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
Charlotte Attenborough Charlotte Attenborough Charlotte Isabel Attenborough (born 29 June 1959) is a British stage, film and television actress known for "Jane Eyre" (1996) and "Jeeves and Wooster" (1991-93). Styled The Hon. Charlotte Attenborough socially, she is the daughter of Richard Attenborough and Sheila Sim. Born in London in 1959, the daughter of actor, filmmaker, entrepreneur, and politician Richard Attenborough and the film and theatre actress Sheila Sim, Charlotte Attenborough is the niece of television naturalist David Attenborough, John Attenborough and the late actor Gerald Sim and the sister of the director Michael Attenborough; her sister Jane and her 14 year-old niece