查爾斯·卓別林是電影史上著名的明星之一。他的確是電影史上最著名的喜劇演員。他的第一部電影是拍攝于無聲電影時代。他的有聲電影都是他自己創(chuàng)作劇本、導(dǎo)演的。

卓別林出1889年出生于倫敦。他的家庭貧寒，他的童年十分悲慘。他的父親因為飲酒過度而死，母親也不能照顧他和他的同母異父的哥哥思迪，因為他的媽媽神經(jīng)經(jīng)常不好，不得不住醫(yī)院。在1912年他離開倫敦去了美國。在1914年他上演了他的第一部電影《陣雨之間》。在電影里頭戴圓頂禮帽、手持竹手杖、足登大皮靴、走路像鴨子的流浪漢夏爾洛的形象首次出現(xiàn)在影片中。這一形象成為卓別林喜劇片的標(biāo)志，風(fēng)靡歐美20余年。他奠定了現(xiàn)代喜劇電影的基礎(chǔ)，往后不少藝人都以他的方式表演。

1918年他成立了自己的電影公司。他的代表作電影包括：《淘金記》、《城市之光》、《摩登時代》等。這些影片反映了卓別林從一個普通的人道主義者到一位偉大的批判現(xiàn)實主義藝術(shù)大師的過程。卓別林以其精湛的表演藝術(shù)，表達了對下層勞動者的深切同情，對資本主義社會的種種弊端進行了辛辣的諷刺。他一輩子結(jié)婚四次，1952年他與家人一起離開美國，生活在瑞士，直到1977年去世，享年88歲。

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.