Josephine Chaplin, Charlie’s daughter and actress, dead at 74
Josephine Chaplin in the early Seventies, before she abandoned acting to tend her kids. Photo: Getty
Josephine Chaplin, the daughter of legendary comedian Charlie Chaplin, has died aged 74.
The actress died in Paris on July 13, US industry newspapers reported on Friday, citing her family.
Relatives had previously announced her death in a funeral notice in the French daily newspaper Le Figaro.
Josephine Chaplin was born in Santa Monica, California, in 1949.
She was one of Charlie Chaplin’s (1889-1977) 11 children.
She came from the comedian’s fourth marriage to actress Oona Chaplin (1925-1991), a daughter of US playwright Eugene O’Neill (1888-1953).
Josephine was known for her role as May in Pasolini’s 1972 film adaptation of eight stories from The Canterbury Tales by English poet Geoffrey Chaucer.
Chaplin lived in Paris for many years.
-AAP
