Geraldine Chaplin Biography

Geraldine Leigh Chaplin (born July 31, 1944) is a prolific actress of English, French, and Spanish language films, the fourth child of Charlie Chaplin, the first of eight with fourth wife Oona O'Neill. After beginnings in dance and modeling, she turned her attention to acting, and made her American 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 received her second Golden Globe nomination for Robert Altman's Nashville (1975). She also appeared in his other pictures, including Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976), and A Wedding (1978). She received a BAFTA nomination for her role in Welcome to L.A. (1976), and then appeared in Roseland (1977) and Remember My Name (1978). She played her grandmother Hannah Chaplin in the biopic, Chaplin (1992) for which she received her third Golden Globe nomination. She also appeared in The Age of Innocence (1993), Jane Eyre (1996), Mother Teresa: In the Name of God's Poor (1997), and a decade later, in The Wolfman (2010).

Chaplin has appeared in a wide variety of critically recognised Spanish and French films. She starred in Claude Lelouch's Les Uns et les Autres (1981), the Alain Resnais comedy Life Is a Bed of Roses (1983) and the Jacques Rivette experimental film Love on the Ground (1984). She enjoyed her greatest critical success collaborating with Carlos Saura, starring in several notable films by the director, including Ana and the Wolves (1973), Cra cuervos (1976), Elisa, vida ma (1977), and Mam cumple cien aos (1979). She collaborated with Pedro Almodvar in Talk to Her (2002). She was awarded a Goya Award for her role in En la ciudad sin lmites (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.

Chaplin had a long term relationship with Spanish film director Carlos Saura, giving birth to their son, Shane Suara, in 1976. A subsequent long-term relationship with Chilean cinematographer Patricio Castilla (married, 2006), gave her a daughter, Oona, born 1986. As of 2011, Chaplin maintained homes in Miami, Florida, in the United States, and in Madrid, Spain, and Corsier-sur-Vevey, Switzerland.

Early life and education

Geraldine Leigh Chaplin was born on July 31, 1944, in Santa Monica, California, the fourth child of actor and filmmaker Charlie Chaplin and his fourth wife, Oona O'Neill, whom he married in 1943. Chaplin was in his mid-fifties, and Oona was eighteen years old; Geraldine would be the first of their eight children. Her paternal grandparents were English singers Charles Chaplin, Sr. and Hannah Chaplin (Hannah Harriet Pedlingham Hill), and her maternal grandparents were Nobel- and Pulitzer Prize-winning American playwright Eugene O'Neill and English-born writer Agnes Boulton.

When Geraldine was eight years old, her father took the family on vacation to Britain and Europe; two days after the family set sail, the U.S. Attorney General signed an order refusing him permission to re-enter the country. Her father then moved the family to Switzerland. She attended boarding school there, where she became fluent in French and Spanish. Also in this time period, Geraldine appeared in a small part in her father's film "Limelight" (1952).

Career

Dance and modeling

At 17-years of age, the young Chaplin decided to forgo college to pursue dance instead, and studied ballet for two years in England, including a period in 1961 at the Royal Ballet School. Chaplin then danced professionally for a year in Paris. Though a good dancer, she felt she had not trained from an early enough age to excel at it and so gave up ballet. Said Chaplin "I didn't leave ballet, ballet left me." It was a great disappointment to her.

Chaplin then found work as a fashion model in Paris. She was then discovered by David Lean. It would be many years before she could bring herself to see a ballet performance.

Discovery and early acting, 1965-69

When her dream of becoming a ballet dancer ended, she followed her father into what would become a prolific acting career. She came to prominence in the role of Tonya in David Lean's Doctor Zhivago (1965). David Lean chose her to play the main character's wife, for which she received a Golden Globe Award nomination in the category, "Most Promising Female Newcomer." In an interview to publicise the film, she explained, "Because of my name, the right doors opened."

In 1967, she made her Broadway debut in Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes. Her performance was praised by Clive Barnes in a New York Times review, where he noted that Chaplin "acts with spirit and force"? with a magnificently raw-voiced sincerity" giving a performance of "surprising power."

In the same year, she also began what would become a significant collaboration, starring in Spanish film director Carlos Saura's psychological thriller Peppermint Frapp (1967).

The Hawaiians through Cra cuervos, 1970-79

Chaplin starred alongside Charlton Heston in the American historical film The Hawaiians (1970).

