Jump to content

Victoria Chaplin: Difference between revisions

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Browse history interactively
← Previous edit
Content deleted Content added
VisualWikitext
→External links: Template does that
Tags: Mobile edit Mobile web edit Advanced mobile edit
 
(33 intermediate revisions by 25 users not shown)
Line 1: Line 1:
{{short description|British-American circus performer|bot=PearBOT 5}}
{{Infobox person
{{Infobox person
| name = Victoria Chaplin
| name = Victoria Chaplin
| image = Victoria Chaplin I clowns.jpg
| image = Victoria Chaplin I clowns.jpg
| imagesize =
| imagesize =
| caption = Victoria Chaplin in ''[[The Clowns (film)|The Clowns]]'' (1970)
| caption = Victoria Chaplin in ''[[The Clowns (film)|The Clowns]]'' (1970)
| birth_name =
| birth_name = Victoria Agnes Chaplin
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1951|5|19}}
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1951|5|19}}
| birth_place = [[Santa Monica, California]], U.S.
| birth_place = [[Santa Monica, California]], U.S.
| nationality = British-American
| nationality = British-American
| alma_mater =
| alma_mater =
⚫
| occupation = Circus performer
| influenced =
| spouse = {{marriage|[[Jean-Baptiste Thierrée]]|1969}}
⚫
| occupation = Circus performer
| spouse = {{marriage|Jean-Baptiste Thierrée|1969}}
| children = {{hlist|[[Aurélia Thierrée|Aurélia]]|[[James Thierrée|James]]}}
| parents = {{ubl|[[Oona O'Neill]]|[[Charlie Chaplin]]}}
⚫
| children = 2
| parents = [[Charlie Chaplin]] <br /> [[Oona O'Neill]]
| family = [[Chaplin family]]
| family = [[Chaplin family|Chaplin]]
| years_active = 1966–present
⚫
| website =
| years_active = 1971–present
| website =
}}
}}


'''Victoria Chaplin''' (born May 19, 1951) is a British-American circus performer. She is the daughter of film actor and comedian [[Charlie Chaplin]] from his fourth wife, [[Oona O'Neill]], and the granddaughter of playwright [[Eugene O'Neill]].
'''Victoria Agnes Chaplin-Thierrée''' (born May 19, 1951) is a British-American circus performer. She is a daughter of film actor and comedian [[Charlie Chaplin]] from his fourth wife, [[Oona O'Neill]], and a granddaughter of playwright [[Eugene O'Neill]].


Chaplin was born in the United States, but grew up in [[Switzerland]]. As a teenager, she appeared as an extra in her father's last film, ''[[A Countess from Hong Kong]]'' (1966). Her father also wanted her to star in the main role of a winged girl found from the [[Amazon Rainforest|Amazonian]] rainforest in his next planned film, ''[[The Freak]]'', in 1969.<ref>Robinson, p. 619</ref> However, the project was never filmed because of his declining health and because Victoria eloped with the French actor Jean-Baptiste Thierrée.<ref name=Ross>[http://www.newyorker.com/talk/2008/01/07/080107ta_talk_ross Interview with James Thiérrée, The New Yorker, 7 January 2008]. Retrieved 10 March 2009.</ref><ref>Epstein, p. 203</ref>
Chaplin was born at [[Saint John's Health Center]] in [[Santa Monica]],<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ovzYAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA183|title = Chaplin: His Life and Art|isbn = 9780141979182|last1 = Robinson|first1 = David|date = 27 February 2014}}</ref> but grew up in [[Switzerland]]. As a teenager, she appeared as an extra in her father's last film, ''[[A Countess from Hong Kong]]'' (1966). Her father also wanted her to star in the main role of a winged girl found from the [[Amazon Rainforest|Amazonian]] rainforest in his next planned film, ''The Freak'', in 1969.<ref>Robinson, p. 619</ref> However, the project was never filmed because of his declining health and because Victoria eloped with the French actor [[Jean-Baptiste Thierrée]].<ref name=Ross>[http://www.newyorker.com/talk/2008/01/07/080107ta_talk_ross Interview with James Thiérrée, The New Yorker, 7 January 2008]. Retrieved 10 March 2009.</ref><ref>Epstein, p. 203</ref>


