Geraldine Chaplin

Geraldine Chaplin

Known for
Acting
Born
July 31, 1944 (age 82)
Birthplace
Santa Monica, California, USA

Biography

Geraldine Leigh Chaplin (born July 31, 1944) is an American actress. She is the daughter of Charlie Chaplin, the first of eight children with his fourth wife, Oona O'Neill. After beginnings in dance and modeling, she turned her attention to acting, and made her English-language acting debut (and came to prominence in what would be a Golden Globe-nominated role) in her portrayal of Tonya in David Lean's Doctor Zhivago (1965). She made her Broadway acting debut in Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes in 1967, and played the role of ancient Egyptian Queen Nefertiti in Raúl Araiza's Nefertiti and Akhenaton (1973), alongside famous Egyptian actor Salah Zulfikar. Chaplin received her second Golden Globe nomination for Robert Altman's Nashville (1975). She received a BAFTA nomination for her role in Welcome to L. A. (1976). She played her grandmother Hannah Chaplin in the biopic Chaplin (1992), for which she received her third Golden Globe nomination. Chaplin has appeared in a wide variety of critically recognized Spanish and French films. She starred in Les Uns et les Autres (1981), Life Is a Bed of Roses (1983) and the Jacques Rivette experimental films Noroît (1976) and Love on the Ground (1984). She was the partner of director Carlos Saura for 12 years until 1979, starring in his films Ana and the Wolves (1973), Cría Cuervos (1976), Elisa, vida mía (1977), and Mamá cumple cien años (1979). She was awarded a Goya Award for her role in En la ciudad sin límites (2002), and was nominated again for The Orphanage (2007). Her contribution to Spanish cinema culminated in her being awarded the Gold Medal by the Spanish Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences in 2006.

Known For

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Filmography

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The Wind Blew On

The Wind Blew On

Movie

2025
Chaplin: Spirit of the Tramp poster

Chaplin: Spirit of the Tramp

Movie · as Self

2023
Seneca poster

Seneca

Movie · as Lucia

2023
Luka poster

Luka

Movie · as The General

2021
The Real Charlie Chaplin poster

The Real Charlie Chaplin

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

2021
Glow and Darkness

Glow and Darkness

TV · 10 eps

2020
The Barefoot Emperor poster

The Barefoot Emperor

Movie · as Lady Liz

2019
Holy Beasts poster

Holy Beasts

Movie · as Vera

2019
The Rodriguez and the Beyond poster

The Rodriguez and the Beyond

Movie · as Isabel

2018
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom poster

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

Movie · as Iris

2018
Sinuous Road poster

Sinuous Road

Movie · as Miny Barrios

2018
Red Land poster

Red Land

Movie · as Giulia Visantrin

2018
Cannes 1968, révolution au palais poster

Cannes 1968, révolution au palais

Movie · as Self

2017
Anchor and Hope poster

Anchor and Hope

Movie · as Germaine

2017
The Broken Key poster

The Broken Key

Movie · as Tower Woman

2017
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams poster

Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams

TV · as Irma Louise Gordon · 1 ep

2016
A Monster Calls poster

A Monster Calls

Movie · as The Head Teacher (uncredited)

2016
Madres de los dioses poster

Madres de los dioses

Movie · as Self

2016
The Crown poster

The Crown

TV · as Wallis Simpson · 2 eps

2016
Beyond the Walls poster

Beyond the Walls

TV · as Rose · 3 eps

2015
Me and Kaminski poster

Me and Kaminski

Movie · as Therese

2015
Sand Dollars poster

Sand Dollars

Movie · as Anne

2015
The Forbidden Room poster

The Forbidden Room

Movie · as Master Passion / Nursemaid / Aunt Chance

2015
Marguerite & Julien poster

Marguerite & Julien

Movie · as La mère de Lefebvre

2015
Valentin Valentin poster

Valentin Valentin

Movie · as Jane

2015
Once and Forever poster

Once and Forever

Movie · as Marie Donovan

2015
Lines of the Hand poster

Lines of the Hand

Movie

2014
Wax poster

Wax

Movie · as Producer

2014
Amapola poster

Amapola

Movie · as Memé

2013
Three-60 poster

Three-60

Movie · as Jean Christophe

2013
Another Me poster

Another Me

Movie · as Mrs. Brennan

2013
Panzer Chocolate poster

Panzer Chocolate

Movie · as Frau Frida

2012
The Impossible poster

The Impossible

Movie · as Old Woman

2012
All Together poster

All Together

Movie · as Annie Colin

2012
The Apostle poster

The Apostle

Movie · as Dorinda (voice)