Chaplin then appeared in The Three Musketeers (1973), as well as the sequel, The Four Musketeers (1974). Chaplin was cast as the obnoxious BBC reporter Opal in Robert Altman's Nashville (1975), for which she received her second Golden Globe nomination, for Best Supporting Actress. She went on to star in the Altman films Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976), and then A Wedding (1978), doing Roseland (1977) in between.

She later occasionally co-wrote scripts for and starred in several later Saura films"?for these, receiving her greatest critical success"?such as Ana and the Wolves (1973), Cra cuervos (1976), Elisa, vida ma (1977) and Mam cumple cien aos (1979). Cra cuervos won the Special Jury Prize Award at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival. Vincent Canby praised Chaplin's "superb" performance.

She starred in several films produced by Altman and directed by Alan Rudolph, with a BAFTA-nominated role in Welcome to L.A. (1976), in which she played a housewife addicted to cab rides. She received critical acclaim for her role in Remember My Name (1978), in which she played Anthony Perkins' murderous estranged wife.

In an interview with The New York Times in 1977, Chaplin cited that her career was going more successfully in Europe than in the United States. She complained that "I only seem to work with Altman here ... I don't have any offers in this country, none. Not even an interesting script to read. The only person who ever asks me is Altman - and James Ivory."

French-language and other roles, 1980-89

In the 1980s, Chaplin starred in several French-language roles, including Claude Lelouch's Les Uns et les Autres (1981), Alain Resnais' Life Is a Bed of Roses (1983), Jacques Rivette's experimental Love on the Ground (1984), and then the American film, I Want to Go Home (1989).

Chaplin also starred in Rudolph's 1920s-set film, The Moderns (1988).

Chaplin, Scorsese, and Zeffirelli, 1990-99

In the biographical film about her father, Chaplin (1992), she played her grandmother Hannah Chaplin, for which she was nominated for her third Golden Globe award. Soon after, she was directed by Martin Scorsese in The Age of Innocence (1993), and appeared in Franco Zeffirelli's version of Jane Eyre (1996).

Chaplin went on to appear in Mother Teresa: In the Name of God's Poor (1997).

The Spanish period, 2000-present

Chaplin received a Goya Mejor Actriz de Reparto for her role in Spanish-Argentine thriller En la ciudad sin lmites (In the City Without Limits, 2002). Other notable Spanish films she collaborated with and appeared in Pedro Almodvar's Talk to Her (2002), and Jos Antonio Bayona's The Orphanage (2007), for which she received a second Goya Award nomination. She also recently starred in the Catalan drama, The Mosquito Net (2010), for which she was awarded the Crystal Globe.

In 2006 Chaplin was awarded the Gold medal by the Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematogrficas de Espaa"?the Spanish Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences"?for her contribution to Spanish cinema.

Chaplin appeared in The Wolfman, in 2010.

In Americano, she appeared with Salma Hayek, and featured with Jane Fonda in All Together (both 2011). She reunited with Juan Antonio Bayona for the film The Impossible (2012). Chaplin received the Best Actress Award at the Havana Film Festival for her role in the Dominican Republic film Sand Dollars (2014).

Personal life

Chaplin dated a number of men in her younger years, and had two serious, long term relationships. The first was with Carlos Saura, a Spanish film director who directed her in several films, with whom she began a twelve-year relationship in 1967. In 1976 she gave birth to their son, Shane Saura Chaplin. In 1978 the Chaplin family were the victims of a failed extortion plot by kidnappers who had stolen the body of Charlie Chaplin. Geraldine negotiated with the kidnappers, who had also threatened her infant son.

Her second long-term relationship has been with Chilean cinematographer Patricio Castilla whom she married in 2006, and with whom she had a daughter, Oona, in 1986.

As of 2011, Chaplin maintains a home in Miami. She also spends time in residences between Madrid, Spain, and Corsier-sur-Vevey, Switzerland (the latter near the former long-time home of her and her father).

