Laughter is like a medicine. One who makes others laugh is considered to be a doctor. One who made the world laugh and occupied a special place in the pages of History is Charlie Chaplin.
The full name of Charlie Chaplin is Charlie Spencer Chaplin. He was born on April 16 1889, in England. His parents were stage performers. His childhood was clouded with sadness. His father and mother got divorced. His father died because of his addiction to the alcohol. His mother lost her singing voice, which pushed Charlie on to stage at the age of five. His mother health was suffered seriously and was admitted in hospital. His brother name was Sidney Chaplin, who was at sea. These situations forced Charlie to lead his childhood alone.
At the age of sixteen, for his wonderful performance in Sherlock Holmes’s play, his name was featured in news papers. At the age of twenty four, he joined Keystone pictures and his first comedy appearance was made in “Making a Living”. With in a year, he directed his first comedy “Twenty minutes of love”. His marriage life was not good. His fourth marriage with Oona was a happy one and lasted forever. His first full length movie was “The Kid” in which he captured his childhood life. The movie which brought him “The world’s funniest man” fame was “The Gold Rush”. He didn’t leave his British Citizenship and American people thought that he was supporting communism. For these two reasons, Americans wanted him to be out of their country. After the grand success of the movie “The Limelight”, Charlie along with his family went to Britain for a vacation. Waiting for this moment, American Government posed a rule restricting his entry again to their country. And his name was removed from Los-Angeles “Walk of Fame” celebrity list. Since he was not allowed to enter into America, he along with his family moved to Switzerland. There he continued making his movies. His Autobiography is considered to be one of the finest literatures.
After twenty years, considering his spectacular contribution to the field of cinema, America welcomed him back and the academy awarded him with “The Life Time Achievement” award. Queen Elizabeth awarded Charlie Chaplin with “Sir” title. His name was again included in “Walk of Fame” celebrity list. Even though his childhood was filled with sorrows and his life took him through many difficult times, with laughter as his strength he made his life a great success and a memorable one.If you too have any strength with strong determination to succeed in life, you too can find some place in the pages of History.
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