Sydney Earl Chaplin (1926 - 2009)

Born 30 Mar 1926 in Los Angeles, California, USA

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Died 3 Mar 2009 at age 82 in Rancho Mirage, Riverside, California

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Biography

Sydney was born in 1926. He was the son of Charlie Chaplin and Lillita McMurray also known as Lita Grey^[1].

He appeared in two of his father's later films, "Limelight" (1952) and "The Countess from Hong Kong (1967). He won a Tony Award in 1956 in "Bells Are Ringing" and acted with Barbra Streisand in "Funny Girl" (1964).

He was married three times:

Noelle Adam, one son Stephan (1960)

Susan Magnes

Margaret Beebe, m. 1998

He passed away in 2009. ^[2]

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Sources

1. ↑ "California, County Birth and Death Records, 1800-1994," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGL7-1QMC : 18 January 2018), Sidney Earl Chaplin, 30 Mar 1926; citing Birth, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States, California State Archives, Sacramento.
2. ↑ First-hand information as remembered by Ann Maris, Wednesday, July 9, 2014. Replace this citation if there is another source.

• "United States Census, 1930", database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCF2-ZQC : accessed 18 April 2016), Sydney E Chaplin in entry for Louise L Curry, 1930.

• "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K857-85S : accessed 18 April 2016), Sydney E Chaplin, enlisted 21 Aug 1944, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 126323, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.

• "United States Social Security Death Index," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:JGPL-QZC : accessed 18 April 2016), Sydney E Chaplin, 03 Mar 2009; citing U.S. Social Security Administration, Death Master File, database (Alexandria, Virginia: National Technical Information Service, ongoing).

• "United States World War II Army Enlistment Records, 1938-1946," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K857-85S : 5 December 2014), Sydney E Chaplin, enlisted 21 Aug 1944, Los Angeles, California, United States; citing "Electronic Army Serial Number Merged File, ca. 1938-1946," database, The National Archives: Access to Archival Databases (AAD) (http://aad.archives.gov : National Archives and Records Administration, 2002); NARA NAID 126323, National Archives at College Park, Maryland.

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