Victoria Chaplin
Victoria Chaplin | |
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The Clowns (1970) | |
Born | Victoria Agnes Chaplin May 19, 1951 , U.S. |
Nationality | British-American |
Occupation | Circus performer |
Years active | 1966–present |
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Parents | |
Family | Chaplin 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
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.
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
Inline citations
- ISBN 9780141979182.
- ^ Robinson, p. 619
- ^ a b Interview with James Thiérrée, The New Yorker, 7 January 2008. Retrieved 10 March 2009.
- ^ Epstein, p. 203
- ^ a b Le Cirque Invisible, Theatre du Rond Point . Retrieved 20 June 2012.
- ^ Aurélia Thierree, BFI Film & TV database. Retrieved 10 March 2009.
- ^ Lauréats 2006, Les Molières, Archived 2013-11-03 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 20 June 2012.
Print sources
- ISBN 0-7475-0266-8.
- ISBN 0-586-08544-0.
- Smolik, Pierre (2016). The Freak: Chaplin's Last Film. Vevey: Call Me Edouard Publishers. ISBN 978-2-940519-06-4.