2012
Hostias (Un amor de película) poster

Hostias (Un amor de película)

Movie · as Jean

2012
The Hollow Crown poster

The Hollow Crown

TV · as Alice · 1 ep

2011
There Be Dragons poster

There Be Dragons

Movie · as Abileyza

2011
The Monk poster

The Monk

Movie · as L’abbesse

2011
What's a Bear For? poster

What's a Bear For?

Movie · as Josephine

2011
Americano poster

Americano

Movie · as Linda

2011
Memories of My Melancholy Whores poster

Memories of My Melancholy Whores

Movie · as Rosa Cabarcas / Brothel madam

2010
The Wolfman poster

The Wolfman

Movie · as Maleva

2010
L'imbroglio nel lenzuolo poster

L'imbroglio nel lenzuolo

Movie · as Alma

2010
The Mosquito Net poster

The Mosquito Net

Movie · as María

2010
The Making of Plus One poster

The Making of Plus One

Movie · as Geri - the casting director

2009
Imago Mortis poster

Imago Mortis

Movie · as Contessa Orsini

2009
The Island Inside poster

The Island Inside

Movie · as Victoria

2009
Parc poster

Parc

Movie · as la mère de Paul Marteau

2008
Diary of a Nymphomaniac poster

Diary of a Nymphomaniac

Movie · as Abuela de Valére

2008
Tell Me About Love poster

Tell Me About Love

Movie · as Amelie

2008
Ramírez

Ramírez

Movie · as Galerist

2008
Inconceivable poster

Inconceivable

Movie · as Frances Church-Chappel

2007
The Orphanage poster

The Orphanage

Movie · as Aurora

2007
The Totenwackers poster

The Totenwackers

Movie · as Salgado

2007
Boxes poster

Boxes

Movie · as Mommy

2007
Miguel and William poster

Miguel and William

Movie · as Owner

2007
Theresa: The Body of Christ poster

Theresa: The Body of Christ

Movie · as Priora

2006
BloodRayne poster

BloodRayne

Movie · as Fortune Teller

2006
Les Aventuriers des mers du Sud poster

Les Aventuriers des mers du Sud

TV · as Maggie · 2 eps

2005
Melissa P. poster

Melissa P.

Movie · as Nonna Elvira

2005
Heidi poster

Heidi

Movie · as Rottenmeier

2004
A Christmas Carol poster

A Christmas Carol

Movie · as Ghost of Christmas Future / Blind Beggarwoman

2004
The Bridge of San Luis Rey poster

The Bridge of San Luis Rey

Movie · as The Abbess

2004
Agatha Christie's Marple poster

Agatha Christie's Marple

TV · as Mrs Fane · 1 ep

2004
Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel

Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2003
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin poster

Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin

Movie · as Self

2003
Charlie Chaplin: The Forgotten Years poster

Charlie Chaplin: The Forgotten Years

Movie · as Self

2003
Winter Solstice poster

Winter Solstice

Movie · as Gloria Blundell

2003
Menschen bei Maischberger

Menschen bei Maischberger

TV · as Self · 1 ep

2003
Winter Solstice poster

Winter Solstice

TV · as Gloria Blundell · 2 eps

2002
Talk to Her poster

Talk to Her

Movie · as Katerina Bilova

2002
The City of No Limits poster

The City of No Limits

Movie · as Marie

2002
The Faces of the Moon poster

The Faces of the Moon

Movie · as Joan Turner

2002
Dinotopia poster

Dinotopia

Movie · as Oriana

2002
Dinotopia poster

Dinotopia

TV · as Oriana · 3 eps

2001
Just Run! poster

Just Run!

