Charlie Chaplin Lausanne, Switzerland. The British Film Institute has also established the Charles Chaplin Research Foundation, and the first international Charles Chaplin Conference was held in London in July 2005. Chaplin is the subject of a biographical film, "Chaplin" (1992) directed by Richard Attenborough, and starring Robert Downey Jr. in the title role and Geraldine Chaplin playing Hannah Chaplin. He is also a character in the period drama film "The Cat's Meow" (2001), played by Eddie Izzard, and in the made-for-television movie "The Scarlett O'Hara War" (1980), played by Clive Revill. A television series about Chaplin's childhood, "Young Charlie Chaplin", ran on
Carmen Chaplin directed one short film, "Tryst in Paname", starring her sister Dolores Chaplin and Bambou Gainsbourg. Carmen Chaplin Carmen Chaplin (born 1972) is a British and French actress and film director. She is the daughter of Michael Chaplin, granddaughter of Charlie Chaplin, and great-granddaughter of playwright Eugene O'Neill. Her mother is the French painter Patricia Betaudier, daughter of Trinidadian artist Patrick Betaudier. She was born 1972 in London, and grew up in France and Spain. She made her film debut in 1991 in Wim Wenders' "Until the End of the World", and has since appeared in several films, such as "My