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    He was believed to have been born on April 16, 1889.

    There is some doubt whether April 16 is actually his


    birthday, and it is possible he was not born in 1889. There is also uncertainty about his birthplace: London or
    Fontainebleau, France. There is no doubt, however, as to his parentage: he was born to Charles Chaplin, Sr. and
    Hannah Harriette Hill (aka Lily Harley on stage), both Music Hall entertainers. His parents separated soon after
    his birth, leaving him in the care of his increasingly unstable mother.

    In 1896, Chaplin's mother was unable to find work; Charlie and his older half-brother Sydney Chaplin had to be
    left in the workhouse at Lambeth, moving after several weeks to Hanwell School for Orphans and Destitute
    Children. His father died an alcoholic when Charlie was 12, and his mother suffered a mental breakdown, and
    was eventually admitted temporarily to the Cane Hill Asylum at Coulsdon (near Croydon). She died in 1928 in
    the United States, two years after coming to the States to live with Chaplin, by then a commercial success.

    Charlie first took to the stage when, aged five, he performed in Music Hall in 1894, standing in for his mother. As
    a child, he was confined to a bed for weeks due to a serious illness, and, at night, his mother would sit at the
    window and act out what was going on outside. In 1900, aged 11, his brother helped get him the role of a comic
    cat in the pantomime Cinderella at the London Hippodrome. In 1903 he appeared in 'Jim, A Romance of
    Cockayne', followed by his first regular job, as the newspaper boy Billy in Sherlock Holmes, a part he played into
    1906. This was followed by Casey's 'Court Circus' variety show, and, the following year, he became a clown in
    Fred Karno's 'Fun Factory' slapstick comedy company.

    According to immigration records, he arrived in the United States with the Karno troupe on October 2, 1912. In
    the Karno Company was Arthur Stanley Jefferson, who would later become known as Stan Laurel. Chaplin and
    Laurel shared a room in a boarding house. Stan Laurel returned to England but Chaplin remained in the United
    States. Chaplin's act was seen by film producer Mack Sennett, who hired him for his studio, the Keystone Film
    Company.

    1. Chaplin might have been born some years earlier than is currently believed.
    True
    False
    2. Chaplin's mother died before her son was successful.
    True
    False

    3. Chaplin first performed on the stage after he arrived in the United States.
    True
    False

    4. His first serious job was delivering newspapers.


    True
    False

    5. His first partner on the stage was the actor, Stan Laurel.
    True
    False

    6. He was discovered while working for a British organisation in the United States.
    True
    False

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