Geraldine Leigh Chaplin Wiki Biography

Geraldine Leigh Chaplin was born on 31 July 1944, in Santa Monica, California USA, and is an actress, and also known to be the fourth child of iconic film star Charlie Chaplin. She’s participated in numerous English, Spanish, and French films, and had many projects dating back to the 1970s. All of her efforts have helped put her net worth to where it is today.

How rich is Geraldine Chaplin? As of mid-2017, sources estimate a net worth that is at $20 million, mostly earned through a successful career in acting. She’s had many roles which received award nominations, and has been credited for numerous critically acclaimed films, with some of her most notable projects including “The Orphanage”, and “Chaplin”. All of her achievements ensured the position of her wealth.

Geraldine Chaplin Net Worth $20 million

After her father, Charlie Chaplin was refused re-entry to the United States, their family moved to Switzerland. Geraldine attended boarding school there, and would become fluent in both French as well as Spanish. She appeared in a small part in her father’s film “Limelight” which was released in 1952.

At the age of 17, Geraldine then chose to pursue a dance career instead of going to college. She studied ballet for two years in England, and would turn professional, performing in Paris. She then found work as a model after leaving her dance career, before deciding to follow her father’s footsteps into acting. She would start to get noticed after appearing in 1965’s “Doctor Zhivago” for which she gained a Golden Globe Award nomination. Two years later, she made her Broadway debut in “The Little Foxes” which earned good reviews, and in the same year, she starred in the thriller “Peppermint Frappe”. Her net worth started to increase thanks to all of these opportunities.

In 1970, she starred in “The Hawaiians” alongside Charlton Heston, and three years later, she appeared in “The Three Musketeers” and would reprise her role in the sequel “The Four Musketeers”. She was also part of 1975’s “Nashville”, playing the BBC reporter Opal which earned her a second Golden Globe nomination. She then appeared in various Altman films, such as “A Wedding” and “Roseland”, but all these appearances boosted her nnet worth.

While involvedac in ting projects, Chaplin occasionally wrote scripts too, and she would win the Special Jury Prize at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival for her performance in “Cria cuervos”. She continued making films into the late 1970s, gaining critical acclaim for her role in “Remember My Name”.

In the next decade, she started taking French roles, appearing in films such as “Life Is a Bed of Roses”. In 1992, she appeared in the biographical film “Chaplin” playing her grandmother, and her performance earned her another Golden Globe award nomination. The following year, she was cast in Martin Scorsese’s “The Age of Innocence”.

In 2000, she would begin starring in numerous Spanish films, receiving a Goya Mejor Actriz de Reparto for her performance in “In the City Without Limits”. She was given a Gold medal by the Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematograficas de Espana for her work in Spanish Cinema. A few of her latest film projects include “The Impossible” and “Sand Dollars”.

For her personal life, it is known that Geraldine married Chilean cinematographer Patricio Castilla in 2006, and they have a daughter. She also had a son from a long term relationship with Spanish film director Carlos Saura from 1967-‘79. Chaplin maintains homes in Spain, Switzerland, and the United States.