Movie · as Madre

2000
In the Beginning poster

In the Beginning

TV · as Jochebed · 2 eps

1999
Beresina poster

Beresina

Movie · as Charlotte De

1999
Finisterre, donde termina el mundo poster

Finisterre, donde termina el mundo

Movie · as Madre

1999
To Walk with Lions poster

To Walk with Lions

Movie · as Victoria Anrecelli

1999
Mary, Mother of Jesus poster

Mary, Mother of Jesus

Movie · as Elizabeth

1998
Cousin Bette poster

Cousin Bette

Movie · as Adeline

1997
Mother Teresa: In the Name of God's Poor poster

Mother Teresa: In the Name of God's Poor

Movie · as Mother Teresa

1997
The Eyes of Asia poster

The Eyes of Asia

Movie · as Jane Powell

1997
The Odyssey poster

The Odyssey

TV · as Eurycleia · 2 eps

1996
Jane Eyre poster

Jane Eyre

Movie · as Miss Scatcherd

1996
Crimetime poster

Crimetime

Movie · as Thelma

1996
Gulliver's Travels poster

Gulliver's Travels

TV · as Empress Munodi · 2 eps

1995
Home for the Holidays poster

Home for the Holidays

Movie · as Aunt Glady

1995
To Hear the Birds Singing poster

To Hear the Birds Singing

Movie · as Catherine

1995
Die Harald Schmidt Show poster

Die Harald Schmidt Show

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1994
Words Upon the Window Pane poster

Words Upon the Window Pane

Movie · as Miss McKenna

1994
A Century of Cinema poster

A Century of Cinema

Movie · as Self

1993
The Age of Innocence poster

The Age of Innocence

Movie · as Mrs. Welland

1993
A Foreign Field poster

A Foreign Field

Movie · as Beverley

1992
Chaplin poster

Chaplin

Movie · as Hannah Chaplin

1992
Duel of Hearts poster

Duel of Hearts

Movie · as Mrs Miller

1992
Off Season poster

Off Season

Movie · as Anarchist

1992
Morgenmagazin poster

Morgenmagazin

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1991
Buster's Bedroom poster

Buster's Bedroom

Movie · as Diana Daniels

1990
Gentille Alouette poster

Gentille Alouette

Movie · as Angela Duverger

1990
The Children poster

The Children

Movie · as Joyce Wheater

1989
The Return of the Musketeers poster

The Return of the Musketeers

Movie · as Queen Anne

1989
I Want to Go Home poster

I Want to Go Home

Movie · as Terry Amstrong

1989
Screen One poster

Screen One

TV · as Beverly · 1 ep

1988
The Moderns poster

The Moderns

Movie · as Nathalie de Ville

1987
White Mischief poster

White Mischief

Movie · as Nina Soames

1987
Sacrée soirée poster

Sacrée soirée

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1985
The Corsican Brothers poster

The Corsican Brothers

Movie · as Madame Savilia de Franchi

1984
Love on the Ground poster

Love on the Ground

Movie · as Charlotte

1984
Goldene Kamera

Goldene Kamera

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1983
Life Is a Bed of Roses poster

Life Is a Bed of Roses

Movie · as Nora Winkle

1983
Casting poster

Casting

Movie · as Star

1983
My Cousin Rachel poster

My Cousin Rachel

TV · as Contessa Rachel Sangalletti · 4 eps

1983
Unknown Chaplin poster

Unknown Chaplin

TV · as Self (archive footage) · 3 eps

1981
Bolero poster

Bolero

Movie · as Suzan / Sara Glenn

1981
The House of Mirth

The House of Mirth

Movie · as Lily Bart

1981
Wetten, dass..? poster

Wetten, dass..?

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1980
The Mirror Crack'd poster

The Mirror Crack'd

Movie · as Ella Zielinsky

1980
A Sweet Journey poster

A Sweet Journey

Movie · as Lucie

1979
Mama Turns 100 poster

Mama Turns 100

Movie · as Ana

1979
The Widow of Montiel poster

The Widow of Montiel

Movie · as Adelaida Montiel

1979
Adoption poster

Adoption

Movie · as Catherine

1979
Mais où et donc Ornicar poster

Mais où et donc Ornicar

Movie · as Isabelle

1978
A Wedding poster

A Wedding

Movie · as Rita Billingsley

1978
Remember My Name poster

Remember My Name

Movie · as Emily

1978
Blindfolded Eyes poster

Blindfolded Eyes

Movie · as Emilia

1978
Short Letter to the Long Goodbye poster

Short Letter to the Long Goodbye

Movie · as Judith Seldan

1978
A Page of Love

A Page of Love

Movie · as Lise

1978
The Word poster

The Word

TV · as Naomi Dunn · 4 eps

1978
Ciné regards poster

Ciné regards

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1977
Elisa, My Life poster

Elisa, My Life

Movie · as Elisa Santamaría

1977
Roseland poster

Roseland

Movie · as Marilyn

1977
In Memoriam poster

In Memoriam

Movie · as Paulina Arevalo

1976
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson poster

Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson

Movie · as The Sure Shot (Annie Oakley)

