Charles Spencer Chaplin was born on 16 April 1889 to Hannah Chaplin ( née Hill, 1865 – 1928 ) and Charles Chaplin Sr. ( 1863 – 1901 ).

" His early years were spent with his mother and brother in the London district of Kennington ; Hannah had no means of income, other than occasional nursing and dressmaking, and Chaplin Sr. provided no support for his sons.

In September 1898, Hannah Chaplin was committed to Cane Hill mental asylum — she had developed a psychosis seemingly brought on by malnutrition and an infection of syphilis.

Hannah had been booed off stage, and the manager chose Chaplin, who was standing in the wings, to go on as her replacement.

Richard Attenborough directed a film on Chaplin's life, Chaplin ( 1992 ), which starred Robert Downey, Jr. as Chaplin and also included Chaplin's oldest daughter Geraldine Chaplin playing his mother, Hannah Chaplin.

Chaplin ( as the barber ) absent-mindedly attempts to shave Goddard ( as Hannah ) in this image from the trailer for the film.

Actually, Chaplin had a dual use of Lohengrin prelude in the film, both where dictator Hynkel dances with the globe-balloon, and then near the conclusion, as the exiled Hannah listens to the Jewish barber's speech celebrating democracy and freedom.

On August 28, 1928 Chaplin's mother Hannah Chaplin died at the age of 63.

It also features Geraldine Chaplin in the role of her own paternal grandmother, Hannah Chaplin.

* Geraldine Chaplin as Hannah Chaplin, Charlie's mother

* Hannah Chaplin ( 1865 – 1928 ), mother of Charlie Chaplin

The comic actor Charlie Chaplin, who spent some time with his mother in Lambeth workhouse, records in his autobiography that when he and his half-brother returned to the workhouse after having been sent to a school in Hanwell, he was met at the gate by his mother Hannah, dressed in her own clothes.

; Brum and the Gymnast ( with Hannah Chaplin as The Gymnast )-Ragdoll Productions for HIT Entertainment.

In 1992, she played the role of her grandmother Hannah Chaplin in the biographical film about her father, Chaplin, for which she was nominated for another Golden Globe award.

Chaplin was born as Sidney John Hill, to 19-year-old Hannah Hill in London.

He was briefly reunited with his mother at nine years old, before Hannah was forced to readmit her family to the workhouse in July 1898.

A tradition, which resembles that of Hannah and Samuel in the Hebrew Bible, states that Ezekiel's mother prayed to God in old age for the birth of an offspring and was given Ezekiel as a gift from God.

According to the Talmud there were also seven women who are counted as prophets whose message bears relevance for all generations: Sarah, Miriam, Devorah, Hannah ( mother of the prophet Samuel ), Abigail ( a wife of King David ), Huldah ( from the time of Jeremiah ), and Esther.

Samuel's mother was Hannah and his father was Elkanah.

His mother Hannah Simpson Grant ( 1798 – 1883 ) was of Scottish ancestry.

His father Jesse Root Grant died on June 29, 1873 whereas his mother Hannah Simpson Grant died on May 11, 1883.

His mother is known only as Maw Pete and was mentioned in the story " Donald Duck Finds Pirate Gold " by Carl Barks and Jack Hannah ( first published October, 1942 ) as a resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA.

Their children Hannah and Minthorne were named after their mother, and Hannah and Minthorne streets in Staten Island are named for them.

* It was the homestead of the maternal grandmother of President Richard Nixon, Almira Park, the mother of Hannah Milhous Nixon.

* Hannah Milhous Nixon, mother of President Richard Nixon

Emo music has been blamed for the suicide by hanging of teenager Hannah Bond by both the coroner at the inquest into her death and her mother, Heather Bond, after it was claimed that emo music glamorized suicide and her apparent obsession with My Chemical Romance was said to be linked to her suicide.

De Quincey's mother ( who counted Hannah More amongst her friends ) was a woman of strong character and intelligence, but seems to have inspired more awe than affection in her children.

In Twelve Extraordinary Women by Pastor John F. MacArthur, her life and story is analyzed along with that of Eve, Rahab, Ruth, Hannah, Mary the mother of Jesus, Anna, the Samaritan woman, Mary of Bethany, Martha of Bethany, Mary Magdalene, and Lydia.

When her daughter, actress Mia Farrow, became involved with Woody Allen both professionally and romantically, O ' Sullivan appeared in Hannah and Her Sisters, playing Farrow's mother.

He lived with her mother Hannah Glover, but did not marry her until 1908.

Bela and Rita Doyle, along with their brood of five children and Rita's mother Hannah, were involved in many stories.

Transferred to a Budapest prison, Hannah was repeatedly interrogated and cruelly tortured, but she only revealed her name and refused to provide the transmitter code, even when her mother was also arrested.

They threatened to kill her mother if she did not cooperate, but Hannah held firm ( and probably saved her mother's life as a result ).

His mother and father had married four years previously, at which time Chaplin Sr. became the legal carer of Hannah's illegitimate son, Sydney John ( 1885 – 1965 ).

Chaplin, then 14, had the task of taking his mother to the infirmary.

Chaplin believed his first influence to be his mother, who would entertain him as a child by sitting at the window and mimicking passers-by.

While living in Hollywood as a young boy, Clampett and his mother Joan lived next door to Charlie Chaplin and his brother Syd.

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.

The movie includes a cappella performance of the Chaplin song " Smile " by Angeline Ball playing Vada's mother.

* 1896 A 7 year old Charlie Chaplin spent a day playing in the park after his mother discharged the family from the Lambeth Workhouse in desperation to see her children.

Chaplin and Ayrton's daughter was the feminist and author Edith Ayrton, wife of Israel Zangwill and mother of Oliver Zangwill.

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

The film starts with Chaplin meeting Edna ( Edna Purviance ) and her parents in a park ; the mother is played by Marta Golden and the father by Charles Insley.