PERSONAL
Full name, Geraldine Leigh Chaplin; born July 31, 1944, in Santa Monica, CA; daughter of Charlie (an actor and director) and Oona (maiden name, O'Neill) Chaplin; companion of Carlos Saura (a director), c.1970s; married Patricio Castilla (a cinematographer), August 18, 2006; children: (with Saura) Shane Saura Chaplin O'Neill; (with Castilla) Oona. Education: Studied at the Royal Ballet School, London, 1961.
Addresses:
Agent—Steven Kenis and Company, 72 Dean St., London W1D 3SG United Kingdom.
Career:
Actress and writer. Cannes Film Festival, member of jury, 1982; San Luis Cine International Festival, president of jury, 2007.
Awards, Honors:
Golden Laurel Award nomination, new faces—female, Producers Guild of America, 1966; Golden Globe Award nomination, most promising newcomer—female, 1966, for Doctor Zhivago; Fotogramas de Plata, best Spanish movie performer, 1970, for La Madrigeura; Medalla Sitges en Plata de Ley Award, best actress, Catalonian International Film Festival, 1972, for Z.P.G.; Golden Globe Award nomination, best supporting actress—motion picture, 1976, for Nashville; Film Award nomination, best supporting actress, British Academy of Film and Television Arts, 1978, for Welcome to L.A.; Miami Film Festival Award, best actress, 1978, for Remember My Name; Premio ACE, cinema—best actress, 1978, for Cria cuervos; Golden Globe Award nomination, best performance by an actress in a supporting role in a motion picture, 1993, for Chaplin; Francois Truffaut Award, Giffoni Film Festival, 1996; Goya Award, best supporting actress, Award of the Spanish Actors Union nomination, film—performance in a minor role, female, 2003, both for En la ciudad sin limites; CineMerit Award, Munich Film Festival, 2003; Premio ACE, cinema—best supporting actress, 2003, for Hable con ella; Malaga Lifetime Achievement Award, Malage Spanish Film Festival, 2004; Actor's Mission Award, Art Film Festival, 1997; Capri Legend Award, 2004; Goya Award nomination, best supporting actress, Award of the Spanish Actors Union nomination, film—performance in a minor role, female, 2008, both for El Orfanato.
CREDITS
Stage Appearances:
Dancer in chorus, Cinderella, London, 1963.
(Broadway debut) Alexandra Giddens, The Little Foxes, Vivian Beaumont Theatre, 1967.
Film Appearances:
(Uncredited; film debut) Little girl in opening scene, Limelight, Chaplin/United Artists, 1951.
Dernier soir, 1964.
Zelda, Par un beau matin d'ete (also known as Crime on a Summer Morning, Tapina al sole, and Secuestro bajo el sol), 1964.
Tonya, Doctor Zhivago, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, 1965.
Herself, Zhivago: Behind the Camera with David Lean, 1965.
Herself, Pasternak, 1965.
Herself, David Lean's Film of Doctor Zhivago, 1965.
Herself, Moscow in Madrid, 1965.
Lenka, Andremo in citta (also known as Icic cemo v grad), 1966.
Mounia Golovine, J'ai tue Raspoutine (also known as I Killed Rasputin, Addio Lara, and Rasputin), 1967.
Elena, Peppermint Frappe, 1967.
Angela Sawyer, Cop-Out (also known as Stranger in the House), Cinerama, 1967.
Girl in a dancehall, A Countess from Hong Kong, Chaplin/Rank/Universal, 1967.
Teresa, Stress es tres (also known as Stress Is Three), 1968.
Teresa, La madriguera (also known as The Honeycomb), 1969.
Purity Hoxworth, The Hawaiians (also known as Master of the Islands), United Artists, 1970.
(Uncredited) El jardin de las delicias (also known as The Garden of Delights), 1970.
Lisa, Carlos, 1971.
Madame Muller, Sur un arbre perche (also known as Perched on a Tree), Societe Nouvelle de Cinema/Imperia, 1971.
La casa sin fronteras (also known as A House without Boundaries and The House without Frontiers), Amboto, 1971.
