Lita Grey

Actress

Female

Born Apr 15, 1908

Died Dec 29, 1995

Death Place Los Angeles, Cali...

Other Names Lillita Louise Ma...

Lita Grey was an American actress and the second wife of Charlie Chaplin. She was born in Hollywood, California, in 1908, to a Mexican-born mother and a father of Irish heritage and christened Lillita Louise MacMurray.

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Phil Baker
Dated 1930
Charlie Chaplin
Married 1924 - 1928
Arthur Day
Married
Hank Aguirre
Married
Pat Long

Married

Family

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Lita Grey

d.1995

children

Sydney Chaplin
Son, d.2009
Charles Chaplin, Jr.
Son, d.1968

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Ladies And The Tramp Express.Co.Uk
Google News - Jul 28, 2011

Lita Grey was also 16 when Chaplin, then 35, began an affair with her. She was cast as the female lead in The Gold Rush but had to pull out when she fell pregnant soon after her wedding to Chaplin in November 1924. The marriage, which produced two sons
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Sydney Chaplin, 82, Actor Successful In His Own Right
NYTimes - Mar 08, 2009

Sydney Chaplin, who emerged from the shadow of his famous father, Charlie Chaplin, to carve out a successful stage career that included leading roles opposite Judy Holliday in the musical ''Bells Are Ringing,'' and Barbra Streisand in ''Funny Girl,'' died on Tuesday at his home in Rancho Mirage, Calif. He was 82. His death followed a stroke, Jerry
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The Off Screen Chaplin
NYTimes - Jul 28, 1996

TRAMP The Life of Charlie Chaplin. By Joyce Milton. Illustrated. 578 pp. New York: HarperCollins Publishers. $32. As the well-known philosopher Cher once said: "All of us invent ourselves. Some of us just have more imagination than others." In inventing himself on screen, Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977) had an unlimited imagination. Off screen,
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Lita Grey Chaplin Actress, 88
NYTimes - Dec 30, 1995

Lita Grey Chaplin, an actress and Charlie Chaplin's second wife, died today at the Motion Picture and Television Hospital here. She was 88. Mrs. Chaplin, whose original name was Lillita Louise MacMurray, changed her name to Lita Grey while trying to break into films as a teen-ager. She worked for Chaplin at his Hollywood studio when she was 12. She
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CHILDHOOD

1908 Birth She was born in Hollywood, California, in 1908, to a Mexican-born mother and a father of Irish heritage and christened Lillita Louise MacMurray.

TEENAGE

1924 16 Years Old Grey married four times. In 1924, when she was 16 years old, she suspected she had become pregnant by Charlie Chaplin, who was then 35. … Read More

1927 19 Years Old They divorced on August 22, 1927, due to his alleged numerous affairs with other women, and he was ordered to pay over US$600,000 and US$100,000 in trust for each child. … Read More

LATE ADULTHOOD

1992 84 Years Old Grey was portrayed by Deborah Moore in the 1992 film Chaplin, though Grey is depicted on screen for less than a minute in the final film. … Read More

1995 88 Years Old Died on December 29, 1995.

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