Geraldine Chaplin
Acting
Born July 31, 1944 · Santa Monica, California, USA
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.
Films (149)
Chaplin: Spirit of the Tramp
2025
Seneca
2023
Luka
2023
The Real Charlie Chaplin
2021
The Barefoot Emperor
2020
The Rodriguez and the Beyond
2019
Holy Beasts
2019
Red Land
2018
Sinuous Road
2018
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
2018
Anchor and Hope
2017
The Broken Key
2017
A Monster Calls
2016
Madres de los dioses
2016
Seances
2016
Once and Forever
2015
The Forbidden Room
2015
Marguerite & Julien
2015
Me and Kaminski
2015
Sand Dollars
2015
Valentin Valentin
2015
Lines of the Hand
2015
Amapola
2014
Wax
2014
Panzer Chocolate
2013
Another Me
2013
Three-60
2013
Hostias (Un amor de película)
2012
The Apostle
2012
The Impossible
2012
All Together
2012
Americano
2011
Memories of My Melancholy Whores
2011
The Monk
2011
What's a Bear For?
2011
There Be Dragons
2011
The Mosquito Net
2010
L'imbroglio nel lenzuolo
2010
The Wolfman
2010
The Making of Plus One
2010
The Island Inside
2009
Imago Mortis
2009
Parc
2009
Diary of a Nymphomaniac
2008
Ramírez
2008
Inconceivable
2008
Tell Me About Love
2008
The Totenwackers
2007
Boxes
2007
The Orphanage
2007
Theresa: The Body of Christ
2007
Miguel and William
2007
Melissa P.
2005
BloodRayne
2005
Heidi
2005
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
2004
A Christmas Carol
2004
Winter Solstice
2003
Charlie Chaplin: The Forgotten Years
2003
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
2003
The Faces of the Moon
2002
Talk to Her
2002
The City of No Limits
2002
Dinotopia
2002
Just Run!
2001
Mary, Mother of Jesus
1999
Beresina
1999
To Walk with Lions
1999
Finisterre, donde termina el mundo
1999
Cousin Bette
1998
Mother Teresa: In the Name of God's Poor
1997
The Odyssey
1997
The Eyes of Asia
1997
Crimetime
1996
Jane Eyre
1996
Home for the Holidays
1995
To Hear the Birds Singing
1995
Words Upon the Window Pane
1994
A Century of Cinema
1994
The Age of Innocence
1993
A Foreign Field
1993
Chaplin
1992
Off Season
1992
Duel of Hearts
1992
Buster's Bedroom
1991
Gentille Alouette
1990
The Children
1990
I Want to Go Home
1989
The Return of the Musketeers
1989
The Moderns
1988
White Mischief
1987
The Corsican Brothers
1985
Love on the Ground
1984
Casting
1983
Life Is a Bed of Roses
1983
Bolero
1981
The House of Mirth
1981
The Mirror Crack'd
1980
A Sweet Journey
1980
The Widow of Montiel
1979
Mama Turns 100
1979
Mais où et donc Ornicar
1979
Adoption
1979
A Wedding
1978
Blindfolded Eyes
1978
Short Letter to the Long Goodbye
1978
A Page of Love
1978
Remember My Name
1978
Roseland
1977
In Memoriam
1977
Elisa, My Life
1977
Noroît
1976
Welcome to L.A.
1976
Scrim
1976
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson
1976
Cria!
1976
Nashville
1975
The Four Musketeers
1974
¿... Y el prójimo?
1974
Summer of Silence
1974
The Three Musketeers
1973
Marriage a la Mode
1973
Nefertiti and Akhenaten
1973
Yankee Dudler
1973
Anna and the Wolves
1973
Innocent Bystanders
1972
Z.P.G.
1972
A House Without Boundaries
1972
Carlos
1971
Perched on a Tree
1971
The Garden of Delights
1970
The Hawaiians
1970
Honeycomb
1969
Stress Is Three
1968
Peppermint Frappé
1967
Stranger in the House
1967
I Killed Rasputin
1967
Casino Royale
1967
A Countess from Hong Kong
1967
We'll Go to the City
1966
La vie très étrange de Madame Anastasie
1966
Pasternak
1965
Moscow in Madrid
1965
Doctor Zhivago
1965
Crime on a Summer Morning
1965
Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean
1965
David Lean's Film of Doctor Zhivago
1965
Dernier Soir
1964
Limelight
1952