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Chaplin was born in London on April 16, 1889. His parents, Charles and Hannah, were vaudeville artists, though Chaplin never remembered living with his father. His mother took odd jobs to support Chaplin and older brother Sydney, but the family ended in a workhouse.
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In 1910, he came to the United States with the troupe, making his first appearance before an american audience at the Colonial Theater in New York City.
