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Mildred Harris

ミルドレッド・ハリス / みるどれっど・はりす

American film actor

November 29, 1901 – July 20, 1944 ・ Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States

  • Wyoming
  • film actor

My Take

Mildred Harris is one of those early Hollywood figures who gets footnoted as "Chaplin's first wife" and then promptly overlooked, which honestly does her a disservice. She was already a working actress at age ten, grinding through the vaudeville circuit and silent film sets long before Chaplin came into the picture. She married him at seventeen, and their brief, unhappy union ended in divorce — but she kept working through the 1920s and into the sound era, which was more than most silent-film contemporaries could manage. She died at just forty-two, which cuts the story painfully short. Her star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame is a quiet acknowledgment that she was a real presence in early cinema, not just a famous man's ex-wife.

Overview

Mildred Harris (November 29, 1901 – July 20, 1944) was an American stage, film, and vaudeville actress during the early part of the 20th century. She began her career in the film industry as a child actress at age 10. She was also the first wife of Charlie Chaplin.

1. Profile

Name (English)
Mildred Harris
Name (Japanese)
ミルドレッド・ハリス
Reading
みるどれっど・はりす
Born
November 29, 1901 – July 20, 1944
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
Sagittarius / Ox
Origin
Cheyenne, Wyoming, United States
Blood type
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Height
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Agency
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Occupation
film actor

2. Background

Elementary school
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Junior high
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High school
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University
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Awards & achievements

  • star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

3. Relationships

Spouse
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Children
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Parents
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Siblings
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4. Personality

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7. About this entry

Tags

  • Wyoming
  • film actor
Last updated
2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.