Geraldine Chaplin
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Female
Birthday
1944-07-31 (81 years old)
Place of Birth
Santa Monica, California, USA
Geraldine Chaplin
Biography
Geraldine Leigh Chaplin (born July 31, 1944) is an American actress. She is the daughter of Charlie Chaplin, the first of eight children with his fourth wife, Oona O'Neill. After beginnings in dance and modeling, she turned her attention to acting, and made her English-language acting debut (and came to prominence in what would be a Golden Globe-nominated role) in her portrayal of Tonya in David Lean's Doctor Zhivago (1965).
She made her Broadway acting debut in Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes in 1967, and played the role of ancient Egyptian Queen Nefertiti in Raúl Araiza's Nefertiti and Akhenaton (1973), alongside famous Egyptian actor Salah Zulfikar. Chaplin received her second Golden Globe nomination for Robert Altman's Nashville (1975). She received a BAFTA nomination for her role in Welcome to L. A. (1976). She played her grandmother Hannah Chaplin in the biopic Chaplin (1992), for which she received her third Golden Globe nomination. Chaplin has appeared in a wide variety of critically recognized Spanish and French films. She starred in Les Uns et les Autres (1981), Life Is a Bed of Roses (1983) and the Jacques Rivette experimental films Noroît (1976) and Love on the Ground (1984).
She was the partner of director Carlos Saura for 12 years until 1979, starring in his films Ana and the Wolves (1973), Cría Cuervos (1976), Elisa, vida mía (1977), and Mamá cumple cien años (1979). She was awarded a Goya Award for her role in En la ciudad sin límites (2002), and was nominated again for The Orphanage (2007). Her contribution to Spanish cinema culminated in her being awarded the Gold Medal by the Spanish Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences in 2006.
Known For
Acting
Gentille Alouette
as Angela Duverger
(2025)
Chaplin: Spirit of the Tramp
as Self
(2023)
Seneca
as Lucia
(2023)
Luka
as The General
(2021)
(2020)
The Barefoot Emperor
as Lady Liz
(2019)
The Rodriguez and the Beyond
as Isabel
(2019)
Holy Beasts
as Vera
(2018)
(2018)
Sinuous Road
as Miny Barrios
(2018)
Red Land
as Giulia Visantrin
(2017)
The Broken Key
as Tower Woman
(2017)
Anchor and Hope
as Germaine
(2016)
A Monster Calls
as The Head Teacher (uncredited)
(2016)
(2015)
Marguerite & Julien
as La mère de Lefebvre
(2015)
The Forbidden Room
as Master Passion / Nursemaid / Aunt Chance
(2015)
Valentin Valentin
as Jane
(2015)
(2015)
Me and Kaminski
as Therese
(2015)
Sand Dollars
as Anne
(2015)
Once and Forever
as Marie Donovan
(2015)
(2014)
Wax
as Producer
(2014)
Amapola
as Memé
(2014)
Reincarnation
as Coco Chanel
(2013)
Three-60
as Jean Christophe
(2013)
Another Me
as Mrs. Brennan
(2013)
The Return
as Coco Chanel
(2013)
Panzer Chocolate
as Frau Frida
(2012)
The Impossible
as Old Woman
(2012)
All Together
as Annie Colin
(2012)
(2012)
The Apostle
as Dorinda (voice)
(2011)
Americano
as Linda
(2011)
There Be Dragons
as Abileyza
(2011)
The Monk
as L’abbesse
(2011)
What's a Bear For?
as Josephine
(2011)
Memories of My Melancholy Whores
as Rosa Cabarcas / Brothel madam
(2010)
The Wolfman
as Maleva
(2010)
The Mosquito Net
as María
(2010)
The Making of Plus One
as Geri - the casting director
(2010)
L'imbroglio nel lenzuolo
as Alma
(2009)
The Island Inside
as Victoria
(2009)
Parc
as la mère de Paul Marteau
(2009)
Imago Mortis
as Contessa Orsini
(2008)
Diary of a Nymphomaniac
as Abuela de Valére
(2008)
Inconceivable
as Frances Church-Chappel
(2008)
Ramírez
as Galerist
(2008)
Tell Me About Love
as Amelie
(2007)
The Totenwackers
as Salgado
(2007)
The Orphanage
as Aurora
(2007)
Theresa: The Body of Christ
as Priora
(2007)
Boxes
as Mommy
(2007)
Miguel and William
as Owner
(2005)
Melissa P.