Chaplin and Thierrée had first come into contact after he read about Chaplin's aspiration of becoming a circus clown in a magazine article of her father, and asked her to form a new type of circus with him.<ref name=Ross/> Soon after their elopement they briefly appeared as two clowns in [[Federico Fellini]]'s ''[[The Clowns (film)|The Clowns]]'' (1970), and the next year performed for the first time with the [[contemporary circus]] ''Le Cirque Bonjour'', which they had founded together, at [[Festival d'Avignon]].<ref name="rondpoint">[http://2006-2007.theatredurondpoint.fr/pdf/dp_30370.pdf Le Cirque Invisible, Theatre du Rond Point ]. Retrieved 20 June 2012.</ref> In 1974, they founded a new, smaller circus, ''Le Cirque Imaginaire'', which centered only on their, and occasionally their children's, performances, and from 1990 onwards have performed under the name ''Le Cirque Invisible''.<ref name="rondpoint"/>
Chaplin and Thierrée had first come into contact after he read about Chaplin's aspiration of becoming a circus clown in a magazine article of her father, and asked her to form a new type of circus with him.<ref name=Ross/> Soon after their elopement, they briefly appeared as two clowns in [[Federico Fellini]]'s ''[[The Clowns (film)|The Clowns]]'' (1970), and the next year performed for the first time with the [[contemporary circus]] ''Le Cirque Bonjour'', which they had founded together, at [[Festival d'Avignon]].<ref name="rondpoint">[http://2006-2007.theatredurondpoint.fr/pdf/dp_30370.pdf Le Cirque Invisible, Theatre du Rond Point ]. Retrieved 20 June 2012.</ref> In 1974, they founded a new, smaller circus ''Le Cirque Imaginaire'', which centered only on their, and occasionally their children's, performances, and from 1990 onward have performed under the name ''Le Cirque Invisible''.<ref name="rondpoint"/>


Chaplin and Thierrée have two children, Aurélia Thierrée, (born 24 September 1971),<ref>[http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/326997 Aurélia Thierree, BFI Film & TV database]. Retrieved 10 March 2009.</ref> and [[James Thiérrée|James Thierrée]], (born 2 May 1974), who are also performing artists. In addition to performing in ''Le Cirque Invisible'', Chaplin has also helped in creating her children's shows, and in 2006 was awarded the French national theatre prize, the [[Molière Award]], for designing the costumes for her son's show, ''The Junebug Symphony''.<ref>[http://www.lesmolieres.com/2006 Lauréats 2006, Les Molières, ] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103221257/http://www.lesmolieres.com/2006 |date=2013-11-03 }}. Retrieved 20 June 2012.</ref>
Chaplin and Thierrée have two children, [[Aurélia Thierrée]] (born 24 September 1971),<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090121051603/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/326997 Aurélia Thierree, BFI Film & TV database]. Retrieved 10 March 2009.</ref> and [[James Thiérrée|James Thierrée]] (born 2 May 1974), who are performing artists. In addition to performing in ''Le Cirque Invisible'', Chaplin also helped in creating her children's shows, and in 2006, was awarded the [[Molière Award]], the French national theatre prize, for designing the costumes for her son's show, ''The Junebug Symphony''.<ref>[http://www.lesmolieres.com/2006 Lauréats 2006, Les Molières], {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103221257/http://www.lesmolieres.com/2006 |date=2013-11-03 }}. Retrieved 20 June 2012.</ref>


== References ==
== References ==
Line 31: Line 31:
{{Reflist}}
{{Reflist}}


===References===
===Print sources===
*{{cite book|last=Epstein|first=Jerry|title=Remembering Charlie|year=1988|publisher=Bloomsbury|location=London|isbn=0-7475-0266-8}}
*{{cite book|last=Epstein|first=Jerome|title=Remembering Charlie|year=1988|publisher=Bloomsbury|location=London|isbn=0-7475-0266-8|author-link=Jerome Epstein (director)}}
*{{cite book|last=Robinson|first=David|title=[[Chaplin: His Life and Art]]|year=1986|publisher=Paladin|location=London|isbn=0-586-08544-0|authorlink=David Robinson (film critic)}}
*{{cite book|last=Robinson|first=David|title=[[Chaplin: His Life and Art]]|year=1986|publisher=Paladin|location=London|isbn=0-586-08544-0|author-link=David Robinson (film critic)}}
*{{cite book|last=Smolik|first=Pierre|year=2016|title=The Freak: Chaplin's Last Film|publisher=Call Me Edouard Publishers|location=Vevey|isbn=978-2-940519-06-4}}
*{{cite book|last=Smolik|first=Pierre|year=2016|title=The Freak: Chaplin's Last Film|publisher=Call Me Edouard Publishers|location=Vevey|isbn=978-2-940519-06-4}}


