Geraldine Chaplin

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Geraldine Chaplin (2016)

Geraldine Leigh Chaplin (born July 31, 1944 in Santa Monica , California ) is an American - British actress .

Life

Geraldine Chaplin was born in 1944 as the first child of the marriage of Charlie Chaplin and his fourth wife, Oona O'Neill . Her maternal grandfather is the US Nobel Prize for Literature, Eugene O'Neill . She first appeared in her father's movie, Spotlight , when she was eight . She was brought up in a Swiss boarding school near Lake Geneva . Originally she wanted to become a ballerina and completed a ballet training in London , but gave up this career dream and became an actress.

Her first major role was given to her by David Lean , who had seen her on the cover of a magazine and who entrusted her with the role of Doctor Zhivago's wife Tonya. The role earned her in 1966 a nomination for a Golden Globe Award for Best New Actress . In the biographical work about her father, Chaplin , she played her own grandmother, Hannah Chaplin . In addition to appearances in films by Carlos Saura ( Anna and the Wolves , Breeding Raven ), Robert Altman , Pedro Almodóvar and others, she also took on roles in international television productions such as The Crown .

In 1982 Geraldine Chaplin was a member of the jury for the Cannes Film Festival .

She had a long-term private and professional relationship with the Spanish director Carlos Saura : She played the leading female role in nine of his films; the relationship comes from the son Shane (* 1974). Geraldine Chaplin has been married to her long-time partner, the Chilean cameraman Patricio Castilla, since 2006 ; the connection has a daughter, actress Oona Castilla Chaplin (* 1986). In the Italian horror film Imago Mortis , released in 2009 , the two first appeared together in front of the camera.

In 2011 Geraldine Chaplin was the jury president of the Moscow Film Festival .

Filmography (selection)

Awards

  • 1972: Best Actress at the Sitges - Catalonian International Film Festival for ZPG
  • 1978: Premio ACE for Best Actress for Breeding Raven ...
  • 1978: Best Actress at the Miami Film Festival for You Will Remember Me
  • 1978: Best Actress at the Paris Film Festival for You will still think of me
  • 2003: Goya for Best Supporting Actress for En la ciudad sin límites
  • 2003: Premio ACE for Best Supporting Actress for Speak with Her
  • 2008: Premio ACE for Best Supporting Actress for Das Waisenhaus
  • 2008: Premio Unión de Actores for Best Supporting Actress for The Orphanage

Web links

Commons : Geraldine Chaplin  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Documentation on Doktor Schiwago -DVD (2001) or Blu-ray (2010).
personal data
SURNAME Chaplin, Geraldine
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Chaplin, Geraldine Leigh
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American-British actress
DATE OF BIRTH July 31, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Santa Monica , California , United States