Actress Josephine Chaplin, daughter of Charles Chaplin, dies at 74

Josephine Chaplin in a file picture. Getty

Not as nicely referred to as her sister Geraldine, she additionally participated in movies resembling ‘The Canterbury Tales’ She died on July 13 in Paris however her household introduced her demise this Friday She was the daughter of Oona O’Neil, Chaplin’s fourth spouse. They received married when she was 18 and he was 53.

The actress Josephine Chaplin (California 1948), daughter of Charles Chaplin, has died in Paris (France) on the age of 74. Her demise occurred on July 13, however her household made it public this Friday.

Josephine was the sixth of the 11 youngsters that the enduring actor and movie legend Charles Chaplin had from his completely different marriages. The actress was the daughter of Oona O’Neill, Chaplin’s fourth spouse. A controversial marriage, as she was 18 and 53 once they met and married.

Less recognized than her sister Geraldine, Josephine labored beneath prestigious administrators resembling Pier Paolo Pasolini, with whom she starred in ‘The Canterbury Tales’ in 1971.

He additionally shared the display with Laurence Harvey in ‘Flight to the Sun’ directed by Menahem Golan in 1972. With Vittorio De Sica and Maurice Ronet in ‘L’odeur des fauves’. She labored with Klaus Kinski on a German-language Jack the Ripper; and likewise with Liv Ullman and Kiefer Sutherland.

He made his debut on the age of three in Limelight (1952) a movie written, directed and starring his father, Charles Chaplin. Living in Paris for many years, her title was splashed within the weird theft of Chaplin’s physique and coffin in 1978. The household by no means wished to pay a ransom and criminals returned the stays almost three months later.

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