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Sir Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin, KBE (16 April 1889 – 25 December 1977) was an English comedian, actor, film director, screenwriter, editor, producer and composer. He can be considered as the first world-famous movie star, and he remains one of the most recognizable and acclaimed icons of the silver screen up to this day.

Growing up in poverty in London, with a mother who was a failed music hall entertainer of declining mental health, Chaplin and his older brother Sydney worked themselves up until Chaplin became a star stage comedian himself. While on an American tour, he was hired by Mack Sennett's Keystone Studios and began starring in low budget one-reeler comedies in 1914. By the end of the year, Chaplin had starred in 35 movies, many of which he directed as well, and was known around the world. By 1916, he was working for the more prestigious Mutual Studios, where produced, directed, wrote, edited, and starred in his own comedy films. In 1919, he co-founded United Artists, one of the major film studios that still operates today. In the ensuing decades he would continue to make entertaining and highly influential comedies, often experimenting with more dramatic stories amid the hilarity.

Chaplin is best known for his character of Charlot or The Tramp — a poor, downtrodden man who nevertheless takes on life with vim and alacrity, defeating the bully/policeman/figure of authority and getting the girl before walking into the sunset.