped complete and publish his mother's 1998 autobiography, Wife of the Life of the Party. He also wrote the book's foreword, where he shared some of his own history and private thoughts on his parents.

Death

On March 3, 2009, Chaplin died at his home in Rancho Mirage, California, of a stroke, at the age of 82, just 4 weeks short of his 83rd birthday.[1]

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1952	Limelight	Neville
1953	Act of Love	Un soldat
1954	Columbus Discovers Kraehwinkel	Clark Hunter
1955	Abdullah the Great	Ahmed
1955	Land of the Pharaohs	Treneh, The Captain of the Guard
1955	Confession	Mike Nelson
1956	Pillars of the Sky	Timothy
1957	Four Girls in Town	Johnny Pryor
1957	Quantez	Gato
1961	Follow That Man	Eddie Miller
1967	A Countess from Hong Kong	Harvey
1967	Sept hommes et une garce	Duprat
1967	Your Turn to Die	Inspector Chandler
1968	If You Meet Sartana Pray for Your Death	Jeff Stewal
1968	One by One	Jacques Latour
1968	Ho!	Canter
1969	Pagó cara su muerte	Red Stacy
1969	Double Face	Mr. Brown
1969	The Adding Machine	Lieutenant Charles
1969	The Sicilian Clan	Jack
1970	Nel giorno del signore	Melozzo
1971	L'Homme qui vient de la nuit	John
1971	La Grande Maffia	Le Directeur de la Banque
1971	The Contract	District Attorney
1971	Papa les petits bateaux...	Spiro de Palma
1972	The Woman Hunter	George
1974	El encanto del amor prohibido
1974	So Evil, My Sister	George
1977	Satan's Cheerleaders	Monk	(final film role)

References

Further reading

• Grey, Lita. My Life With Chaplin, Grove Press. 1966.
• Chaplin, Lita Grey; Vance, Jeffrey. Wife of the Life of the Party. Foreword by Sydney Chaplin. Lanham, MD: Scarecrow Press, 1998 pg. ix-xi-3. ISBN 0-8108-3432-4.
• Guardian obituary

External links

• Sydney Chaplin at the Internet Broadway Database
• Sydney Chaplin at IMDb
• Sydney Chaplin at Find a Grave

На других языках

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[de] Sydney Chaplin (Schauspieler, 1926)

Sydney Earle Chaplin (* 30. März 1926 in Los Angeles, Kalifornien; † 3. März 2009 in Rancho Mirage, Kalifornien) war ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler.

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- [en] Sydney Chaplin (American actor)

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[es] Sydney Earl Chaplin

Sydney Earl Chaplin (Los Ángeles, California; 31 de marzo de 1926-Rancho Mirage, California; 3 de marzo de 2009) fue un actor de cine y teatro ganador de premios. Tercer hijo de Sir Charles Chaplin y segundo de su segunda esposa, la actriz Lita Grey, a Sydney Chaplin se le puso su nombre por su medio tío Sydney Chaplin (1885-1965).

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[ru] Чаплин, Сидни Эрл

Си́дни Эрл Ча́плин (англ. Sydney Earl Chaplin; 31 марта 1926, Беверли-Хиллз, Лос-Анджелес — 3 марта 2009, Ранчо-Мираж, Калифорния) — американский актёр театра и кино, сын Чарли Чаплина, был отмечен наградами за заслуги в театре и кинематографе.

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