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1927 - Margot Honecker, "First Lady" of the GDR and minister of education and "most hated woman in east Germany", was born.

1889 - Sir Charlie Chaplin, American comedian, actor and director was born.

Charlie Chaplin was born on 16 April 1889, in East Street, Walworth, London and alway retained his British nationality, he just had residency in the US.


Matt

1889 - Sir Charlie Chaplin, American comedian, actor and director was born.

Charlie Chaplin was born on 16 April 1889, in East Street, Walworth, London and alway retained his British nationality, he just had residency in the US.   Matt

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You can't expect me to check everything you post in here, can you?

Wikipedia reveals that there is a lot more to the man than we who were not of his generation know.

You can't expect me to check everything you post in here, can you?

I wasn't so much expecting it of you -- you claim to hail from Florida. I was expecting a bit more from the other side of the pond.

You can't expect me to check everything you post in here, can you?

I wasn't so much expecting it of you -- you claim to hail from Florida. I was expecting a bit more from the other side of the pond.

8-)

Is this more what you were after? Not my works, but cut from Wikipedia.

Matt

Although Chaplin had his major successes in the United States and was a resident from 1914 to 1952, he always retained his British nationality. During the era of McCarthyism, Chaplin was accused of "un-American activities" as a suspected communist sympathizer and J. Edgar Hoover, who had instructed the FBI to keep extensive secret files on him, tried to end his United States residency. FBI pressure on Chaplin grew after his 1942 campaign for a second European front in the war and reached a critical level in the late 1940s, when Congressional figures threatened to call him as a witness in hearings. This was never done, probably from fear of Chaplin's ability to lampoon the investigators.[1]

In 1952, Chaplin left the U.S. for what was intended as a brief trip home to England; Hoover learned of it and negotiated with the INS to revoke his re-entry permit. Chaplin then made his home in Vevey, Switzerland. He briefly returned to the United States in April 1972, with his wife, to receive an Honorary Oscar. Even though he was invited by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (the Academy Awards), he was only issued a one-time entry visa valid for a period of two months. However, by this time the animosities towards the now elderly and apolitical Chaplin had faded, and his visit was a triumphant success.

Something like that, ex-pat. At least you reponded, unlike your home-based kin.
Possibly, if not probably, Chaplin is basically known in the U.S. for his silent film years (by our subsequent generations, anyway); many of us don't know he was still active in the entertainment field past 1930, let alone the '40s, 50s, etc.; asking around, awards or not, some don't even know that he lived until 1977 or that his last marriage lasted for the last 34 years of his life (for some of us here, that's a lifetime, or more, in itself).

Something like that, ex-pat. At least you reponded, unlike your home-based kin.
Possibly, if not probably, Chaplin is basically known in the U.S. for his silent film years (by our subsequent generations, anyway); many of us don't know he was still active in the entertainment field past 1930, let alone the '40s, 50s, etc.; asking around, awards or not, some don't even know that he lived until 1977 or that his last marriage lasted for the last 34 years of his life (for some of us here, that's a lifetime, or more, in itself).

8-)

I have to admit I had no idea that he "only" died in 1977. I would have said the 40's or 50's. You live and learn.

Matt