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Director, Country, Notes
1952	Limelight	Little Girl in Opening Scene (uncredited)	Director: Charles Chaplin Country: United States
1965	Par un beau matin d't (Crime on a Summer Morning)	Zelda	Director: Jacques Deray Countries: France - Spain - Italy
	Doctor Zhivago	Tonya Gromeko	Director: David Lean; Countries: United States - Italy - UK Golden Globe Awards Nomination: Most Promising Female Newcomer
1966	Andremo in citt	Lenka	Director: Nelo Risi; Countries: Italy - Yugoslavia
1967	A Countess from Hong Kong	Girl at dance	Director: Charlie Chaplin; Country: UK
	Casino Royale	Keystone Kop (uncredited)	Directors: Ken Hughes, John Huston, Joseph McGrath, Robert Parrish, Richard Talmadge Countries: UK - United States
	J'ai tu Raspoutine (I Killed Rasputin)	Mounia Golovine	Director: Robert Hossein Countries: France - Italy
	Stranger in the House	Angela Sawyer	Director: Pierre Rouve; Country: UK
	Peppermint Frapp	Elena/Ana	Director: Carlos Saura; Country: Spain
1968	Stress-es tres-tres (Stress Is Three)	Teresa	Director: Carlos Saura Country: Spain
1969	La madriguera (Honeycomb)	Teresa	Director: Carlos Saura; Country: Spain G. Chaplin also co-wrote the screenplay and contributed to the story. Film entered into the 19th Berlin International Film Festival
1970	The Hawaiians	Purity Hoxworth	Director: Tom Gries; Country: United States
	El jardn de las delicias (The Garden of Delights)	Actress (uncredited)	Director: Carlos Saura Country: Spain
1971	Perched on a Tree	Mme Muller	(as Graldine Chaplin)
	Carlos	Lisa
1972	Innocent Bystanders	Miriam Loman
	Z.P.G.	Carol McNeil	Winner: Medalla Sitges en Plata del Ley: Best Actress
	A House Without Boundaries	Actress	Film entered into the 22nd Berlin International Film Festival
1973	Ana y los lobos	Ana	Director: Carlos Saura
	The Three Musketeers	Anna of Austria	Director: Richard Lester
	Marriage a la Mode	Actress
	Yankee Dudler	Kate Elder
1974	The Four Musketeers	Queen Anne of Austria	Director: Richard Lester
	...Y el prjimo?	Luisa
	Sommerfuglene	Anne Zimmler
1975	Cra cuervos	Ana The Mother	Director: Carlos Saura Winner: Premios ACE: Best Actress Film received the Special Jury Prize Award at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival.
	Nashville	Opal	Director: Robert Altman Golden Globe Awards Nomination:Best Supporting Actress
1976	Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson	Annie Oakley	Director: Robert Altman
	Welcome to L.A.	Karen Hood	Director: Alan Rudolph BAFTA Awards Nomination:Best Supporting Actress
	Scrim	Actress
	Norot	Morag	by Jacques Rivette; episode from an intended four-part series "Scenes from a Parallel Life"
1977	Roseland	Marilyn	Director: James Ivory
	Elisa, vida ma	Elisa Santamaria/Elisa's Mother	Director: Carlos Saura
	In Memoriam	Paulina Arevalo	Director: Enrique Bras
1978	Remember My Name	Emily	Director: Alan Rudolph Winner: Miami Film Festival: Best Actress Paris Film Festival: Best Actress
	A Wedding	Rita Billingsley	Director: Robert Altman
	One Page of Love	Lise
	The Word	Naomi Dunn
	Blindfolded Eyes	Actress	Director: Carlos Saura
1979	L'Adoption	Catherine	Director: Marc Grunebaum; Country: France
	Mama Turns 100	Ana	Director: Carlos Saura
	La viuda de Montiel	Adelaida	Entered into the 30th Berlin International Film Festival
	Mais o et donc Ornicar	Isabelle	Director: Bertrand Van Effenterre
1980	Le Voyage en douce	Lucie	Entered into the 30th Berlin International Film Festival
	The Mirror Crack'd	Ella Zielinsky
1981	Les Uns et les Autres	Suzan/Sara Glenn	Director: Claude Lelouch
	The House of Mirth	Lily Bart	Television film
1982	Casting	Actress
1983	Life Is a Bed of Roses	Nora Winkle	Director: Alain Resnais
