Lita Grey, Chaplin's second wife ( photographed in 1921 ).

Mirroring the circumstances of his first union, Lita Grey was a teenage actress — originally set to star in The Gold Rush — whose surprise announcement of pregnancy forced Chaplin into marriage.

" The Lita Grey affair was soon forgotten, but Chaplin was deeply affected by it: the stress of the ordeal turned his hair white, and both his second wife and The Circus received only a passing mention in his autobiography.

Chaplin's second wife, Lita Grey, later asserted that Chaplin had paid corrupt government officials to tamper with the blood test results.

Lita Grey was originally cast as the leading lady.

Discussing the making of the film in the documentary series Unknown Chaplin, Hale revealed that she had idolized Chaplin since childhood and that the final scene of the original version, in which the two kiss, reflected the state of their relationship by that time ( Chaplin's marriage to Lita Grey having collapsed during production of the film ).

Numerous problems and delays occurred, including a studio fire, the death of Chaplin's mother, as well as Chaplin's bitter divorce from his second wife Lita Grey, and the Internal Revenue Service's claims of Chaplin's owed back taxes, all of which culminated in filming being stalled for eight months.

Chaplin was served with divorce papers by Lita Grey in December, and litigation delayed the release of the film for another year.

There are references to some of his many romantic episodes ( including Hetty Kelly, Mildred Harris, Georgia Hale, Marion Davies, Edna Purviance, Lita Grey, Paulette Goddard, Joan Barry and Oona O ' Neill ), his professional collaboration with Mack Sennett and friendship with Douglas Fairbanks.

* Deborah Moore as Lita Grey, a young Hollywood actress and Charlie's second wife

* Lita Grey, actress and 2nd wife of Charlie Chaplin

She had no children from any of her marriages, though she was the first step-mother to Charlie Chaplin's sons Charles Chaplin, Jr. and Sydney Chaplin whose mother was Lita Grey.

" Edwards described Roth's condition as " impending blindness, an inflamed sinus and a form of alcoholic insanity " and brought on a psychiatrist who had treated her, a brother-in-law " who had paid her bills " and several " glamorous foul-weather friends " such as Lita Grey Chaplin and Ruby Keeler.

* Lita Grey, American actress and second wife of Charlie Chaplin

* Lita Grey as Flirtatious Angel ( uncredited )

Lita Grey, who portrays a angel in the film, was Chaplin's second wife from 1924 to 1927.

His mother was Charlie Chaplin's second wife, American Lita Grey, and he was the elder brother of actor Sydney Chaplin.

The third son of Sir Charles Chaplin and the second by his second wife, actress Lita Grey, Sydney Chaplin was named after his uncle Sydney Chaplin ( 1885 – 1965 ).

Lita Grey was 16 when she married the 35-year-old Charles Chaplin in 1924.

Kennedy was brought to the attention of Chaplin by her friend Lita Grey, who became Chaplin's second wife in 1924.

Lita Grey, Chaplin's future wife, played a guest.

The documentary also includes interviews with Chaplin's second wife Lita Grey, his son Sydney Chaplin, and his surviving co-stars Jackie Coogan, Dean Riesner, Georgia Hale, and Virginia Cherrill.

Lita Grey ( April 15, 1908 – December 29, 1995 ) was an American actress and the second wife of Charlie Chaplin.

* IMDB: Lita Grey