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Oona Chaplin

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Oona Chaplin

  • After her husband died, in 1977, she would often cheer herself up by watching episodes of Fawlty Towers (1975).
  • Mother, with Charles Chaplin, of Geraldine Chaplin, Michael Chaplin, Josephine Chaplin, Victoria Chaplin, Eugene Chaplin, Jane Chaplin, Christopher Chaplin, and Annie Chaplin.
  • Buried beside husband Charles Chaplin at a cemetery in Vevey, Switzerland.
  • Daughter of playwright Eugene O'Neill and the socialite Agnes Boulton.
  • Lifelong friend of Gloria Vanderbilt (the designer) and Carol Grace (who later married actor Walter Matthau).
  • Voluntarily renounced her American citizenship right after Charles Chaplin was barred from the US (1953).
  • Grandmother of James Thierrée, Carmen Chaplin, Dolores Chaplin, Kiera Chaplin, and Oona Chaplin.
  • Is portrayed by Moira Kelly in Chaplin (1992).
  • Married with Charles Chaplin during 34 years, until his death. When he died, she was younger than him when they married.
  • Half-brother, Eugene Jr., born May 1910. Brother, Shane O'Neill, born October 1919.
  • Granddaughter of James O'Neill.
  • She is portrayed by Zoey Deutch in Rebel in the Rye (2017).

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