Charlie Chaplin Image Credit: TI Gotham, Inc. © Life Picture Collection, Meredith Operations Corporation
In 1943, at 54, Chaplin famously wed playwright Eugene O’Neill’s 18-year-old daughter, Oona. Her father disowned her, but the Chaplins would remain happily married until his death on Christmas Day 1977. Usually publicity-shy, Chaplin opened up his home to Life and allowed them this family portrait: From left, Geraldine, Oona, Victoria (on Oona’s lap), Josephine, Chaplin, and Michael. Photo: W. Eugene Smith, Los Angeles, 1952.
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