Charles Spencer Chaplin was and remains one of the most famous and really great actors of world cinema, who made a great contribution to its development. Many of his films have become classics and entered the golden fund, and the image of Tramp Charlie is still recognizable all over the world at first glance. Despite his success and wealth, his life was by no means simple and at the beginning of his creative career, sometimes he could hardly resist leaving the profession. There are a lot of sometimes quite scandalous rumors and legends around his name, some of which are myths, but some are true. For example, there are often statements that Chaplin, who generally had a weakness for the beautiful half of humanity, preferred to deal with young teenage girls.

Chaplin preferred teenage girls This fact is rarely emphasized in the official biographies of the actor, but it really corresponds to the truth, it is enough to study the history of his personal life in more detail. Even at that time, she repeatedly became the subject of heated discussions of his fans and the general public, and today the actor would certainly have been prosecuted for his "exploits". What are the facts in favor of Chaplin's fascination with young starlets?

Yes, at least the history of his four official marriages, in which a total of 12 children were born. Not to mention unofficial romances and lawsuits, during which several women claimed that Chaplin was the father of her child. In all these stories, the age difference was very significant — from 12 to 36 years.

Chaplin's first love was Hetty Kelly, a dancer whom he met when she was 14 and he was 19. The couple had several dates, and then they broke up and never saw each other again.

And Tramp Charlie's first marriage was to actress Mildred Harris when he was 28 and she was only 16. Moreover, this was done solely because of Milred's statement about her pregnancy — in other words, Chaplin began dating her even before reaching his 16th birthday. However, later the pregnancy turned out to be false — the actress invented it solely in order to marry Chaplin. And although the couple still had a child, he died a few days later and after that nothing more connected the couple. After less than two years of marriage, they divorced with mutual accusations and lawsuits.

Then Chaplin was engaged to 18-year-old actress Mae Collins for a while, but soon he exchanged her for 16-year-old Lita Gray, who also became his second wife at the age of 16. Moreover, this time her pregnancy at the time of marriage was real — and therefore the couple had to leave for Mexico, because in the USA she would have problems with the law. Charles was already 35 years old at that time and two sons were born in this marriage, but in the end he ended up in divorce after 4 years with the payment of a record compensation for Lita at that time — more than 800 thousand dollars.

A few years after that, Chaplin entered into a relationship with actress Paulette Goddard, however, he met her at a more mature age — 22 years (the actor himself was twice as old then). This marriage lasted longer — in fact 8 years and ended in a calmer atmosphere — in any case, without mutual reproaches, accusations and lawsuits.

And three years later, the actor, who had already become a legend of cinema by that time, who was 54 years old at that time, married for the fourth time — to Una O'Neill, who was then three times younger (18 years old). Their acquaintance before the marriage lasted about a year, after which they announced the wedding. This caused a great stir and indignation of Una's father, the famous American playwright Eugene O'Neill, who broke off relations with his daughter and never spoke to her again. A lot of people predicted that this unexpected marriage would not last long and would end up the same as Chaplin's previous marriages — but they were wrong. Charles and Una lived together for 34 years, until the death of the Little Tramp, and 8 children were born in this union. Moreover, the latter was born when Chaplin was 73 years old.

In general, the life of the great film actor was long and stormy, and most importantly - it all ended with a completely cinematic happy ending.

Charles Spencer Chaplin was and remains one of the most famous and really great actors of world cinema, who made a great contribution to its development. Many of his films have become classics and entered the golden fund, and the image of Tramp Charlie is still recognizable all over the world at first glance. Despite his success and wealth, his life was by no means simple and at the beginning of his creative career, sometimes he could hardly resist leaving the profession. There are a lot of sometimes quite scandalous rumors and legends around his name, some of which are myths, but some are true. For example, there are often statements that Chaplin, who generally had a weakness for the beautiful half of humanity, preferred to deal with young teenage girls.

Chaplin preferred teenage girls This fact is rarely emphasized in the official biographies of the actor, but it really corresponds to the truth, it is enough to study the history of his personal life in more detail. Even at that time, she repeatedly became the subject of heated discussions of his fans and the general public, and today the actor would certainly have been prosecuted for his "exploits". What are the facts in favor of Chaplin's fascination with young starlets?

Yes, at least the history of his four official marriages, in which a total of 12 children were born. Not to mention unofficial romances and lawsuits, during which several women claimed that Chaplin was the father of her child. In all these stories, the age difference was very significant — from 12 to 36 years.

Chaplin's first love was Hetty Kelly, a dancer whom he met when she was 14 and he was 19. The couple had several dates, and then they broke up and never saw each other again.

And Tramp Charlie's first marriage was to actress Mildred Harris when he was 28 and she was only 16. Moreover, this was done solely because of Milred's statement about her pregnancy — in other words, Chaplin began dating her even before reaching his 16th birthday. However, later the pregnancy turned out to be false — the actress invented it solely in order to marry Chaplin. And although the couple still had a child, he died a few days later and after that nothing more connected the couple. After less than two years of marriage, they divorced with mutual accusations and lawsuits.

Then Chaplin was engaged to 18-year-old actress Mae Collins for a while, but soon he exchanged her for 16-year-old Lita Gray, who also became his second wife at the age of 16. Moreover, this time her pregnancy at the time of marriage was real — and therefore the couple had to leave for Mexico, because in the USA she would have problems with the law. Charles was already 35 years old at that time and two sons were born in this marriage, but in the end he ended up in divorce after 4 years with the payment of a record compensation for Lita at that time — more than 800 thousand dollars.

A few years after that, Chaplin entered into a relationship with actress Paulette Goddard, however, he met her at a more mature age — 22 years (the actor himself was twice as old then). This marriage lasted longer — in fact 8 years and ended in a calmer atmosphere — in any case, without mutual reproaches, accusations and lawsuits.

And three years later, the actor, who had already become a legend of cinema by that time, who was 54 years old at that time, married for the fourth time — to Una O'Neill, who was then three times younger (18 years old). Their acquaintance before the marriage lasted about a year, after which they announced the wedding. This caused a great stir and indignation of Una's father, the famous American playwright Eugene O'Neill, who broke off relations with his daughter and never spoke to her again. A lot of people predicted that this unexpected marriage would not last long and would end up the same as Chaplin's previous marriages — but they were wrong. Charles and Una lived together for 34 years, until the death of the Little Tramp, and 8 children were born in this union. Moreover, the latter was born when Chaplin was 73 years old.

In general, the life of the great film actor was long and stormy, and most importantly - it all ended with a completely cinematic happy ending.