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      • He spent his early childhood with his mother, the singer Hannah Hall, after she and his father separated, and he made his own stage debut at age five, filling in for his mother. The mentally unstable Hall was later confined to an asylum. Charlie and his half brother Sydney were sent to a series of bleak workhouses and residential schools.
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  8. Aug 30, 2020 · Charlie Chaplin : a brief life. by. Ackroyd, Peter, 1949- Publication date. 2014. Topics. Chaplin, Charlie, 1889-1977, Motion picture actors and actresses -- United States -- Biography, Comedians -- United States -- Biography. Publisher. New York : Nan A. Talese/Doubleday. Collection. printdisabled; internetarchivebooks. Contributor.