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
Go West!
as Great-Grandma Nina
Gentille Alouette
as Angela Duverger
(2023)
Seneca
as Lucia
(2023)
Luka
as The General
(2021)
(2020)
The Barefoot Emperor
as Lady Liz
(2019)
Holy Beasts
as Vera
(2019)
The Rodriguez and the Beyond
as Isabel
(2018)
(2018)
Red Land
as Giulia Visantrin
(2018)
Sinuous Road
as Miny Barrios
(2017)
Anchor and Hope
as Germaine
(2017)
The Broken Key
as Tower Woman
(2016)
A Monster Calls
as The Head Teacher (uncredited)
(2016)
(2015)
The Forbidden Room
as Master Passion / Nursemaid / Aunt Chance
(2015)
Marguerite & Julien
as La mère de Lefebvre
(2015)
Me and Kaminski
as Therese
(2015)
Valentin Valentin
as Jane
(2015)
(2015)
Sand Dollars
as Anne
(2015)
Once and Forever
as Marie Donovan
(2015)
(2014)
Amapola
as Memé
(2014)
Wax
as Producer
(2014)
Reincarnation
as Coco Chanel
(2013)
Another Me
as Mrs. Brennan
(2013)
Three-60
as Jean Christophe
(2013)
Panzer Chocolate
as Frau Frida
(2013)
The Return
as Coco Chanel
(2012)
The Impossible
as Old Woman
(2012)
All Together
as Annie Colin
(2012)
The Apostle
as Dorinda (voice)
(2012)
(2011)
There Be Dragons
as Abileyza
(2011)
Memories of My Melancholy Whores
as Rosa Cabarcas / Brothel madam
(2011)
The Monk
as L’abbesse
(2011)
D'un film à l'autre
as Self (archive footage)
(2011)
Americano
as Linda
(2011)
What's a Bear For?
as Josephine
(2010)
The Wolfman
as Maleva
(2010)
The Making of Plus One
as Geri - the casting director
(2010)
The Mosquito Net
as María
(2010)
L'imbroglio nel lenzuolo
as Alma
(2009)
Imago Mortis
as Contessa Orsini
(2009)
Parc
as la mère de Paul Marteau
(2009)
The Island Inside
as Victoria
(2008)
Diary of a Nymphomaniac
as Abuela de Valére
(2008)
Tell Me About Love
as Amelie
(2008)
Inconceivable
as Frances Church-Chappel
(2008)
Ramírez
as Galerist
(2007)
The Orphanage
as Aurora
(2007)
Theresa: The Body of Christ
as Priora
(2007)
Boxes
as Mommy
(2007)
The Totenwackers
as Salgado
(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)
(2003)
(2003)
Winter Solstice
as Gloria Blundell
(2002)
Talk to Her
as Katerina Bilova
(2002)
The City of No Limits
as Marie
(2002)
Dinotopia
as Oriana
(2002)
The Faces of the Moon
as Joan Turner
(2001)
Just Run!
as Madre
(1999)
Mary, Mother of Jesus
as Elizabeth
(1999)
To Walk with Lions
as Victoria Anrecelli
(1999)
Beresina
as Charlotte De
(1999)
(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)
A Century of Cinema
as Self
(1994)
Words Upon the Window Pane
as Miss McKenna
(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)
The Return of the Musketeers
as Queen Anne
(1989)
I Want to Go Home
as Terry Amstrong
(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)
Life Is a Bed of Roses
as Nora Winkle
(1983)
Casting
as Star
(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)
Mama Turns 100
as Ana
(1979)
Adoption
as Catherine
(1979)
The Widow of Montiel
as Adelaida Montiel
(1979)
Mais où et donc Ornicar
as Isabelle
(1978)
A Wedding
as Rita Billingsley
(1978)
Remember My Name
as Emily
(1978)
Une page d'amour
as Lise
(1978)
Blindfolded Eyes
as Emilia
(1978)
Short Letter to the Long Goodbye
as Judith Seldan
(1977)
Elisa, My Life
as Elisa Santamaría
(1977)
Roseland
as Marilyn
(1977)
(1976)
Cria!
as María
(1976)
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson
as The Sure Shot (Annie Oakley)
(1976)
Welcome to L.A.
as Karen Hood
(1976)
Noroît
as Morag
(1976)
Scrim
as Ann
(1975)
Nashville
as Opal
(1974)
The Four Musketeers
as Queen Anne of Austria
(1974)
¿... Y el prójimo?
as Luisa
(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)
Z.P.G.
as Carol
(1972)
Innocent Bystanders
as Miriam Loman
(1972)
A House Without Boundaries
as Lucía Alfaro
(1971)
Perched on a Tree
as Mme Muller
(1971)
Carlos
as Lisa
(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)
A Countess from Hong Kong
as Girl at Dance
(1967)
Stranger in the House
as Angela Sawyer
(1967)
Peppermint Frappé
as Elena
(1967)
I Killed Rasputin
as Mounia Golovine
(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)
Pasternak
as Herself
(1965)
(1965)
(1964)
Dernier Soir
as Self
(1952)
Limelight
as Little Girl on Steps (uncredited)
Crew
(1969)
Honeycomb
Screenplay