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Geraldine Chaplin

ジェラルディン・チャップリン　/　じぇらるでぃん・ちゃっぷりん

American actor

July 31, 1944 (age 81)　・　Santa Monica, California, United States

California
actor
dancer
screenwriter

My Take

What I admire most about Geraldine Chaplin is that she refused to coast on her father's enormous shadow. Acting across five languages takes more than talent; it takes nerve and curiosity, and her career proves she had both in abundance. There is a quiet, slightly melancholy quality to her screen presence, from Doctor Zhivago to playing her own grandmother in Chaplin, that I find genuinely haunting. Born in California, raised across Europe, she always seemed to belong everywhere and nowhere at once. That rootlessness, I think, is exactly what makes her so compelling to watch even now.

Overview

Geraldine Leigh Chaplin (born July 31, 1944) is an actress, whose extensive career has included multilingual roles in English, Spanish, French, Italian, and German films. Born in the United States and raised in the United Kingdom and Switzerland, she holds American, British, and Spanish citizenship.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Geraldine Chaplin
Name (Japanese): ジェラルディン・チャップリン
Reading: じぇらるでぃん・ちゃっぷりん
Born: July 31, 1944 (age 81)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Leo / Monkey
Origin: Santa Monica, California, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: actor / dancer / screenwriter / film actor / television actor

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: Private

Awards & achievements

2002 Goya Award for Best Supporting Actress
1972 Sitges Film Festival Best Actress award
2006 gold medal
2003 Gold Medal of Merit in the Fine Arts
Order of Christopher Columbus

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

5. Works & records

Category	Title	Role
Notable work	Doctor Zhivago	—
Notable work	Nefertiti y Aquenatos	—
Notable work	Nashville	—
Notable work	Chaplin	—

6. Links

Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B8%E3%82%A7%E3%83%A9%E3%83%AB%E3%83%87%E3%82%A3%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%83%81%E3%83%A3%E3%83%83%E3%83%97%E3%83%AA%E3%83%B3

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