	My Cousin Rachel	Contessa Rachel Sangalletti	Television miniseries
1984	Love on the Ground	Charlotte	Director: Jacques Rivette
1987	White Mischief	Nina Soames	Director: Michael Radford
1988	The Moderns	Nathalie de Ville	Director: Alan Rudolph
1989	The Return of the Musketeers	Queen Anne	Director: Richard Lester
	I Want to Go Home	Terry Armstrong	Director: Alain Resnais
1990	Gentille Alouette	Angela Duverger
	The Children	Joyce Wheater
1991	Buster's Bedroom	Diana Daniels	Director: Rebecca Horn
	Duel of Hearts	Mrs. Miller	Television film
1992	Chaplin	Hannah Chaplin	Director: Richard Attenborough Golden Globe Awards Nomination: Best Supporting Actress
	Hors Saison	Anarchist	by Daniel Schmid
1993	A Foreign Field	Beverly
	The Age of Innocence	Mrs. Welland	Director: Martin Scorsese
1994	Words Upon the Window Pane	Miss McKenna
1995	Para recibir el canto de los pjaros	Catherine	Director: Jorge Sanjins; Country: Bolivia
	Home for the Holidays	Aunt Gladys	Director: Jodie Foster
1996	Jane Eyre	Miss Scatcherd	Director: Franco Zeffirelli
	Gulliver's Travels	Empress Munodi	Television miniseries
	Os Olhos da sia	Jane Powell
	Crimetime	Thelma
1997	Mother Teresa: In the Name of God's Poor	Mother Teresa
1998	Cousin Bette	Adeline Hulot
	Finisterre, donde termina el mundo	Madre/Mother
1999	To Walk with Lions	Victoria Anrecelli
	Beresina oder Die letzten Tage der Schweiz	Charlotte De	Director: Daniel Schmid
2000	In the Beginning	Yocheved	Television film
2001	Just Run!	Madre
	The Faces of the Moon	Joan Turner
2002	Dinotopia	Grandmother Oriana	Television miniseries
	En la ciudad sin lmites	Marie	Goya Awards Best Supporting Actress
	Talk to Her	Katerina Bilova	Director: Pedro Almodvar
2004	The Bridge of San Luis Rey	The Abbess
2005	Heidi	Rottenmeier
	Oculto	Adela
	Melissa P.	Nonna Elvira	Director: Luca Guadagnino
	BloodRayne	Fortune Teller
2006	Agatha Christie's Marple	Mrs. Fane	Television series Episode: "Sleeping Murder"
	Les aventuriers des mers du Sud	Maggie	Television film
2007	The Orphanage	Aurora	First film with director: Juan Antonio Bayona Goya Awards Nomination: Best Supporting Actress
	Teresa, el cuerpo de Cristo	Priora del convento
	Miguel and William	La duea
	Los Totenwackers	Salgado
	Boxes	Maman	Director: Jane Birkin
2008	Inconceivable	Frances Church-Chappel
	Parlami d'Amore	Amelie
	Parc	La mre de Marteau
	Ramrez	Galerist
	Diario de una Ninfmana	Abuela de Valre/Valer's grandmother
	Bront	Aunt Elizabeth
2009	The Island Inside	Victoria
	Imago Mortis	Contessa Orsini
2010	Hostias	Jean
	The Making of Plus One	Geri, the casting director
	The Wolfman	Maleva	Director: Joe Johnston
	There Be Dragons	Abileyza	Director: Roland Joff
	The Mosquito Net	Mara
	The Trick in the Sheet	Alma	Director: Alfonso Arau
2011	Para qu sirve un oso?	Josephine	Winner: Mlaga Spanish Film Festival: Best Supporting Actress
	The Monk	L'abbesse	Director: Dominik Moll
	Americano	Linda
	All Together	Annie
	Memoria de mis putas tristes	Rosa Cabarcas	Director: Henning Carlsen
2012	O Apstolo	Dosinda	Voice
	The Impossible	Old woman	second film with director: J. A. Bayona
	The Hollow Crown	Alice	1 episode: Henry V
2013	The Return	Coco Chanel	Short film Director: Karl Lagerfeld
	es:Tres 60	Jean Christophe	Director: Alejandro Ezcurdia
	Another Me	Mrs. Brennan	Director: Isabel Coixet
2014	Amapola	Mem	Director: Eugenio Zanetti
	Sand Dollars	Anne	Directors: Israel Crdenas, Laura Amelia Guzmn Nominated "? Ariel Award for Best Actress
2015	Marguerite and Julien	Lefebvre's mother
	Valentin Valentin	Jane
2016	A Monster Calls	The Head Teacher	third film with director: J.A. Bayona
2017	Philip K. Dick"?s Electric Dreams		Episode: "Impossible Planet"
2018	Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom		fourth film with director: J. A. Bayona