Geraldine Chaplin

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

The Crown

Agatha Christie's Marple

Morgenmagazin

Die Harald Schmidt Show

What's My Line?

Sacrée soirée

Wetten, dass..?

Les Rendez-vous du dimanche

All Movies (150)

• Chaplin: Spirit of the Tramp2025 · as Self
• Seneca2023 · as Lucia
• Luka2023 · as The General
• The Real Charlie Chaplin2021 · as Self (archive footage)
• The Barefoot Emperor2020 · as Lady Liz
• The Rodriguez and the Beyond2019 · as Isabel
• Holy Beasts2019 · as Vera
• Red Land2018 · as Giulia Visantrin
• Sinuous Road2018 · as Miny Barrios
• Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom2018 · as Iris
• Cannes 1968, révolution au palais2018 · as Self
• Anchor and Hope2017 · as Germaine
• The Broken Key2017 · as Tower Woman
• A Monster Calls2016 · as The Head Teacher (uncredited)
• Madres de los dioses2016 · as Self
• Seances2016
• Once and Forever2015 · as Marie Donovan
• The Forbidden Room2015 · as Master Passion / Nursemaid / Aunt Chance
• Marguerite & Julien2015 · as La mère de Lefebvre
• Me and Kaminski2015 · as Therese
• Sand Dollars2015 · as Anne
• Valentin Valentin2015 · as Jane
• Lines of the Hand2015
• Amapola2014 · as Memé
• Wax2014 · as Producer
• Panzer Chocolate2013 · as Frau Frida
• Another Me2013 · as Mrs. Brennan
• Three-602013 · as Jean Christophe
• Hostias (Un amor de película)2012 · as Jean
• The Apostle2012 · as Dorinda (voice)
• The Impossible2012 · as Old Woman
• All Together2012 · as Annie Colin
• Americano2011 · as Linda
• Memories of My Melancholy Whores2011 · as Rosa Cabarcas / Brothel madam
• The Monk2011 · as L’abbesse
• What's a Bear For?2011 · as Josephine
• There Be Dragons2011 · as Abileyza
• The Mosquito Net2010 · as María
• L'imbroglio nel lenzuolo2010 · as Alma
• The Wolfman2010 · as Maleva
• The Making of Plus One2010 · as Geri - the casting director
• The Island Inside2009 · as Victoria
• Imago Mortis2009 · as Contessa Orsini
• Parc2009 · as la mère de Paul Marteau
• Diary of a Nymphomaniac2008 · as Abuela de Valére
• Ramírez2008 · as Galerist
• Inconceivable2008 · as Frances Church-Chappel
• Tell Me About Love2008 · as Amelie
• The Totenwackers2007 · as Salgado
• Boxes2007 · as Mommy
• The Orphanage2007 · as Aurora
• Theresa: The Body of Christ2007 · as Priora
• Miguel and William2007 · as Owner
• Melissa P.2005 · as Nonna Elvira
• BloodRayne2005 · as Fortune Teller
• Heidi2005 · as Rottenmeier
• The Bridge of San Luis Rey2004 · as The Abbess
• A Christmas Carol2004 · as Ghost of Christmas Future / Blind Beggarwoman
• Winter Solstice2003 · as Gloria Blundell
• Charlie Chaplin: The Forgotten Years2003 · as Self
• Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin2003 · as Self
• The Faces of the Moon2002 · as Joan Turner
• Talk to Her2002 · as Katerina Bilova
• The City of No Limits2002 · as Marie
• Dinotopia2002 · as Oriana
• Just Run!2001 · as Madre
• Mary, Mother of Jesus1999 · as Elizabeth
• Beresina1999 · as Charlotte De
• To Walk with Lions1999 · as Victoria Anrecelli
• Finisterre, donde termina el mundo1999 · as Madre
• Cousin Bette1998 · as Adeline
• Mother Teresa: In the Name of God's Poor1997 · as Mother Teresa
• The Eyes of Asia1997 · as Jane Powell
• Crimetime1996 · as Thelma
• Jane Eyre1996 · as Miss Scatcherd
• Home for the Holidays1995 · as Aunt Glady
• To Hear the Birds Singing1995 · as Catherine
• Words Upon the Window Pane1994 · as Miss McKenna
• A Century of Cinema1994 · as Self
• The Age of Innocence1993 · as Mrs. Welland
• A Foreign Field1993 · as Beverley
• Chaplin1992 · as Hannah Chaplin
• Off Season1992 · as Anarchist
• Duel of Hearts1992 · as Mrs Miller
• Buster's Bedroom1991 · as Diana Daniels
• Gentille Alouette1990 · as Angela Duverger
• The Children1990 · as Joyce Wheater
• I Want to Go Home1989 · as Terry Amstrong
• The Return of the Musketeers1989 · as Queen Anne
• The Moderns1988 · as Nathalie de Ville
• White Mischief1987 · as Nina Soames
• The Corsican Brothers1985 · as Madame Savilia de Franchi
• Love on the Ground1984 · as Charlotte
• Casting1983 · as Star
• Life Is a Bed of Roses1983 · as Nora Winkle
• Bolero1981 · as Suzan / Sara Glenn
• The House of Mirth1981 · as Lily Bart
• The Mirror Crack'd1980 · as Ella Zielinsky
• A Sweet Journey1980 · as Lucie
• The Widow of Montiel1979 · as Adelaida Montiel
• Mama Turns 1001979 · as Ana
• Mais où et donc Ornicar1979 · as Isabelle
• Adoption1979 · as Catherine
• A Wedding1978 · as Rita Billingsley
• Blindfolded Eyes1978 · as Emilia
• Short Letter to the Long Goodbye1978 · as Judith Seldan
• A Page of Love1978 · as Lise
• Remember My Name1978 · as Emily
• Roseland1977 · as Marilyn
• In Memoriam1977 · as Paulina Arevalo
• Elisa, My Life1977 · as Elisa Santamaría
• Noroît (Une Vengeance)1976 · as Morag
• Welcome to L.A.1976 · as Karen Hood
• Scrim1976 · as Ann
• Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson1976 · as The Sure Shot (Annie Oakley)
• Cria!1976 · as María
• Nashville1975 · as Opal
• The Four Musketeers1974 · as Queen Anne of Austria
• ¿... Y el prójimo?1974 · as Luisa
• Summer of Silence1974 · as Anne Zimmler
• The Three Musketeers1973 · as Anna of Austria
• Marriage a la Mode1973 · as Marie-des-Anges
• Nefertiti and Akhenaten1973 · as Nefertiti
• Yankee Dudler1973 · as Kate Elder
• Anna and the Wolves1973 · as Ana
• Innocent Bystanders1972 · as Miriam Loman
• Z.P.G.1972 · as Carol
• A House Without Boundaries1972 · as Lucía Alfaro
• Carlos1971 · as Lisa
• Perched on a Tree1971 · as Mme Muller
• The Garden of Delights1970 · as Invitada comunión (uncredited)
• The Hawaiians1970 · as Purity Hoxworth
• Honeycomb1969 · as Teresa
• Stress Is Three1968 · as Teresa
• Peppermint Frappé1967 · as Elena
• Stranger in the House1967 · as Angela Sawyer
• I Killed Rasputin1967 · as Mounia Golovine
• Casino Royale1967 · as Keystone Kop (uncredited)
• A Countess from Hong Kong1967 · as Girl at Dance
• We'll Go to the City1966 · as Lenka Vitas
• La vie très étrange de Madame Anastasie1966
• Pasternak1965 · as Self (archive footage)
• Moscow in Madrid1965 · as Self
• Doctor Zhivago1965 · as Tonya Gromeko
• Crime on a Summer Morning1965 · as Zelda van Willie
• David Lean's Film of Doctor Zhivago1965 · as Self
• Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean1965 · as Self
• Dernier Soir1964 · as Self
• Limelight1952 · as Little Girl on Steps (uncredited)
• The Wind Blew On—

