Geraldine Chaplin
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.
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Movies (149)
Chaplin: Spirit of the Tramp
2025 · Self
Seneca
2023 · Lucia
Luka
2023 · The General
La voz de Charlie Chaplin
2021 · Self (archive footage)
The Barefoot Emperor
2020 · Lady Liz
The Rodriguez and the Beyond
2019 · Isabel
Holy Beasts
2019 · Vera
Red Land
2018 · Giulia Visantrin
Sinuous Road
2018 · Miny Barrios
Jurassic World 2: El Reino Caído
2018 · Iris
Cannes 1968, révolution au palais
2018 · Self
Anchor and Hope
2017 · Germaine
The Broken Key
2017 · Tower Woman
Un monstruo viene a verme
2016 · The Head Teacher (uncredited)
Madres de los dioses
2016 · Self
Once and Forever
2015 · Marie Donovan
The Forbidden Room
2015 · Master Passion / Nursemaid / Aunt Chance
Marguerite & Julien
2015 · La mère de Lefebvre
Me and Kaminski
2015 · Therese
Sand Dollars
2015 · Anne
Valentin Valentin
2015 · Jane
Lines of the Hand
2015
Amapola
2014 · Memé
Wax
2014 · Producer
Panzer Chocolate
2013 · Frau Frida
Mi otro yo
2013 · Mrs. Brennan
Three-60
2013 · Jean Christophe
Hostias (Un amor de película)
2012 · Jean
The Apostle
2012 · Dorinda (voice)
Lo Imposible
2012 · Old Woman
All Together
2012 · Annie Colin
Americano
2011 · Linda
Memories of My Melancholy Whores
2011 · Rosa Cabarcas / Brothel madam
The Monk
2011 · L’abbesse
What's a Bear For?
2011 · Josephine
Encontrarás Dragones
2011 · Abileyza
The Mosquito Net
2010 · María
L'imbroglio nel lenzuolo
2010 · Alma
El hombre lobo
2010 · Maleva
The Making of Plus One
2010 · Geri - the casting director
The Island Inside
2009 · Victoria
Imago Mortis
2009 · Contessa Orsini
Parc
2009 · la mère de Paul Marteau
Diary of a Nymphomaniac
2008 · Abuela de Valére
Ramírez
2008 · Galerist
Inconceivable
2008 · Frances Church-Chappel
Tell Me About Love
2008 · Amelie
The Totenwackers
2007 · Salgado
Boxes
2007 · Mommy
The Orphanage
2007 · Aurora
Theresa: The Body of Christ
2007 · Priora
Miguel and William
2007 · Owner
BloodRayne Venganza de sangre
2006 · Fortune Teller
Melissa P.
2005 · Nonna Elvira
Heidi
2005 · Rottenmeier
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
2004 · The Abbess
A Christmas Carol
2004 · Ghost of Christmas Future / Blind Beggarwoman
Winter Solstice
2003 · Gloria Blundell
Charlie Chaplin: The Forgotten Years
2003 · Self
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
2003 · Self
The Faces of the Moon
2002 · Joan Turner
Talk to Her
2002 · Katerina Bilova
The City of No Limits
2002 · Marie
Dinotopia
2002 · Oriana
Just Run!
2001 · Madre
Mary, Mother of Jesus
1999 · Elizabeth
Beresina
1999 · Charlotte De
To Walk with Lions
1999 · Victoria Anrecelli
Finisterre, donde termina el mundo
1999 · Madre
Cousin Bette
1998 · Adeline
Mother Teresa: In the Name of God's Poor
1997 · Mother Teresa
The Eyes of Asia
1997 · Jane Powell
Crimetime
1996 · Thelma
Jane Eyre
1996 · Miss Scatcherd
Home for the Holidays
1995 · Aunt Glady
To Hear the Birds Singing
1995 · Catherine
Words Upon the Window Pane
1994 · Miss McKenna
A Century of Cinema
1994 · Self
The Age of Innocence
1993 · Mrs. Welland
A Foreign Field
1993 · Beverley
Chaplin
1992 · Hannah Chaplin
Off Season
1992 · Anarchist
Duel of Hearts
1992 · Mrs Miller
Buster's Bedroom
1991 · Diana Daniels
Gentille Alouette
1990 · Angela Duverger
The Children
1990 · Joyce Wheater
I Want to Go Home
1989 · Terry Amstrong
The Return of the Musketeers
1989 · Queen Anne
The Moderns
1988 · Nathalie de Ville
White Mischief
1987 · Nina Soames
The Corsican Brothers
1985 · Madame Savilia de Franchi
Love on the Ground
1984 · Charlotte
Casting
1983 · Star
Life Is a Bed of Roses
1983 · Nora Winkle
Bolero
1981 · Suzan / Sara Glenn
The House of Mirth
1981 · Lily Bart
The Mirror Crack'd
1980 · Ella Zielinsky
A Sweet Journey
1980 · Lucie
The Widow of Montiel
1979 · Adelaida Montiel
Mama Turns 100
1979 · Ana
Mais où et donc Ornicar
1979 · Isabelle
Adoption
1979 · Catherine
A Wedding
1978 · Rita Billingsley
Blindfolded Eyes
1978 · Emilia
Short Letter to the Long Goodbye
1978 · Judith Seldan
A Page of Love
1978 · Lise
Remember My Name
1978 · Emily
Roseland
1977 · Marilyn
In Memoriam
1977 · Paulina Arevalo
Elisa, My Life
1977 · Elisa Santamaría
Noroît (Une Vengeance)
1976 · Morag
Welcome to L.A.
