Annette Emily Chaplin: Everything about Charlie Chaplin's daughter

May 2024 · 4 minute read

Annette Emily Chaplin is the daughter of famous actor and comedian Charlie Chaplin. Annette Emily Chaplin’s father Charlie was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film. He became a worldwide icon through his screen persona, the Tramp, and is considered one of the film industry’s most important figures.

Annette Emily Chaplin: Bio Summary

Full NameAnnette Emily Chaplin
famous asdaughter of Charlie Chaplin.
Age63 years old as of 2022
Date of BirthDecember 3, 1959
Place of Birth United States of America
Zodiac signSagittarius
NationalitySwitzerland
EthnicityCaucasian
Siblings Jane Chaplin, Norman Spencer Chaplin, MORE
Parents Charlie Chaplin, Oona O’Neill

Annette Emily Chaplin was born on December 3, 1969 to her parents,  Charlie Chaplin and Oona O’Neill in Switzerland. As of 2022, she is 63 years old. Her zodiac sign is Sagittarius. Annette Emily was the only child of her parents, she has 7 other siblings. They are  Geraldine Leigh (b. July 1944), Michael John (b. March 1946), Josephine Hannah (b. March 1949), Victoria (b. May 1951), Eugene Anthony (b. August 1953), Jane Cecil (b. May 1957), and Christopher James (b. July 1962).

How did Annette Emily’s parents, Charlie Chaplin and Oona O’Neill meet?

Oona O’Neill was Charlie Chaplin’s protégée. Then 18-year-old Oona O’Neill was the daughter of American playwright Eugene O’Neill. Chaplin, then 54, had been introduced to her by a film agent seven months earlier. n his autobiography, Chaplin described meeting O’Neill as “the happiest event of my life”, and claimed to have found “perfect love”.

Chaplin’s son, Charles Jr., reported that Oona “worshipped” his father. The couple remained married until Chaplin’s death, and had eight children over 18 years. The got married on 1943. They got married in a beautiul ceremony in the presence of their friends, family and loved ones.

Annette Emily: Carrer

For the last 30 years Annette Emily Chaplin has lived between Paris, Switzerland and Montoire sur le Loir where she and her husband Jacques Auxenel converted a silo into a brand new theatre. They produced mostly modern comedies, in which Annie and others acted, directed by Jacques. Annie toured with the monologue Shirley Valentine, and more recently in Jean Anouilh’s La Belle Vie. She raises and rides Arabian thoroughbreds and Franche-Montagne/Freiberger horses.

Annette Emily Chaplin’s father Charlie Chaplin

Chaplin’s childhood in London was one of poverty and hardship. His father was absent and his mother struggled financially – he was sent to a workhouse twice before age nine. When he was 14, his mother was committed to a mental asylum. Chaplin began performing at an early age, touring music halls and later working as a stage actor and comedian. At 19, he was signed to the Fred Karno company, which took him to America.

Annette Emily Chaplin’s father was scouted for the film industry and began appearing in 1914 for Keystone Studios. He soon developed the Tramp persona and attracted a large fan base. He directed his own films and continued to hone his craft as he moved to the Essanay, Mutual, and First National corporations. By 1918, he was one of the world’s best-known figures.

In 1919, Chaplin co-founded distribution company United Artists, which gave him complete control over his films. His first feature-length film was The Kid (1921), followed by A Woman of Paris (1923), The Gold Rush (1925), and The Circus (1928).

He initially refused to move to sound films in the 1930s, instead producing City Lights (1931) and Modern Times (1936) without dialogue. His first sound film was The Great Dictator (1940), which satirised Adolf Hitler. The 1940s were marked with controversy for Chaplin, and his popularity declined rapidly.

Annette Emily Chaplin’s father was accused of communist sympathies, and some members of the press and public were scandalized by his involvement in a paternity suit and marriages to much younger women. An FBI investigation was opened, and Chaplin was forced to leave the United States and settle in Switzerland. He abandoned the Tramp in his later films, which include Monsieur Verdoux (1947), Limelight (1952), A King in New York (1957), and A Countess from Hong Kong (1967).

By October 1977, Chaplin’s health had declined to the point that he needed constant care. In the early morning of 25 December 1977, Chaplin died at home after suffering a stroke in his sleep. Annette Emily Chaplin’s father was 88 years old. 

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