查理·卓别林

查尔斯·卓别林是电影史上著名的明星之一。他的确是电影史上最著名的喜剧演员。他的第一部电影是拍摄于无声电影时代。他的有声电影都是他自己创作剧本、导演的。

卓别林出1889年出生于伦敦。他的家庭贫寒，他的童年十分悲惨。他的父亲因为饮酒过度而死，母亲也不能照顾他和他的同母异父的哥哥思迪，因为他的妈妈神经经常不好，不得不住医院。在1912年他离开伦敦去了美国。在1914年他上演了他的第一部电影《阵雨之间》。在电影里头戴圆顶礼帽、手持竹手杖、足登大皮靴、走路像鸭子的流浪汉夏尔洛的形象首次出现在影片中。这一形象成为卓别林喜剧片的标志，风靡欧美20余年。他奠定了现代喜剧电影的基础，往后不少艺人都以他的方式表演。

1918年他成立了自己的电影公司。他的代表作电影包括：《淘金记》、《城市之光》、《摩登时代》等。这些影片反映了卓别林从一个普通的人道主义者到一位伟大的批判现实主义艺术大师的过程。卓别林以其精湛的表演艺术，表达了对下层劳动者的深切同情，对资本主义社会的种种弊端进行了辛辣的讽刺。他一辈子结婚四次，1952年他与家人一起离开美国，生活在瑞士，直到1977年去世，享年88岁。

Charlie Chaplin was one of the most famous stars in the history of cinema. He was certainly the most famous comic actor of the cinema. His first film was in the age of silent films. He wrote and directed nearly all his sound pictures.

He was born in London in 1889. His family was poor and he had a hard childhood. His father died from drinking too much. And his mother wasnt able to look after Charles and his elder half-brother， Sid， because she was often sick in mind and had to be sent into hospital. In 1912 he left England for the U.S. and in 1914 he made his first film Between Showers. In the film， the image of tramp Shire Los， wearing a bowler hat， holding a bamboo cane， wearing boots， walking like a duck， first appeared in the film. This image became the mark of Chaplins comedies. And the comedies were popular in Europe and America for more than 20 years. He laid the foundation for modern comedy films and a lot of artists follow his way of performing.

He created his own film company in 1918. His great film included the Gold Rush， City Lights and Modern Times. These films reflect the process of Chaplin from a ordinary humanitarian to a great critical realism art master. Chaplin， with his superb performance art， expressed deep sympathy to the lower level workers， and bitter satirized the capitalist social evils. He was married four times and in 1952 left the U.S. with his family and lived in Switzerland，where he died in 1977 at the age of 88.