Charlie Chaplin

AKA:

Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin

Birth Name:

Charles Spencer Chaplin

Birth Date:

04/16/1889

Birth Place:

Walworth, London, England

Death Date:

12/25/1977

Place of Death:

Manoir de Ban, Riviera-Pays-d'Enhaut District, Vaud, Switzerland

Age:

Cause of Death:

Stroke

Cemetery Name:

Cimetière de Corsier-sur-Vevey

Claim to Fame:

Show Business

Charlie Chaplin was an English comic actor, filmmaker, and composer who rose to fame in the era of silent film. He became a worldwide icon through his character, The Tramp, and is considered one of the most important figures in the history of the film industry. His career spanned more than 75 years, from childhood in the Victorian era until a year before his death in 1977, and encompassed both adulation and controversy. Chaplin wrote, directed, produced, edited, starred in, and composed the music for most of his films. He continues to be held in high regard, with The Gold Rush, City Lights, Modern Times, and The Great Dictator often ranked on lists of the greatest films of all time.

Cemetery Information:

Final Resting Place:

Cimetière de Corsier-sur-Vevey

Sur le Crêt 3, 1804

Corsier-sur-Vevey, Vaud, ,

Switzerland

Europe

Grave Location:

Chaplin Family Plot

Grave Location Description

As you enter the cemetery gates on foot make the first right and then a quick left down the gravel path. Walk past six trees and then make a right and walk straight ahead for the final resting place of the Little Tramp and his fourth wife Oona Chaplin.