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...surrounded by Oona

their children and grandchildren.

Hannah Chaplin, Charlie's mother

spent the last 7 years of her life...

...in the house Charlie bought for her.

Sydney Chaplin retired to France

and spent summers at Charlie's home...

...in Switzerland.

He died on Charlie's 76th birthday.

Fred Karno, who gave Charlie

his first job, went bankrupt in 1926.

He died penniless 15 years later.

Hetty Kelly, Charlie's first love

married a politician and died at 25.

She was the inspiration for many

of Charlie's screen heroines.

George Hayden

is a fictional character.

Charlie wrote "My Autobiography"

on which this film is partly based.

Mack Sennett's reign as the king

of comedy ended with the talkies.

He received a Special Oscar in 1937.

Mabel Normand was involved

in a drug and sex scandal...

...surrounding a murder in 1922.

She never acted again.

Edna Purviance was Charlie's leading

lady in more than 30 comedies.

Charlie kept her on the studio

payroll all her life.

Douglas Fairbanks founded United

Artists with Charlie, Mary and Griffith.

He died in his sleep

of a heart attack in 1939.

Mary Pickford competed with Charlie

as the highest earner in Hollywood.

"America's Sweetheart"

lived to be 86.

Mildred Harris was Charlie's first wife.

Her career faded

and she died an alcoholic at 43.

J. Edgar Hoover was FBI Director for

almost 50 years. Using sex secrets...

...illegally gathered by his agents

to manipulate powerful people.

Charlie's FBI file was

more than 1900 pages.

Lita Grey was Charlie's second wife.

She and Sydney Jr. were living

when this film was finished.

Paulette Goddard

Charlie's third wife, retired in 1966.

She and her husband moved to

Switzerland, near Charlie and Oona.

Joan Barry spent most of her

remaining life in mental institutions.

Chaplin had to support Carol Ann

until she was 21.

Joseph Scott's courtroom speech is

based on contemporary accounts.

The paternity suit came to be regarded

as a major miscarriage of justice.

Oona O'Neill was 18 when she

married Charlie. They had 8 children.

When Charlie was barred from the

U.S., Oona renounced her citizenship.

She survived Charlie by 14 years and

mourned him until her death in 1991.

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