Full Name Geraldine Chaplin
Net Worth $20 Million
Date Of Birth July 31, 1944
Place Of Birth Santa Monica, California, U.S.
Height 5′ 5″ (1.65 m)
Profession Actress, Writer, Soundtrack
Education Royal Ballet School
Nationality American
Spouse Patricio Castilla
Children Oona Castilla Chaplin, Shane Saura, Shane Saura ; Oona Castilla Chaplin
Parents Oona O’Neill, Charles and Oona Chaplin
Siblings Victoria Chaplin, Michael Chaplin, Josephine Chaplin, Sydney Chaplin, Christopher Chaplin, Eugene Chaplin, Charles Chaplin Jr., Jane Chaplin, Norman Spencer Chaplin, Annette Emily Chaplin
Partner Carlos Saura
IMDB http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0001036/
Awards Goya Award for Best Supporting Actress, TIFF Award for Lifetime Achievement
Nominations Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture, Ariel Award for Best Actress, BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, Golden Globe Award for Best New Star of the Year – Actress, Fénix Film Award for Best Actress
Movies Doctor Zhivago, The Orphanage, Cria Cuervos, The Impossible, Talk to Her, A Monster Calls, The Age of Innocence, Limelight, The Wolfman, Home for the Holidays, Elisa, My Life, The Mirror Crack’d, Welcome to L.A., Diary of a Nymphomaniac, Remember My Name, Ana and the Wolves, Sand Dollars, The Four M…
TV Shows My Cousin Rachel, The Word (US)
Trademark
1 Wears sunglasses, mostly colorful, on her head.
2 Quite unlike her father, her performances have usually been serious, intense and brooding
Quote
1 [on Charles Chaplin] Daddy has never seen anything I’ve done, but he is the best critic I have. He has taught me how to tear down a character. “Slug your guts out” is his philosophy of acting. Never mind the talent, just work hard.
2 I thought it’d be easy to get into the movies as Charles Chaplin’s daughter. And I suppose it was. Except I wasn’t much good as an actress – really terrible at the beginning.
3 [on Doctor Zhivago (1965)] Although I went all over the world promoting it, I’d never got to see more than the credits before being whisked away. Finally, at Cannes, I was to sit through the whole thing. When I appeared for the first time, I fainted from the shock – and woke up in the ladies room.
Fact
1 As well as playing her grandmother Hannah Chaplin in Chaplin (1992), she is briefly depicted in the film as an eight-year-old girl in a scene set in September 1952.
2 Niece of actor Syd Chaplin.
3 She visited Argentina to be president of jury in San Luis Cine International Festival. [November 2007]
4 Son, Shane Saura Chaplin O’Neill (born 1974) with, Carlos Saura. Daughter, with longtime companion and now husband Patricio Castilla, Oona Chaplin (born 1986).
5 1978/Winner Best Actress Award, Paris Film Festival, Miami Film Festival for Robert Altmans Remember My Name (1978).
6 Member of the jury at the Cannes Film Festival in 1982
7 Speaks fluent Spanish and French.
8 Sings the duet “Les aimants” written by Chet and composed by Jérôme Rebotier on Chet’s album “L’amour
9 Sister-in-law of Jean-Baptiste Thiérrée.
10 Great-granddaughter of James O’Neill.
11 Aunt of Kiera Chaplin, Carmen Chaplin, Dolores Chaplin and ‘James Thierree’.
12 Festival tribute at the Créteil International Women’s Film Festival, France. [1991]
13 Sister of Christopher Chaplin, Eugene Chaplin, Michael Chaplin, Josephine Chaplin, and Victoria Chaplin.
14 Half-sister of Sydney Chaplin and Charles Chaplin Jr.
15 Granddaughter of playwright Eugene O’Neill (1888-1965) and the singer Charles Chaplin Sr. (1864-1901). Oona Chaplin (1926-1991), Eugene O’Neill’s daughter, was married to Charlie Chaplin from 1943 until his death in 1977.
16 Had a 12 year relationship with Spanish director Carlos Saura.
17 Daughter of Charles Chaplin and Oona Chaplin.
18 Portrayed her own grandmother in Chaplin (1992)

