Geraldine Chaplin

Geraldine Leigh Chaplin (born July 31, 1944) is an American actress. She is the daughter of Charlie Chaplin, the first of eight children with his fourth wife, Oona O’Neill. After beginnings in dance and modeling, she turned her attention to acting, and made her English-language acting debut (and came to prominence in what would be a Golden Globe-nominated role) in her portrayal of Tonya in David Lean’s Doctor Zhivago (1965).

She made her Broadway acting debut in Lillian Hellman’s The Little Foxes in 1967, and played the role of ancient Egyptian Queen Nefertiti in Raúl Araiza’s Nefertiti and Akhenaton (1973), alongside famous Egyptian actor Salah Zulfikar. Chaplin received her second Golden Globe nomination for Robert Altman’s Nashville (1975). She received a BAFTA nomination for her role in Welcome to L. A. (1976). She played her grandmother Hannah Chaplin in the biopic Chaplin (1992), for which she received her third Golden Globe nomination. Chaplin has appeared in a wide variety of critically recognized Spanish and French films. She starred in Les Uns et les Autres (1981), Life Is a Bed of Roses (1983) and the Jacques Rivette experimental films Noroît (1976) and Love on the Ground (1984).

She was the partner of director Carlos Saura for 12 years until 1979, starring in his films Ana and the Wolves (1973), Cría Cuervos (1976), Elisa, vida mía (1977), and Mamá cumple cien años (1979). She was awarded a Goya Award for her role in En la ciudad sin límites (2002), and was nominated again for The Orphanage (2007). Her contribution to Spanish cinema culminated in her being awarded the Gold Medal by the Spanish Academy of Cinematographic Arts and Sciences in 2006.

