Personal life

Geraldine Chaplin was born in Santa Monica, California, the fourth child of filmmaker Charlie Chaplin. She was the first of his eight children with his fourth and last wife, Oona O'Neill. Her paternal grandparents were English singers Charles Chaplin, Sr. and Hannah Harriet Pedlingham Hill and her maternal grandparents were Nobel- and Pulitzer-Prize-winning American playwright Eugene O'Neill and English-born writer Agnes Boulton. When Geraldine was eight years old, the family moved to Switzerland, since her father was a victim of USΑ's anti-communist campaign, where she attended boarding school and became fluent in French and Spanish. In 1967 she began what would become a twelve-year relationship with Carlos Saura, who directed her in several films between 1967 and 1979.

In 1978 the Chaplin family were the victims of a failed extortion plot by kidnappers who had stolen the body of Charlie Chaplin. Geraldine negotiated with the kidnappers, who threatened to shoot her infant son in the knees. In addition to her home in Miami, she also lives alternately between Madrid and Switzerland.

Career

When Chaplin was eight years old, she appeared uncredited in her father's film Limelight. She attended the Royal Ballet School but, when her dream of becoming a ballet dancer ended, she followed her father into the acting profession. David Lean chose her to play Tonya, the main character's wife, in his film Doctor Zhivago, (1965) for which she received a Golden Globe nomination. In an interview to publicise the film, she explained, "Because of my name, the right doors opened."

In 1967, she made her Broadway debut in Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes. Her performance was praised by Clive Barnes in a review published in The New York Times. Barnes noted that Chaplin "acts with spirit and force," all the while "acting with a magnificently raw-voiced sincerity" in what was a performance of "surprising power."

In the same year, she also began what would become a significant collaboration when she starred in Spanish film director Carlos Saura's psychological thriller Peppermint Frappé (1967). She later starred in (and occasionally co-wrote scripts for) later Saura films such as Ana and the Wolves (1973), Cría cuervos (1976), Elisa, vida mía (1977) and Mamá cumple cien años (1979). Cría cuervos is regarded as their finest collaboration, winning the Special Jury Prize Award at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival. Vincent Canby praised Chaplin's "superb" performance.

She starred alongside Charlton Heston in the American historical film The Hawaiians (1970) and in The Three Musketeers (1974), as well as the sequel a year later, The Four Musketeers. Chaplin was cast as the obnoxious BBC reporter Opal in Robert Altman's Nashville (1975), for which she received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actress. She later starred in the Altman films Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976) and A Wedding (1978).

In an interview with The New York Times in 1977, Chaplin cited that her career was going more successfully in Europe than in the United States. She complained that "I only seem to work with Altman here ... I don't have any offers in this country, none. Not even an interesting script to read. The only person who ever asks me is Altman - and James Ivory."

She starred in several films produced by Altman and directed by Alan Rudolph, with a BAFTA-nominated role in Welcome to L.A. (1976), in which she played a housewife addicted to cab rides. She received critical acclaim for her role in Remember My Name (1978), in which she played Anthony Perkins' murderous estranged wife. She also starred in Rudolph's 1920s set film The Moderns (1988). She has also starred in several French-language roles, including Jacques Rivette's Love on the Ground (1984) and the Alain Resnais films Life Is a Bed of Roses (1983) and I Want to Go Home (1989). In the biographical film about her father, Chaplin (1992), she played her grandmother Hannah Chaplin. For this part, she was nominated for another Golden Globe award. Following this film, she was directed by Martin Scorsese in The Age of Innocence (1993) and appeared in Franco Zeffirelli's version of Jane Eyre (1996)

Chaplin received a Goya Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in Spanish-Argentine thriller In the City Without Limits (2001). Other notable Spanish films she appeared in include Pedro Almodóvar's Talk to Her (2002) and José Antonio Bayona's The Orphanage (2007), for which she received a Goya Award nomination. She also recently starred in the Catalan drama, The Mosquito Net (2010), for which she was awarded the Crystal Globe. In 2006 Chaplin was awarded the Gold medal by the Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España for her contribution to cinema.