Actress

Title Year Status Character
Boxes 2007 Maman
Miguel and William 2007 Dueña
Les aventuriers des mers du Sud 2006 TV Movie Maggie
Agatha Christie’s Marple 2006 TV Series Mrs Fane
Melissa P. 2005 Nonna Elvira
BloodRayne 2005 Fortune Teller
Oculto 2005 Adele
Heidi 2005/I Rottenmeier
The Bridge of San Luis Rey 2004 The Abbess
A Christmas Carol: The Musical 2004 TV Movie Ghost of Christmas Future / Blind Beggarwoman
Winter Solstice 2003 TV Movie Gloria Blundell
Dinotopia 2002-2003 TV Series Oriana
Dinotopia 2002 TV Mini-Series Oriana
Talk to Her 2002 Katerina Bilova
Las caras de la luna 2002 Joan Turner
En la ciudad sin límites 2002 Marie
Just Run! 2001 Madre
In the Beginning 2000 TV Mini-Series Yocheved
Mary, Mother of Jesus 1999 TV Movie Elizabeth
Beresina oder Die letzten Tage der Schweiz 1999 Charlotte De
To Walk with Lions 1999 Victoria Anrecelli
Finisterre, donde termina el mundo 1998 Madre
Cousin Bette 1998 Adeline Hulot
Mother Teresa: In the Name of God’s Poor 1997 Mother Theresa
The Odyssey 1997 TV Series Eurycleia
Os Olhos da Ásia 1996 Jane Powell
Crimetime 1996 Thelma
Gulliver’s Travels 1996 TV Mini-Series Empress Munodi
Jane Eyre 1996 Miss Scatcherd
Para recibir el canto de los pájaros 1995 Catherine
Home for the Holidays 1995 Aunt Glady
Words Upon the Window Pane 1994 Miss McKenna
Screen One 1993 TV Series Beverly
The Age of Innocence 1993 Mrs. Welland
Chaplin 1992 Hannah Chaplin
Hors saison 1992 Anarchist
Buster’s Bedroom 1991 Diana Daniels
Duel of Hearts 1991 TV Movie Mrs. Miller
Y aquí no pasó nada 1991 Short
Gentille alouette 1990 Angela Duverger
The Children 1990 Joyce Wheater
I Want to Go Home 1989 Terry Amstrong
The Return of the Musketeers 1989 Queen Anne
The Moderns 1988 Nathalie de Ville
White Mischief 1987 Nina Soames
The Corsican Brothers 1985 TV Movie Madame Savilia de Franchi
Love on the Ground 1984 Charlotte
Casting 1983
Life Is a Bed of Roses 1983 Nora Winkle
My Cousin Rachel 1983 TV Mini-Series Contessa Rachel Sangalletti
The House of Mirth 1981 TV Movie Lily Bart
Bolero 1981 Suzan / Sara Glenn
Les uns et les autres 1981 TV Mini-Series Suzan / Sara Glenn
The Mirror Crack’d 1980 Ella Zielinsky
Le voyage en douce 1980 Lucie
La viuda de Montiel 1979 Adelaida
Mama Turns 100 1979 Ana
Mais où et donc Ornicar 1979 Isabelle
L’adoption 1979 Catherine
Der kurze Brief zum langen Abschied 1978 TV Movie Judith Seldan
The Word 1978 TV Mini-Series Naomi Dunn
A Wedding 1978 Rita Billingsley
Los ojos vendados 1978 Emilia
Remember My Name 1978 Emily
Une page d’amour 1978 Lise
Roseland 1977 Marilyn (The Hustle)
In memoriam 1977 Paulina Arevalo
Elisa, vida mía 1977 Elisa / Madre de Elisa
Noroît 1976 Morag
Welcome to L.A. 1976 Karen Hood
Scrim 1976 Ann
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull’s History Lesson 1976 The Sure Shot (Annie Oakley)
Cria Cuervos 1976 María / Ana
Nashville 1975 Opal
The Four Musketeers: Milady’s Revenge 1974 Queen Anne of Austria
¿… Y el prójimo? 1974 Luisa
Sommerfuglene 1974 Anne Zimmler
Le mariage 1973
Nefertiti y Aquenatos 1973 Short
The Three Musketeers 1973 Queen Anna
Yankee Dudler 1973 Kate Elder
Ana y los lobos 1973 Ana
Innocent Bystanders 1972 Miriam Loman
Z.P.G. 1972 Carol McNeil
The House Without Frontiers 1972 Lucía Alfaro
Carlos 1971 TV Movie Lisa
Sur un arbre perché 1971 Mme Muller (as Géraldine Chaplin)
The Garden of Delights 1970 uncredited
The Hawaiians 1970 Purity Hoxworth
Honeycomb 1969 Teresa
Stress-es tres-tres 1968 Teresa
Peppermint Frappé 1967 Elena / Ana
The Danny Thomas Hour 1967 TV Series Donna (Hippie Girl)
Cop-Out 1967 Angela Sawyer
Rasputin 1967 Mounia Golovine
Casino Royale 1967 Keystone Kop (uncredited)
A Countess from Hong Kong 1967 Girl at dance
La vie très étrange de Madame Anastasie 1966 Short
Andremo in citt 1966 Lenka Vitas
The Doctor and the Devil 1965
Doctor Zhivago 1965 Tonya
Crime on a Summer Morning 1965 Zelda
Dernier soir 1964 Short
Limelight 1952 Little Girl in Opening Scene (uncredited)
As We Like It 2017 filming
The Broken Key 2016 post-production Tower Woman
Amar en Madrid announced Elizabeth
Simone filming Bookseller
Au-del 2016 TV Mini-Series Rose
A Monster Calls 2016 The Head Teacher
Seances 2016
Once and Forever 2015 Short Marie Donovan
Ich und Kaminski 2015 Therese
Marguerite et Julien 2015 La mère de Lefebvre
The Forbidden Room 2015 The Master Passion / Nursemaid / Aunt Chance
Valentin Valentin 2014 Jane
Dólares de arena 2014 Anne
Amapola 2014
Wax 2014 Producer
The Return 2013/VII Short Coco Chanel
Panzer Chocolate 2013 Frau Frida
Another Me 2013 Mrs. Brennan
Tres 60 2013 Jean Christophe
Jo 2013 TV Series Liliane Coberg
Un amor de película 2012 Jean
The Impossible 2012 Old Woman
The Hollow Crown 2012 TV Series Alice
O Apóstolo 2012 Dorinda (voice)
Memoria de mis putas tristes 2011 Rosa Cabarcas
Americano 2011 Linda
All Together 2011 Annie Colin
Le moine 2011 L’abbesse
¿Para qué sirve un oso? 2011 Josephine
There Be Dragons 2011 Abileyza
La mosquitera 2010 María
L’imbroglio nel lenzuolo 2010 Alma
The Wolfman 2010 Maleva
The Making of Plus One 2010 Geri – the casting director
La isla interior 2009 Victoria
Imago mortis 2009 Countess Orsini
Diary of a Nymphomaniac 2008 Marie Tasso – Abuela de Valére
Ramírez 2008 Galerist
Parc 2008 La mère de Marteau
Inconceivable 2008 Frances Church-Chappel
Parlami d’amore 2008 Amelie
Los Totenwackers 2007 Salgado
The Orphanage 2007 Aurora
Teresa, el cuerpo de Cristo 2007 Priora

