Hannah Chaplin brought her to Hollywood where he was now living with Sydney and his other half brother, Wheeler Dryden. There her sons ensured Hannah Chaplin received round-the-clock care in the new home they had found for her in the San Fernando Valley, California. Seven years later she died in hospital in Glendale, California, on 28 August 1928, with Charlie at her side. She is buried in Hollywood Forever Cemetery. Hannah Chaplin's granddaughter, actress Geraldine Chaplin, portrayed her in the 1992 biographical film "Chaplin", directed by Richard Attenborough and starring Robert Downey Jr. as Charlie Chaplin. Ms. Chaplin was nominated for a
Charlie Chaplin registered for the American draft, but he was not summoned by either country. Despite this criticism Chaplin was a favourite with the troops, and his popularity continued to grow worldwide. "Harper's Weekly" reported that the name of Charlie Chaplin was "a part of the common language of almost every country", and that the Tramp image was "universally familiar". In 1917, professional Chaplin imitators were so widespread that he took legal action, and it was reported that nine out of ten men who attended costume parties dressed as the Tramp. The same year, a study by the Boston Society for Psychical