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English film actor, director,
producer, screenwriter, member of the Club of Dreamers (Dream by Susan V.
Bosak).
Chaplin has been called the single most influential artist in the history
of motion pictures. He is an icon of the silent era and maintained his status even as sound became a part of film. He elevated screen comedy
to a high art.
Chaplin was a perfectionist, working out every last detail in his films, even though they often appeared spontaneous.
His most famous character was "The Little Tramp," a lovable, shabby dreamer with a brushy moustache, bowler hat and cane, who was always optimistic despite being downtrodden.
In he co-founded, along with Douglas Fairbanks, Mary Pickford, and D.
W. Griffith, the United Artists Corporation.
The Kid () made him an international
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