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Chaplin was born as Charles Spencer Chaplin in London, England on 16  Apr 1889. His parents Sr and Hannah Hill were music hall entertainers  but  divided  soon  after Charlie was born, leaving Hannah to provide for her children. In 1896 when Hannah was no longer able to care for her children, Charlie and his brother Sydney were admitted to Lambeth Workhouse and later, Hanwell School for Orphans and Destitute Children. His first stage appearance, at age five, was singing a song in situ of his mother who had become ill.. At eight he toured in a musical, "The Eight Lancaster Lads". Nearly 11, he looked  in "Giddy Ostende" at London 's Hippodrome. Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin was one of the most originative and influential personalities of the silent-film era. He was dependant on his predecessor, the French  silent picture comedian Max Linder, to whom he dedicated one of his films. His working life in entertainment swept over 75 years, from the Victorian stage and the Music Hall in the  UK  as a child performer, until  roughly  his death at the age of 88. His high-profile public and private life comprehended  both adulation and controversy. Chaplin's identification with the left ultimately forced him to resettle in Europe during the McCarthy era in the early 1950s. In 1921 Charlie Chaplin  was decorated by the French government for his outstanding work as a  film producer, and was  raised to the rank of Officer of the Legion of Honor in 1952. In 1972 he was honored with an Academy Award for his "incalculable effect in making motion picture the art form of the century." In 1975 England's Queen Elizabeth II knighted him. Charlie Chaplin 's other works included score he composed for many of his films. He also authored two autobiographic books, "My Autobiography" in 1964 and its companion volume, "My Life in Pictures" in 1974. Charlie Chaplin died of natural causes on  Dec 25, 1977 at his home in  Swiss Confederation  Charlie chaplin biography.