Line 48: Line 48:
[[Category:British emigrants to Switzerland]]
[[Category:British emigrants to Switzerland]]
[[Category:British performance artists]]
[[Category:British performance artists]]
[[Category:Circus performers]]
[[Category:20th-century circus performers]]
[[Category:1951 births]]
[[Category:1951 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:Chaplin family|Victoria]]
[[Category:Chaplin family|Victoria]]
[[Category:American people of Bermudian descent]]
[[Category:American people of English descent]]
[[Category:American people of English descent]]
[[Category:American people of Irish descent]]
[[Category:American people of Irish descent]]
[[Category:American emigrants to Switzerland]]
[[Category:American emigrants to Switzerland]]
[[Category:21st-century circus performers]]

Latest revision as of 07:20, 22 November 2024

Victoria Chaplin
Victoria Chaplin in The Clowns (1970)
Born
Victoria Agnes Chaplin

(1951-05-19) May 19, 1951 (age 73)
Santa Monica, California, U.S.
NationalityBritish-American
OccupationCircus performer
Years active1966–present
Spouse
​
​
(m. 1969)​
Children
Parents
FamilyChaplin family

Victoria Agnes Chaplin-Thierrée (born May 19, 1951) is a British-American circus performer. She is a daughter of film actor and comedian Charlie Chaplin from his fourth wife, Oona O'Neill, and a granddaughter of playwright Eugene O'Neill.

Chaplin was born at Saint John's Health Center in Santa Monica,[1] but grew up in Switzerland. As a teenager, she appeared as an extra in her father's last film, A Countess from Hong Kong (1966). Her father also wanted her to star in the main role of a winged girl found from the Amazonian rainforest in his next planned film, The Freak, in 1969.[2] However, the project was never filmed because of his declining health and because Victoria eloped with the French actor Jean-Baptiste Thierrée.[3][4]

Chaplin and Thierrée had first come into contact after he read about Chaplin's aspiration of becoming a circus clown in a magazine article of her father, and asked her to form a new type of circus with him.[3] Soon after their elopement, they briefly appeared as two clowns in Federico Fellini's The Clowns (1970), and the next year performed for the first time with the contemporary circus Le Cirque Bonjour, which they had founded together, at Festival d'Avignon.[5] In 1974, they founded a new, smaller circus Le Cirque Imaginaire, which centered only on their, and occasionally their children's, performances, and from 1990 onward have performed under the name Le Cirque Invisible.[5]

Chaplin and Thierrée have two children, Aurélia Thierrée (born 24 September 1971),[6] and James Thierrée (born 2 May 1974), who are performing artists. In addition to performing in Le Cirque Invisible, Chaplin also helped in creating her children's shows, and in 2006, was awarded the Molière Award, the French national theatre prize, for designing the costumes for her son's show, The Junebug Symphony.[7]

References

[edit]

Inline citations

[edit]
  1. ^ Robinson, David (27 February 2014). Chaplin: His Life and Art. ISBN 9780141979182.
  2. ^ Robinson, p. 619
  3. ^ a b Interview with James Thiérrée, The New Yorker, 7 January 2008. Retrieved 10 March 2009.
  4. ^ Epstein, p. 203
  5. ^ a b Le Cirque Invisible, Theatre du Rond Point . Retrieved 20 June 2012.
  6. ^ Aurélia Thierree, BFI Film & TV database. Retrieved 10 March 2009.
  7. ^ Lauréats 2006, Les Molières, Archived 2013-11-03 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
[edit]
[edit]
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Victoria_Chaplin&oldid=1258901070"