In Americano, she appeared with Salma Hayek, and featured with Jane Fonda in All Together (both 2011). She reunited with Juan Antonio Bayona for the film The Impossible (2012). For her role as an old lesbian in the Dominican Republic film Sand Dollars (2014), she received the Best Actress Award at the Havana Film Festival.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role	Director, Country, Notes
1952	Limelight	Little Girl in Opening Scene (uncredited)	Director: Charles Chaplin Country: USA
1965	Par un beau matin d'été (Crime on a Summer Morning)	Zelda	Director: Jacques Deray Countries: France - Spain - Italy
	Doctor Zhivago	Tonya Gromeko	Director: David Lean; Countries: USA - Italy - UK Golden Globe Awards Nomination: New Star of the Year - Actress
1966	Andremo in città	Lenka	Director: Nelo Risi; Countries: Italy - Yugoslavia
1967	A Countess from Hong Kong	Girl at dance	Director: Charlie Chaplin; Country: UK
	Casino Royale	Keystone Kop (uncredited)	Directors: Ken Hughes, John Huston, Joseph McGrath, Robert Parrish, Richard Talmadge Countries: UK - USA
	J'ai tué Raspoutine (I Killed Rasputin)	Mounia Golovine	Director: Robert Hossein Countries: France - Italy
	Stranger in the House	Angela Sawyer	Director: Pierre Rouve; Country: UK
	Peppermint Frappé	Elena/Ana	Director: Carlos Saura; Country: Spain
1968	Stress-es tres-tres (Stress Is Three)	Teresa	Director: Carlos Saura Country: Spain
1969	La madriguera (Honeycomb)	Teresa	Director: Carlos Saura; Country: Spain G. Chaplin also co-wrote the screenplay and contributed to the story. Film entered into the 19th Berlin International Film Festival
1970	The Hawaiians	Purity Hoxworth	Director: Tom Gries; Country: USA
	El jardín de las delicias (The Garden of Delights)	Actress (uncredited)	Director: Carlos Saura Country: Spain
1971	Perched on a Tree	Mme Muller	(as Géraldine Chaplin)
	Carlos	Lisa
1972	Innocent Bystanders	Miriam Loman
	Z.P.G.	Carol McNeil	Winner: Medalla Sitges en Plata del Ley: Best Actress
	A House Without Boundaries	Actress	Film entered into the 22nd Berlin International Film Festival
1973	Ana y los lobos	Ana	Director: Carlos Saura
	The Three Musketeers	Anna of Austria	Director: Richard Lester
	Marriage a la Mode	Actress
	Yankee Dudler	Kate Elder
1974	The Four Musketeers	Queen Anne of Austria	Director: Richard Lester
	¿...Y el prójimo?	Luisa
	Sommerfuglene	Anne Zimmler
1975	Cría cuervos	Ana The Mother	Director: Carlos Saura Winner: Premios ACE: Best Actress Film received the Special Jury Prize Award at the 1976 Cannes Film Festival.
	Nashville	Opal	Director: Robert Altman Golden Globe Awards Nomination:Best Supporting Actress
1976	Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson	Annie Oakley	Director: Robert Altman
	Welcome to L.A.	Karen Hood	Director: Alan Rudolph BAFTA Awards Nomination:Best Supporting Actress
	Scrim	Actress
	Noroît	Morag	by Jacques Rivette; episode from an intended four part series "Scenes from a Parallel Life"
1977	Roseland	Marilyn	Director: James Ivory
	Elisa, vida mía	Elisa Santamaria/Elisa's Mother	Director: Carlos Saura
	In Memoriam	Paulina Arevalo	Director: Enrique Brasó
1978	Remember My Name	Emily	Director: Alan Rudolph Winner: Miami Film Festival: Best Actress Paris Film Festival: Best Actress
	A Wedding	Rita Billingsley	Director: Robert Altman
	One Page of Love	Lise
	Blindfolded Eyes	Actress	Director: Carlos Saura
1979	L'Adoption	Catherine	Director: Marc Grunebaum; Country: France
	Mama Turns 100	Ana	Director: Carlos Saura
	La viuda de Montiel	Adelaida	Entered into the 30th Berlin International Film Festival
	Mais où et donc Ornicar	Isabelle	Director: Bertrand Van Effenterre
1980	Le Voyage en douce	Lucie	Entered into the 30th Berlin International Film Festival