Writer

Title Year Status Character
Inconceivable 2008 devised in collaboration with
Honeycomb 1969 screenplay / story

Soundtrack

Title Year Status Character
A Christmas Carol: The Musical 2004 TV Movie performer: “Nothing to Do With Me Pt. 2”, “What a Day, What a Sky” – uncredited

Thanks

Title Year Status Character
Stella cadente 2014 thanks
The Man Who Saw Frankenstein Cry 2010 Documentary thanks
‘Doctor Zhivago’: The Making of a Russian Epic 1995 TV Special documentary acknowledgement: photographs collection from
Frank and Ollie 1995 Documentary special thanks

Self

Title Year Status Character
Madres de los dioses 2015 Documentary
Tiene la palabra 2014 TV Series Herself – Guest
Almorzando con Mirtha Legrand 2014 TV Series Herself – Guest
8 al dia 2013 TV Series Herself – Guest
Vivement dimanche 2012 TV Series Herself
Today 2012 TV Series Herself – Guest
Morgenmagazin 2011 TV Series Herself
33-y Moskovskiy mezhdunarodnyy kinofestival 2011 TV Special Herself
El hormiguero 2009-2010 TV Series Herself – Guest
Buenafuente 2010 TV Series Herself – Guest
Continuar 2007-2010 TV Series Herself
Mendelssohn Gala aus dem Gewandhaus zu Leipzig 2009 TV Movie Herself (uncredited)
Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel 2009 TV Series Herself
Geraldine Chaplin and Prince Mario-Max Schaumburg-Lippe Discovered by Paparazzi Dancing 2008 TV Movie documentary Herself (uncredited)
Corazón, corazón 2000-2008 TV Series Herself
Cartelera 2007-2008 TV Series Herself
El orfanato llega a Hollywood 2007 TV Movie documentary Herself
Greatest Ever Romantic Movies 2007 TV Movie documentary Herself
Miradas 2 2007 TV Series documentary Herself
El club 2007 TV Series Herself – Guest
La tarda 2007 TV Series Herself – Guest
Geraldine en España 2006 TV Movie Herself
Sábado dolce vita 2006 TV Series Herself – Guest
Corazón de… 2006 TV Series Herself
Cinema TV 2005 TV Series Herself
El cine en las venas 2005 TV Movie documentary Herself
Versión española 2005 TV Series Herself – Guest
XIX premios Goya 2005 TV Special Herself – Co-Presenter: Best Supporting Actress & Best Production Supervision
Retrato de Carlos Saura 2004 Documentary
Salsa rosa 2004 TV Series Herself – Guest
Menschen bei Maischberger 2003 TV Series Herself
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin 2003 Documentary Herself – Daughter of Charles Chaplin
Charlie Chaplin – Les années suisses 2003 TV Movie documentary Herself
Wetten, dass..? 2003 TV Series Herself – Guest
XVII premios Goya 2003 TV Special Herself – Winner: Best Supporting Actress
Tout le monde en parle 2002 TV Series Herself
Comme au cinéma 1999 TV Series documentary Herself
Mundo VIP 1997 TV Series Herself
Die Harald Schmidt Show 1996 TV Series Herself – Guest
‘Doctor Zhivago’: The Making of a Russian Epic 1995 TV Special documentary Herself
A Century of Cinema 1994 Documentary Herself
Tal cual 1993 TV Series Herself – Guest
The 50th Annual Golden Globe Awards 1993 TV Special Herself – Nominee: Best Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Momentos de Glória 1993 TV Series Herself (1993)
Les nouveaux rendez-vous 1980 TV Series Herself
Gente hoy 1979 TV Series Herself
Les rendez-vous du dimanche 1978 TV Series Herself
The Mike Douglas Show 1977 TV Series Herself – Actress
Good Morning America 1977 TV Series Herself – Guest
The Dick Cavett Show 1968 TV Series Herself – Guest
Hinter der Leinwand 1967 TV Series documentary Herself
Dim Dam Dom 1967 TV Series Herself – Host
Gala de l’Unicef 1966 TV Series Herself
XVI. Internationale Filmfestspiele Berlin 1966 1966 TV Movie documentary Herself
What’s My Line? 1966 TV Series Herself – Mystery Guest
Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean 1966 Short documentary Herself
David Lean’s Film of Doctor Zhivago 1965 Documentary short Herself
Moscow in Madrid 1965 Documentary short Herself
Pasternak 1965 Documentary short Herself
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson 1965 TV Series Herself – Guest
The Eamonn Andrews Show 1965 TV Series Herself – Guest
Gala de l’union 1964 TV Series Herself
Gran parada 1964 TV Series Herself – Guest
Sábados circulares de Mancera 1964 TV Series Herself