1976
Noroît (Une Vengeance) poster

Noroît (Une Vengeance)

Movie · as Morag

1976
Cria! poster

Cria!

Movie · as María

1976
Welcome to L.A. poster

Welcome to L.A.

Movie · as Karen Hood

1976
Scrim poster

Scrim

Movie · as Ann

1975
Nashville poster

Nashville

Movie · as Opal

1975
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche poster

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

TV · as Self, Self (archive footage) · 1 ep

1974
The Four Musketeers poster

The Four Musketeers

Movie · as Queen Anne of Austria

1974
Summer of Silence

Summer of Silence

Movie · as Anne Zimmler

1974
¿... Y el prójimo? poster

¿... Y el prójimo?

Movie · as Luisa

1973
The Three Musketeers poster

The Three Musketeers

Movie · as Anna of Austria

1973
Yankee Dudler poster

Yankee Dudler

Movie · as Kate Elder

1973
Anna and the Wolves poster

Anna and the Wolves

Movie · as Ana

1973
Marriage a la Mode poster

Marriage a la Mode

Movie · as Marie-des-Anges

1973
Nefertiti and Akhenaten poster

Nefertiti and Akhenaten

Movie · as Nefertiti

1972
Z.P.G. poster

Z.P.G.

Movie · as Carol

1972
Innocent Bystanders poster

Innocent Bystanders

Movie · as Miriam Loman

1972
A House Without Boundaries poster

A House Without Boundaries

Movie · as Lucía Alfaro

1971
Perched on a Tree poster

Perched on a Tree

Movie · as Mme Muller

1971
Carlos poster

Carlos

Movie · as Lisa

1970
The Hawaiians poster

The Hawaiians

Movie · as Purity Hoxworth

1970
The Garden of Delights poster

The Garden of Delights

Movie · as Invitada comunión (uncredited)

1969
Honeycomb poster

Honeycomb

Movie · as Teresa

1968
Stress Is Three poster

Stress Is Three

Movie · as Teresa

1967
A Countess from Hong Kong poster

A Countess from Hong Kong

Movie · as Girl at Dance

1967
Peppermint Frappé poster

Peppermint Frappé

Movie · as Elena

1967
Stranger in the House poster

Stranger in the House

Movie · as Angela Sawyer

1967
I Killed Rasputin poster

I Killed Rasputin

Movie · as Mounia Golovine

1967
Casino Royale poster

Casino Royale

Movie · as Keystone Kop (uncredited)

1966
We'll Go to the City poster

We'll Go to the City

Movie · as Lenka Vitas

1966
La vie très étrange de Madame Anastasie

La vie très étrange de Madame Anastasie

Movie

1965
Doctor Zhivago poster

Doctor Zhivago

Movie · as Tonya Gromeko

1965
Pasternak poster

Pasternak

Movie · as Self (archive footage)

1965
Moscow in Madrid poster

Moscow in Madrid

Movie · as Self

1965
Crime on a Summer Morning poster

Crime on a Summer Morning

Movie · as Zelda van Willie

1965
Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean poster

Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean

Movie · as Self

1965
David Lean's Film of Doctor Zhivago

David Lean's Film of Doctor Zhivago

Movie · as Self

1965
Dim Dam Dom poster

Dim Dam Dom

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1964
Dernier Soir poster

Dernier Soir

Movie · as Self

1954
Reflets de Cannes poster

Reflets de Cannes

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1952
Limelight poster

Limelight

Movie · as Little Girl on Steps (uncredited)

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV · as Mme. Savilia de Franchi · 1 ep

1950
What's My Line? poster

What's My Line?

TV · as Self - Mystery Guest · 1 ep