Some of these famous celebrity dads have been open about their experiences with fatherhood at their later years, while others have opted to keep theirs private.
- May 21, 2023
AceShowbiz - Besides his great legacy in the film industry, Charlie Chaplin left behind 11 children, 6 sons and 5 daughters, when he died in 1977. The English comic actor's love relationships were often controversial, with most of the women much younger than he. He was 73 and his health had been slowly deteriorating when his youngest child, Christopher James Chaplin, whom he shared with his fourth and final wife Oona O'Neill, was born in 1962.
Charlie and Oona are also parents to Geraldine Chaplin, Michael Chaplin, Josephine Chaplin, Victoria Chaplin, Eugene Chaplin, Jane Cecil and Annette Emily. His eldest child, son Norman Spencer, was born in 1919, but sadly died three days later. His mother was his first wife Mildred Harris. Charlie had two sons, Charles Spencer Chaplin Jr. and Sydney Chaplin, born in 1925 and 1926 respectively from his second wife Lita Grey. In 1943, actress Joan Barry, whom Charlie had an affair with, filed a paternity suit, claiming that he was father of her daughter Carol Ann. After a trial, "The Tramp" star was ordered to pay child support although blood tests indicated that he's not her biological father.