	The Mirror Crack'd	Ella Zielinsky
1981	Les Uns et les Autres	Suzan/Sara Glenn	Director: Claude Lelouch
	The House of Mirth	Lily Bart	Television film
1982	Casting	Actress
1983	Life Is a Bed of Roses	Nora Winkle	Director: Alain Resnais
	My Cousin Rachel	Contessa Rachel Sangalletti	Television miniseries
1984	Love on the Ground	Charlotte	Director: Jacques Rivette
1987	White Mischief	Nina Soames	Director: Michael Radford
1988	The Moderns	Nathalie de Ville	Director: Alan Rudolph
1989	The Return of the Musketeers	Queen Anne	Director: Richard Lester
	I Want to Go Home	Terry Armstrong	Director: Alain Resnais
1990	Gentille Alouette	Angela Duverger
	The Children	Joyce Wheater
1991	Buster's Bedroom	Diana Daniels	Director: Rebecca Horn
	Duel of Hearts	Mrs. Miller	Television film
1992	Chaplin	Hannah Chaplin	Director: Richard Attenborough Golden Globe Awards Nomination: Best Supporting Actress
	Hors Saison	Anarchist	by Daniel Schmid
1993	A Foreign Field	Beverly
	The Age of Innocence	Mrs. Welland	Director: Martin Scorsese
1994	Words Upon the Window Pane	Miss McKenna
1995	Para recibir el canto de los pájaros	Catherine	Director: Jorge Sanjinés; Country: Bolivia
	Home for the Holidays	Aunt Gladys	Director: Jodie Foster
1996	Jane Eyre	Miss Scatcherd	Director: Franco Zeffirelli
	Gulliver's Travels	Empress Munodi	Television miniseries
	Os Olhos da Ásia	Jane Powell
	Crimetime	Thelma
1997	Mother Teresa: In the Name of God's Poor	Mother Teresa
1998	Cousin Bette	Adeline Hulot
	Finisterre, donde termina el mundo	Madre/Mother
1999	To Walk with Lions	Victoria Anrecelli
	Beresina oder Die letzten Tage der Schweiz	Charlotte De	Director: Daniel Schmid
2000	In the Beginning	Yocheved	Television film
2001	Just Run!	Madre
	The Faces of the Moon	Joan Turner
2002	Dinotopia	Grandmother	Television miniseries
	En la ciudad sin límites	Marie	Goya Awards Best Supporting Actress
	Talk to Her	Katerina Bilova	Director: Pedro Almodóvar
2004	The Bridge of San Luis Rey	The Abbess
2005	Heidi	Rottenmeier
	Oculto	Adela
	Melissa P.	Nonna Elvira	Director: Luca Guadagnino
	BloodRayne	Fortune Teller
2006	Agatha Christie's Marple	Mrs. Fane	Television series Episode: Sleeping Murder
	Les aventuriers des mers du Sud	Maggie	Television film
2007	The Orphanage	Aurora	Director: Juan Antonio Bayona Goya Awards Nomination: Best Supporting Actress
	Teresa, el cuerpo de Cristo	Priora del convento
	Miguel and William	La dueña
	Los Totenwackers	Salgado
	Boxes	Maman	Director: Jane Birkin
2008	Inconceivable	Frances Church-Chappel
	Parlami d'Amore	Amelie
	Parc	La mère de Marteau
	Ramírez	Galerist
	Diario de una Ninfómana	Abuela de Valére/Valeré's grandmother
	Brontë	Aunt Elizabeth
2009	The Island Inside	Victoria
	Imago Mortis	Contessa Orsini
2010	Hostias	Jean
	The Making of Plus One	Geri, the casting director
	The Wolfman	Maleva	Director: Joe Johnston
	There Be Dragons	Abileyza	Director: Roland Joffé
	The Mosquito Net	María
	The Trick in the Sheet	Alma	Director: Alfonso Arau
2011	¿Para qué sirve un oso?	Josephine	Winner: Málaga Spanish Film Festival: Best Supporting Actress
	The Monk	L'abbesse	Director: Dominik Moll
	Americano	Linda
	All Together	Annie
	Memoria de mis putas tristes	Rosa Cabarcas	Director: Henning Carlsen
2012	O Apóstolo	Dosinda	Voice
	The Impossible	Old woman
	The Hollow Crown	Alice	1 episode: Henry V
2013	The Return	Coco Chanel	Short film Director: Karl Lagerfeld
	Another Me	Mrs. Brennan	Director: Isabel Coixet
2014	Amapola	Memé	Director: Eugenio Zanetti
	Sand Dollars	Anne	Directors: Israel Cárdenas, Laura Amelia Guzmán
2015	Marguerite and Julien	Lefebvre's mother
	Valentin Valentin	Jane
2016	A Monster Calls		Post-production

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