Charlie Chaplin Charlie Chaplin was a superstar of silent comedies and one of the greatest icons of the 20th-century film.He was born on 16 April,1889 in London and died on 25 December,1977 in Corsier-sur-Vevey in Switzerland. Chaplin had a rotten childhood and an early CHEGREAT乡 start on stage,performing even as a child in DICTATOR vaudeville(歌舞杂耍).He went to Hollywood in 1914 and began acting in silent comedies for Mack Sennett.By 1915 he controlled most aspects of his films,in which he usually appeared as a character called simply "The Little Tramp":a lovably shabby dreamer with a small moustache,a derby hat baggy trousers and outsize,shapeless shoes.Charlie Chaplin Charlie Chaplin was a superstar of silent comedies and one of the greatest icons of the 20th-century film. He was born on 16 April,1889 in London and died on 25 December,1977 in Corsier-sur-Vevey in Switzerland. Chaplin had a rotten childhood and an early start on stage, ____________________ in vaudeville (歌舞杂耍). He went to Hollywood in 1914 and began acting in silent comedies for Mack Sennett. By 1915 he controlled most aspects of his films, in which he usually __________ a character called simply “The Little Tramp”: a lovably shabby dreamer with a small moustache, a derby hat , baggy trousers and outsize, shapeless shoes. performing even as a child appeared as