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Geraldine Chaplin
Santa Monica, California, USA
Geraldine Leigh Chaplin (born July 31, 1944) is an American actress. She is the daughter of Charlie Chaplin, the first of eight children with his fourth wife, Oona O'Neill. After…
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Geraldine Leigh Chaplin (born July 31, 1944) is an American actress. She is the daughter of Charlie Chaplin, the first of eight children with his fourth wife, Oona O'Neill. After beginnings in dance and modeling, she turned her attention to acting, and made her English-language acting debut (and came to prominence in what would be a Golden Globe-nominated role) in her portrayal of Tonya in David Lean's Doctor Zhivago (1965). She made her Broadway acting debut in Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes in 1967, and played the role of ancient Egyptian Queen Nefertiti in Raúl Araiza's Nefertiti and Akhenaton (1973), alongside famous Egyptian actor Salah Zulfikar. Chaplin received her second Golden Globe nomination for Robert Altman's Nashville (1975). She received a BAFTA nomination for her role in Welcome to L. A. (1976). She played her grandmother Hannah Chaplin in the biopic Chaplin (1992), for which she received her third Golden Globe nomination. Chaplin has appeared in a wide variety of critically recognized Spanish and French films. She starred in Les Uns et les Autres (1981), Life Is a Bed of Roses (1983) and the Jacques Rivette experimental films Noroît (1976) and Love on the Ground (1984). She was the partner of director Carlos Saura for 12 years until 1979, starring in his films Ana and the Wolves (1973), Cría Cuervos (1976), Elisa, vida mía (1977), and Mamá cumple cien años (1979). She was awarded a Goya Award for her role in En la ciudad sin límites (2002), and was nominated again for The Orphanage (2007). Her contribution to Spanish cinema culminated in her being awarded the Gold Medal by the Spanish Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences in 2006.
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2025
Chaplin: Spirit of the Tramp
Movie Self
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2023
Seneca
Movie Lucia
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2023
Luka
Movie The General
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2021
The Real Charlie Chaplin
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2021
Glow and Darkness
TV show
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2020
The Barefoot Emperor
Movie Lady Liz
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2019
The Rodriguez and the Beyond
Movie Isabel
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2019
Holy Beasts
Movie Vera
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2018
Red Land
Movie Giulia Visantrin
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2018
Sinuous Road
Movie Miny Barrios
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2018
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
Movie Iris
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2018
Cannes 1968, révolution au palais
Movie Self
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2017
Anchor and Hope
Movie Germaine
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2017
The Broken Key
Movie Tower Woman
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2017
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
TV show Irma Louise Gordon
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2016
The Crown
TV show Wallis Simpson
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2016
A Monster Calls
Movie The Head Teacher (uncredited)
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2016
Beyond the Walls
TV show Rose
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2016
Madres de los dioses
Movie Self
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2015
Once and Forever
Movie Marie Donovan
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2015
The Forbidden Room
Movie Master Passion / Nursemaid / Aunt Chance
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2015
Marguerite & Julien
Movie La mère de Lefebvre
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2015
Me and Kaminski
Movie Therese
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2015
Sand Dollars
Movie Anne
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2015
Valentin Valentin
Movie Jane
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2015
Lines of the Hand
Movie
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2014
Amapola
Movie Memé
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2014
Wax
Movie Producer
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2013
Panzer Chocolate
Movie Frau Frida
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2013
Another Me
Movie Mrs. Brennan
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2013
Three-60
Movie Jean Christophe
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2012
Hostias (Un amor de película)
Movie Jean
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2012
The Apostle
Movie Dorinda (voice)
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2012
The Impossible
Movie Old Woman
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2012
The Hollow Crown
TV show Alice
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2012
All Together
Movie Annie Colin
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2011
Americano
Movie Linda
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2011
Memories of My Melancholy Whores
Movie Rosa Cabarcas / Brothel madam
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2011
The Monk
Movie L’abbesse
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2011
What's a Bear For?
Movie Josephine