All TV Shows (29)

• Glow and Darkness2021
• Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams2017 · as Irma Louise Gordon
• The Crown2016 · as Wallis Simpson
• Beyond the Walls2016 · as Rose
• The Hollow Crown2012 · as Alice
• Les Aventuriers des mers du Sud2006 · as Maggie
• Agatha Christie's Marple2004 · as Mrs Fane
• Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel2004 · as Self
• Winter Solstice2003 · as Gloria Blundell
• Menschen bei Maischberger2003 · as Self
• Dinotopia2002 · as Oriana
• In the Beginning2000 · as Jochebed
• The Odyssey1997 · as Eurycleia
• Gulliver's Travels1996 · as Empress Munodi
• Die Harald Schmidt Show1995 · as Self - Guest
• Morgenmagazin1992 · as self
• Screen One1989 · as Beverly
• Sacrée soirée1987 · as Self
• Goldene Kamera1984 · as Self
• My Cousin Rachel1983 · as Contessa Rachel Sangalletti
• Unknown Chaplin1983 · as Self (archive footage)
• Wetten, dass..?1981 · as Self
• The Word1978 · as Naomi Dunn
• Les Rendez-vous du dimanche1975 · as Self
• Les Rendez-vous du dimanche1975 · as Self (archive footage)
• Dim Dam Dom1965 · as Self
• Reflets de Cannes1954 · as Self
• Hallmark Hall of Fame1951 · as Mme. Savilia de Franchi
• What's My Line?1950 · as Self - Mystery Guest