Lillita Louise MacMurray Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
Lita Grey began working for Charles Chaplin at his Hollywood studio when she was 12, doing bit parts in a couple of movies of his. Three years later, at 15, she met Chaplin again, became pregnant by him and they were married in 1924, when she was 16 and he was 35. They had two sons before their three-year marriage ended in a bitter divorce. Ms. ...
Charlie Chaplin's genius was in comedy. He had no sense of humor, especially about himself.
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Fact
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Lita and Arthur Day adopted a baby boy in 1940 whom they named Robert. When she and her husband split up in 1946, Bobby went to live with his paternal grandmother. Lita had little contact with him after that.
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Despite three subsequent marriages after her union with Charlie Chaplin, Lita kept the name of "Lita Grey Chaplin" throughout her life as it was by that name the public knew her and the name with which she had established herself professionally with nearly a decade of work on the Radio-Keith-Orpheum vaudeville circuit starting in 1928. An additional factor was that "Lita Grey Chaplin" retained a name connection to her only children: Charles Chaplin, Jr. and Sydney Chaplin.
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Despite information to the contrary, she and her family were not from Mexico or of Mexican descent. Lita Grey Chaplin was of English and Scottish descent (paternal side) and the scion of an illustrious Spanish family (maternal side). Her maternal grandmother was Louisa Seymoufina Carrillo Curry, the great-granddaughter of Antonio Maria Lugo. (Lugo was an illustrious California land baron). The misinformation regarding Lita Grey Chaplin's family history began with her acrimonious divorce from Charlie Chaplin.
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Lita Grey Chaplin authorized the publication of two books: "My Life with Chaplin" (1966) and "Wife of the Life of the Party" (1998). Unhappy with the inaccuracies and distortions of the first book, Lita Grey Chaplin viewed "Wife of the Life of the Party" as the only authentic account of her life with Charlie Chaplin. "Wife of the Life of the Party" was co-written by her friend Jeffrey Vance and contained an affectionate foreword written by her son, Sydney Chaplin. The book's publication also received the support from the Chaplin family's Roy Export.
In 1932, she lost a two-month-long court battle with ex-husband Charles Chaplin to prevent her from starring with their two sons, seven-year-old Charles Chaplin Jr., and six-year-old Sydney Chaplin, in a proposed movie, "The Little Teacher." While Charlie was away on a foreign trip, Lita Grey signed a contract with director David Butler to co-star in the film with the Chaplin boys. Upon returning to the U.S., Chaplin filed suit against her on August 25th, on the grounds that he wanted his boys to lead a normal life. Chaplin's own boyhood had been disrupted by work. On October 26th, the court ruled in Chaplin's favor. The film was never made.
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As part of her divorce from Charles Chaplin, she received $600,000, the largest cash settlement ever in an American divorce up to that time (the decree was granted on August 22, 1927). Chaplin was also ordered to establish $100,000 trust funds for their sons 'Charles Chaplin Jr.' and Sydney Chaplin. Lita's petition included a 52-page complaint against Charlie, listing his sexual peccadilloes. Chaplin settled after she had threatened to name five "prominent women" with which he had been sexually involved in while married to Grey.
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Provided the name and some of the inspiration for Vladimir Nabokov's "Lolita".
Lita was 16 years old when she and Charles Chaplin wed; he was 35.
Actress
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Devil's Sleep
1949
Judge Rosalind Ballentine (as Lita Grey Chaplin)
Skyline Revue
1938
Short
Party Guest (as Lita Grey Chaplin)
Seasoned Greetings
1933
Short
Lita Chaplin - Store Owner (as Lita Grey Chaplin)
Mr. Broadway
1933
Lita Grey
The Gold Rush
1925
Extra in Chilkoot Pass Climb (uncredited)
The Idle Class
1921
Short
Maid (uncredited)
The Kid
1921
Flirtatious Angel (uncredited)
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Seasoned Greetings
1933
Short performer: "I've Got to Sing a Torch Song" - as Lita Grey Chaplin, uncredited / performer: "Sunny Weather", "It's the Little Things" - uncredited
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Unknown Chaplin
1983
TV Mini-Series documentary
Herself
Hollywood Greats
1979
TV Series documentary
Herself
This Is Your Life
1953
TV Series
Herself
John Miljan: Vitaphone Trailer Announcement - 'The Jazz Singer'
1927
Documentary short
Herself (as Lita Grey Chaplin)
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
Chaplin Today: The Gold Rush
2003
TV Short documentary
Herself
Known for movies
Seasoned Greetings (1933) as Lita Chaplin - Store Owner
The Devil's Sleep (1949) as Judge Rosalind Ballentine
$9 Million
