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 an actor and filmmaker. Simon Louvish writes that the company was his "training ground", and it was here that Chaplin learned to vary the pace of his comedy. The concept of mixing pathos with slapstick was learnt from Karno, who also used elements of absurdity that became familiar in Chaplin's gags. From the film industry, Chaplin drew upon the work of the French comedian Max Linder, whose films he greatly admired. In developing the Tramp costume and persona, he was likely inspired by the American vaudeville scene, where tramp characters were common. Chaplin never spoke more than cursorily about his