as Nonna Elvira
(2005)
BloodRayne
as Fortune Teller
(2005)
Heidi
as Rottenmeier
(2004)
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
as The Abbess
(2004)
A Christmas Carol
as Ghost of Christmas Future / Blind Beggarwoman
(2003)
Winter Solstice
as Gloria Blundell
(2003)
(2003)
(2002)
The Faces of the Moon
as Joan Turner
(2002)
Talk to Her
as Katerina Bilova
(2002)
Dinotopia
as Oriana
(2002)
The City of No Limits
as Marie
(2001)
Just Run!
as Madre
(1999)
Mary, Mother of Jesus
as Elizabeth
(1999)
(1999)
Beresina
as Charlotte De
(1999)
To Walk with Lions
as Victoria Anrecelli
(1998)
Cousin Bette
as Adeline
(1997)
The Eyes of Asia
as Jane Powell
(1997)
Mother Teresa: In the Name of God's Poor
as Mother Teresa
(1996)
Jane Eyre
as Miss Scatcherd
(1996)
Crimetime
as Thelma
(1995)
Home for the Holidays
as Aunt Glady
(1995)
To Hear the Birds Singing
as Catherine
(1994)
Words Upon the Window Pane
as Miss McKenna
(1994)
A Century of Cinema
as Self
(1993)
The Age of Innocence
as Mrs. Welland
(1993)
A Foreign Field
as Beverley
(1992)
Chaplin
as Hannah Chaplin
(1992)
Duel of Hearts
as Mrs Miller
(1992)
Off Season
as Anarchist
(1991)
Buster's Bedroom
as Diana Daniels
(1990)
The Children
as Joyce Wheater
(1989)
I Want to Go Home
as Terry Amstrong
(1989)
The Return of the Musketeers
as Queen Anne
(1988)
The Moderns
as Nathalie de Ville
(1987)
White Mischief
as Nina Soames
(1985)
The Corsican Brothers
as Madame Savilia de Franchi
(1984)
Love on the Ground
as Charlotte
(1983)
Casting
as Star
(1983)
Life Is a Bed of Roses
as Nora Winkle
(1981)
Bolero
as Suzan / Sara Glenn
(1981)
The House of Mirth
as Lily Bart
(1980)
The Mirror Crack'd
as Ella Zielinsky
(1980)
A Sweet Journey
as Lucie
(1979)
Adoption
as Catherine
(1979)
The Widow of Montiel
as Adelaida Montiel
(1979)
Mama Turns 100
as Ana
(1979)
Mais où et donc Ornicar
as Isabelle
(1978)
Remember My Name
as Emily
(1978)
A Wedding
as Rita Billingsley
(1978)
Blindfolded Eyes
as Emilia
(1978)
Short Letter to the Long Goodbye
as Judith Seldan
(1978)
Une page d'amour
as Lise
(1977)
Roseland
as Marilyn
(1977)
Elisa, My Life
as Elisa Santamaría
(1977)
(1976)
Noroît
as Morag
(1976)
Cria!
as María
(1976)
Welcome to L.A.
as Karen Hood
(1976)
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson
as The Sure Shot (Annie Oakley)
(1976)
Scrim
as Ann
(1975)
Nashville
as Opal
(1974)
¿... Y el prójimo?
as Luisa
(1974)
The Four Musketeers
as Queen Anne of Austria
(1974)
Summer of Silence
as Anne Zimmler
(1973)
The Three Musketeers
as Anna of Austria
(1973)
Anna and the Wolves
as Ana
(1973)
Marriage a la Mode
as Marie-des-Anges
(1973)
Yankee Dudler
as Kate Elder
(1972)
A House Without Boundaries
as Lucía Alfaro
(1972)
Z.P.G.
as Carol
(1972)
Innocent Bystanders
as Miriam Loman
(1971)
Carlos
as Lisa
(1971)
Perched on a Tree
as Mme Muller
(1970)
The Hawaiians
as Purity Hoxworth
(1970)
The Garden of Delights
as Invitada comunión (uncredited)
(1969)
Honeycomb
as Teresa
(1968)
Stress Is Three
as Teresa
(1967)
Casino Royale
as Keystone Kop (uncredited)
(1967)
Stranger in the House
as Angela Sawyer
(1967)
A Countess from Hong Kong
as Girl at Dance
(1967)
I Killed Rasputin
as Mounia Golovine
(1967)
Peppermint Frappé
as Elena
(1966)
We'll Go to the City
as Lenka Vitas
(1966)
(1965)
Doctor Zhivago
as Tonya Gromeko
(1965)
Crime on a Summer Morning
as Zelda van Willie
(1965)
Moscow in Madrid
as Self
(1965)
(1965)
Pasternak
as Herself
(1965)
(1964)
Dernier Soir
as Self
(1952)
Limelight
as Little Girl on Steps (uncredited)
Crew
(1969)
Honeycomb
Screenplay