Archive Footage

Won Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2016 Premio ACE Premios ACE Cinema – Best Supporting Actress Dólares de arena (2014)
2016 Espiga de Honor (Honorary Spike) Valladolid International Film Festival
2015 Best Actress Nashville Film Festival Best Actor Dólares de arena (2014)
2014 Silver Hugo Chicago International Film Festival Best Actress Dólares de arena (2014)
2014 Best Actress Havana Film Festival Dólares de arena (2014)
2014 Humanitarian Award São Paulo International Film Festival
2012 Lifetime Achievement Award Transilvania International Film Festival
2011 Silver Biznaga Málaga Spanish Film Festival Best Supporting Actress (Mejor Actriz de Reparto) ¿Para qué sirve un oso? (2011)
2008 Special Tribute Award Almería International Short Film Festival
2008 Honorary Lady Harimaguada Las Palmas Film Festival
2008 Premio ACE Premios ACE Cinema – Best Supporting Actress El orfanato (2007)
2008 Award of the Spanish Actors Union Spanish Actors Union Film: Performance in a Minor Role, Female (Reparto Cine – Categoría Femenina) El orfanato (2007)
2008 Taormina Arte Award Taormina International Film Festival
2004 Capri Legend Award Capri, Hollywood
2004 Málaga Lifetime Achievement Award Málaga Spanish Film Festival
2003 Goya Goya Awards Best Supporting Actress (Mejor Actriz de Reparto) En la ciudad sin límites (2002)
2003 CineMerit Award Munich Film Festival
2003 Premio ACE Premios ACE Cinema – Best Supporting Actress Hable con ella (2002)
1997 Actor’s Mission Award Art Film Festival
1996 François Truffaut Award Giffoni Film Festival
1978 Best Actress Paris Film Festival Remember My Name (1978)
1978 Premio ACE Premios ACE Cinema – Best Actress Cría cuervos (1976)
1972 Medalla Sitges en Plata de Ley Sitges – Catalonian International Film Festival Best Actress Z.P.G. (1972)
1970 Fotogramas de Plata Fotogramas de Plata Best Spanish Movie Performer (Mejor intérprete de cine español) La madriguera (1969)

Nominated Awards

Year Award Ceremony Nomination Movie
2016 Silver Ariel Ariel Awards, Mexico Best Actress (Mejor Actuación Femenina) Dólares de arena (2014)
2015 Premio Fénix Premios Fénix (Fenix Film Awards) Best Actress Dólares de arena (2014)
2015 Platino Award The Platino Awards for Iberoamerican Cinema Best Actress Dólares de arena (2014)
2008 Goya Goya Awards Best Supporting Actress (Mejor Actriz de Reparto) El orfanato (2007)
2003 Award of the Spanish Actors Union Spanish Actors Union Film: Supporting Performance, Female (Secundario Cine – Categoría Femenina) En la ciudad sin límites (2002)
1993 Golden Globe Golden Globes, USA Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture Chaplin (1992)
1978 BAFTA Film Award BAFTA Awards Best Supporting Actress Welcome to L.A. (1976)
1976 Golden Globe Golden Globes, USA Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture Nashville (1975)
1966 Golden Globe Golden Globes, USA Most Promising Newcomer – Female Doctor Zhivago (1965)
1966 Golden Laurel Laurel Awards New Faces, Female 5th place.

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