Known For

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom

2018

The Impossible Not in library

The Impossible

2012

A Monster Calls Not in library

A Monster Calls

2016

The Orphanage Not in library

The Orphanage

2007

The Crown Not in library

The Crown

2016

The Wolfman Not in library

The Wolfman

2010

Talk to Her Not in library

Talk to Her

2002

Doctor Zhivago Not in library

Doctor Zhivago

1965

The Age of Innocence Not in library

The Age of Innocence

1993

Chaplin Not in library

Chaplin

1992

Acting

2025 Chaplin: Spirit of the Tramp as Self
2023 Seneca as Lucia
2023 Luka as The General
2021 The Real Charlie Chaplin as Self (archive footage)
2021 Glow and Darkness
2020 The Barefoot Emperor as Lady Liz
2019 Holy Beasts as Vera
2019 The Rodriguez and the Beyond as Isabel
2018 Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom as Iris In Library
2018 Sinuous Road as Miny Barrios
2018 Red Land as Giulia Visantrin
2017 Anchor and Hope as Germaine
2017 The Broken Key as Tower Woman
2017 Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams as Irma Louise Gordon (1 episode)
2016 A Monster Calls as The Head Teacher (uncredited)
2016 Madres de los dioses as Self
2016 Seances
2016 The Crown as Wallis Simpson (2 episodes)
2016 Beyond the Walls as Rose (3 episodes)
2015 Me and Kaminski as Therese
2015 Sand Dollars as Anne
2015 The Forbidden Room as Master Passion / Nursemaid / Aunt Chance
2015 Marguerite & Julien as La mère de Lefebvre
2015 Valentin Valentin as Jane
2015 Once and Forever as Marie Donovan
2015 Lines of the Hand
2014 Wax as Producer
2014 Amapola as Memé
2013 Three-60 as Jean Christophe
2013 Another Me as Mrs. Brennan
2013 Panzer Chocolate as Frau Frida
2012 The Impossible as Old Woman
2012 All Together as Annie Colin
2012 The Apostle as Dorinda (voice)
2012 Hostias (Un amor de película) as Jean
2012 The Hollow Crown as Alice (1 episode)
2011 There Be Dragons as Abileyza
2011 The Monk as L’abbesse
2011 What's a Bear For? as Josephine
2011 Americano as Linda
2011 Memories of My Melancholy Whores as Rosa Cabarcas / Brothel madam
2010 The Wolfman as Maleva
2010 L'imbroglio nel lenzuolo as Alma
2010 The Mosquito Net as María
2010 The Making of Plus One as Geri - the casting director
2009 Imago Mortis as Contessa Orsini
2009 The Island Inside as Victoria
2009 Parc as la mère de Paul Marteau
2008 Diary of a Nymphomaniac as Abuela de Valére
2008 Tell Me About Love as Amelie
2008 Ramírez as Galerist
2008 Inconceivable as Frances Church-Chappel
2007 The Orphanage as Aurora
2007 The Totenwackers as Salgado
2007 Boxes as Mommy
2007 Miguel and William as Owner
2007 Theresa: The Body of Christ as Priora
2006 Les Aventuriers des mers du Sud as Maggie (2 episodes)
2005 Melissa P. as Nonna Elvira
2005 BloodRayne as Fortune Teller
2005 Heidi as Rottenmeier
2004 A Christmas Carol as Ghost of Christmas Future / Blind Beggarwoman
2004 The Bridge of San Luis Rey as The Abbess
2004 Agatha Christie's Marple as Mrs Fane (1 episode)
2004 Willkommen bei Carmen Nebel as Self (1 episode)
2003 Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin as Self
2003 Charlie Chaplin: The Forgotten Years as Self
2003 Winter Solstice as Gloria Blundell
2003 Menschen bei Maischberger as Self (1 episode)
2003 Winter Solstice as Gloria Blundell (2 episodes)
2002 Talk to Her as Katerina Bilova
2002 The City of No Limits as Marie
2002 The Faces of the Moon as Joan Turner
2002 Dinotopia as Oriana
2002 Dinotopia as Oriana (3 episodes)
2001 Just Run! as Madre
2000 In the Beginning as Jochebed (2 episodes)
1999 Beresina as Charlotte De
1999 Finisterre, donde termina el mundo as Madre
1999 To Walk with Lions as Victoria Anrecelli
1999 Mary, Mother of Jesus as Elizabeth
1998 Cousin Bette as Adeline
1997 Mother Teresa: In the Name of God's Poor as Mother Teresa
1997 The Eyes of Asia as Jane Powell
1997 The Odyssey as Eurycleia
1997 The Odyssey as Eurycleia (2 episodes)
1996 Jane Eyre as Miss Scatcherd
1996 Crimetime as Thelma
1996 Gulliver's Travels as Empress Munodi (2 episodes)
1995 Home for the Holidays as Aunt Glady
1995 To Hear the Birds Singing as Catherine
1995 Die Harald Schmidt Show as Self - Guest (1 episode)
1994 Words Upon the Window Pane as Miss McKenna
1994 A Century of Cinema as Self
1993 The Age of Innocence as Mrs. Welland
1993 A Foreign Field as Beverley
1992 Chaplin as Hannah Chaplin
1992 Duel of Hearts as Mrs Miller
1992 Off Season as Anarchist
1992 Morgenmagazin as self (1 episode)
1991 Buster's Bedroom as Diana Daniels
1990 The Children as Joyce Wheater
1990 Gentille Alouette as Angela Duverger
1989 The Return of the Musketeers as Queen Anne
1989 I Want to Go Home as Terry Amstrong
1989 Screen One as Beverly (1 episode)
1988 The Moderns as Nathalie de Ville
1987 White Mischief as Nina Soames
1987 Sacrée Soirée as Self (1 episode)
1985 The Corsican Brothers as Madame Savilia de Franchi
1984 Love on the Ground as Charlotte
1984 Goldene Kamera as Self (2 episodes)
1983 Life Is a Bed of Roses as Nora Winkle
1983 Casting as Star
1983 My Cousin Rachel as Contessa Rachel Sangalletti (4 episodes)
1983 Unknown Chaplin as Self (archive footage) (4 episodes)
1981 Bolero as Suzan / Sara Glenn
1981 The House of Mirth as Lily Bart
1981 Wetten, dass..? as Self (1 episode)
1980 The Mirror Crack'd as Ella Zielinsky
1980 A Sweet Journey as Lucie
1979 Mama Turns 100 as Ana
1979 The Widow of Montiel as Adelaida Montiel
1979 Adoption as Catherine
1979 Mais où et donc Ornicar as Isabelle
1978 A Wedding as Rita Billingsley
1978 Remember My Name as Emily
1978 Blindfolded Eyes as Emilia
1978 Short Letter to the Long Goodbye as Judith Seldan
1978 A Page of Love as Lise
1978 The Word as Naomi Dunn (4 episodes)
1977 Elisa, My Life as Elisa Santamaría
1977 Roseland as Marilyn
1977 In Memoriam as Paulina Arevalo
1976 Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson as The Sure Shot (Annie Oakley)
1976 Noroît as Morag
1976 Cria! as María
1976 Welcome to L.A. as Karen Hood
1976 Scrim as Ann
1975 Nashville as Opal
1975 Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self (1 episode)
1975 Les Rendez-vous du dimanche as Self (archive footage) (1 episode)
1974 The Four Musketeers as Queen Anne of Austria
1974 Summer of Silence as Anne Zimmler
1974 ¿... Y el prójimo? as Luisa
1973 The Three Musketeers as Anna of Austria
1973 Yankee Dudler as Kate Elder
1973 Anna and the Wolves as Ana
1973 Marriage a la Mode as Marie-des-Anges
1973 Nefertiti and Akhenaten as Nefertiti
1972 Z.P.G. as Carol
1972 Innocent Bystanders as Miriam Loman
1972 A House Without Boundaries as Lucía Alfaro
1971 Perched on a Tree as Mme Muller
1971 Carlos as Lisa
1970 The Hawaiians as Purity Hoxworth
1970 The Garden of Delights as Invitada comunión (uncredited)
1969 Honeycomb as Teresa
1968 Stress Is Three as Teresa
1967 A Countess from Hong Kong as Girl at Dance
1967 Peppermint Frappé as Elena
1967 Stranger in the House as Angela Sawyer
1967 I Killed Rasputin as Mounia Golovine
1967 Casino Royale as Keystone Kop (uncredited)
1966 We'll Go to the City as Lenka Vitas
1966 La vie très étrange de Madame Anastasie
1965 Doctor Zhivago as Tonya Gromeko
1965 Pasternak as Self (archive footage)
1965 Moscow in Madrid as Self
1965 Crime on a Summer Morning as Zelda van Willie
1965 David Lean's Film of Doctor Zhivago as Self
1965 Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean as Self
1965 Dim Dam Dom as Self (1 episode)
1964 Dernier Soir as Self
1954 Reflets de Cannes as Self (1 episode)
1952 Limelight as Little Girl on Steps (uncredited)
1951 Hallmark Hall of Fame as Mme. Savilia de Franchi (1 episode)
1950 What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest (1 episode)
The Wind Blew On

Writing

1969 Honeycomb Screenplay