An Immortal & Unforgettable Artiste Charlie Chaplin

Charlie Chaplin,the most loved and widely imitated actor of 20th Century,was a great actor,wise producer and a brilliant film-buff.

- Paramjit Nikke Ghumman

He was born on April 16, 1889 as Charles Spencer Chaplin at Walworth, London (England). His parents were British Music Hall entertainers namely Charles Chaplin and Hannah Hill. When Charlie was just three years old, his mother left his father and began to live somewhere else along-with him and his brother Sydney. Charlie Chaplin's entry into the world of entertainment was not a deliberate one but it was utterly a matter of chance and an appreciable effort to save the prestige of his mother. Actually, in 1894 his mother was performing at a theatre named 'The Canteen'. She was suffering from Larynx disorder and that disrupted her entire performance. The irate audience consisting of rioters and soldiers,began to spoil the entire show which disheartened Charlie very much. At that crucial Juncture,Charlie who was just five then,came on the stage quite confidently and daringly and very successfully calmed down the audiences with the then popular number 'Jack Jones'.This maiden appearance on the stage became a stepping stone for him and after that he never looked back.