1976 · Karen Hood
Scrim
1976 · Ann
Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson
1976 · The Sure Shot (Annie Oakley)
Cria!
1976 · María
Nashville
1975 · Opal
The Four Musketeers
1974 · Queen Anne of Austria
¿... Y el prójimo?
1974 · Luisa
Summer of Silence
1974 · Anne Zimmler
The Three Musketeers
1973 · Anna of Austria
Marriage a la Mode
1973 · Marie-des-Anges
Nefertiti and Akhenaten
1973 · Nefertiti
Yankee Dudler
1973 · Kate Elder
Anna and the Wolves
1973 · Ana
Innocent Bystanders
1972 · Miriam Loman
Z.P.G.
1972 · Carol
A House Without Boundaries
1972 · Lucía Alfaro
Carlos
1971 · Lisa
Perched on a Tree
1971 · Mme Muller
The Garden of Delights
1970 · Invitada comunión (uncredited)
The Hawaiians
1970 · Purity Hoxworth
Honeycomb
1969 · Teresa, Screenplay
Stress Is Three
1968 · Teresa
Peppermint Frappé
1967 · Elena
Stranger in the House
1967 · Angela Sawyer
I Killed Rasputin
1967 · Mounia Golovine
Casino Royale
1967 · Keystone Kop (uncredited)
A Countess from Hong Kong
1967 · Girl at Dance
We'll Go to the City
1966 · Lenka Vitas
La vie très étrange de Madame Anastasie
1966
Pasternak
1965 · Self (archive footage)
Moscow in Madrid
1965 · Self
Doctor Zhivago
1965 · Tonya Gromeko
Crime on a Summer Morning
1965 · Zelda van Willie
Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean
1965 · Self
David Lean's Film of Doctor Zhivago
1965 · Self
Dernier Soir
1964 · Self
Limelight
1952 · Little Girl on Steps (uncredited)
The Wind Blew On
TV shows (29)
Glow and Darkness
2021
Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams
2017 · Irma Louise Gordon
The Crown
2016 · Wallis Simpson
Beyond the Walls
2016 · Rose
La Corona Vacía
2012 · Alice
Les Aventuriers des mers du Sud
2006 · Maggie
Agatha Christie's Marple
2004 · Mrs Fane
Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel
2004 · Self
Winter Solstice
2003 · Gloria Blundell
Menschen bei Maischberger
2003 · Self
Dinotopia
2002 · Oriana
In the Beginning
2000 · Jochebed
The Odyssey
1997 · Eurycleia
Gulliver's Travels
1996 · Empress Munodi
Die Harald Schmidt Show
1995 · Self - Guest
Morgenmagazin
1992 · Self
Screen One
1989 · Beverly
Sacrée soirée
1987 · Self
Goldene Kamera
1984 · Self
My Cousin Rachel
1983 · Contessa Rachel Sangalletti
Unknown Chaplin
1983 · Self (archive footage)
Wetten, dass..?
1981 · Self
The Word
1978 · Naomi Dunn
Ciné regards
1978 · Self
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975 · Self, Self (archive footage)
Dim Dam Dom
1965 · Self
Reflets de Cannes
1954 · Self
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951 · Mme. Savilia de Franchi
What's My Line?
1950 · Self - Mystery Guest