Carole McNeil, Z.P.G. (also known as Zero Population Growth, Edict, and The First of January), Paramount, 1972.
Miriam Loman, Innocent Bystanders, Paramount, 1973.
Ana, Ana y los lobos (also known as Anna and the Wolves), 1973.
Marie des Anges, Le mariage a la mode (also known as Marriage a la Mode), Society Nouvelle de Cinema, 1973.
Luisa, … Y el projimo?, 1973.
Nefertiti y Aquenatos, 1973.
Kate Elder, La banda de jaider (also known as Jaider's Gang, Verflucht, dies Amerika!, and Yankee Dudler), 1974.
Anne Zimmler, Sommerfuglene (also known as Summer of Silence), 1974.
Anne of Austria, The Three Musketeers (also known as The Queen's Diamonds and Los tres mosqueteros), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1974.
Queen Anne of Austria, The Four Musketeers (also known as The Revenge of Milady, The Four Musketeers: Milady's Revenge, The Four Musketeers: The Revenge of Milady, The Return of the Three Musketeers, and Los cuatro mosqueteros), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1975.
Opal, Nashville, Paramount, 1975.
The Gentleman Tramp (documentary), 1975.
Ann, Scrim (also known as Caught), 1976.
Annie Oakley, Buffalo Bill and the Indians; or, Sitting Bull's History Lesson, United Artists, 1976.
Ana as an adult and Maria, Cria cuervos (also known as Cria!, The Secret of Anna, and Raise Ravens), Interama/Gala Film Distributors/Colifilms, 1976.
Morag, Noroit (also known as Northwest Wind, Scenes de la vie parallele, 3 Noroit, Une Vengeance, and Nor'west), Sunchild, 1976.
Der Kurze brief zum langen abschied (also known as Short Letter to the Long Goodbye), 1976.
Lise, Une page d'amour (also known as One Page of Love), Progres, 1977.
Elisa Santamaria, Elisa's mother, Elisa, vida mia (also known as Elisa, My Love and Elisa, My Life), Interama/Colifirlms, 1977.
Karen Hood, Welcome to L.A., Lions Gate Films, 1977.
Marilyn, "The Hustle" segment, Roseland, Merchant-Ivory/Cinema Shares International, 1977.
Paulina Arevalo, In Memoriam, 1977.
Catherine, L'adoption (also known as The Adoption), Les Films Moliere, 1978.
Emily, Remember My Name, Columbia, 1978.
Rita Billingsley, wedding coordinator, A Wedding, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1978.
Emilia, Los ojos vendados (also known as Blindfolded Eyes, Les yeux bandes, and Mit verbindenen Augen), Elias Duerjeta Production Company, 1978.
The Masked Bride, 1978.
Tous est a nous, 1979.
Anna, Mama cumple cien anos (also known as Mama Turns 100, Maman a cent ans, Mamma compie cent'anni, and Mom's 100 Years Old), Interama, 1979.
Isabelle, Mais ou et donc ornicar, Mallia, 1979.
Lucie, Le voyage en douce (also known as Travels on the Sky and Sentimental Journey), Gaumont International/New Yorker, 1979.
Adelaida, La viuda de Montiel (also known as The Widow Montiel), 1979.
Ella Zielinsky, The Mirror Crack'd (also known as Agatha Christie's "The Mirror Crack'd"), EMI/Associated Film Distribution, 1980.
Suzan/Sara Glenn, Bolero (also known as Les uns et les autres, Bolero: Dance of Life, Dance of Life, and Within Memory), Double 13, 1982.
Casting (also known as Television de chambre: casting), 1982.
Nora Winkle, Life Is a Bed of Roses (also known as La vie est un roman), Soprofilm-A2-Fideline-Ariane-Filmedis/Spectrafilm, 1984.
Hidden Talent, 1984.
Charlotte, Love on the Ground (also known as L'amour par terre), La Cecilia-French Ministry of Culture/Spectrafilm, Cannon/Gakam 1984.
Buried Alive, Aquarius, 1984.
Angela Duverger, Gentille alouette, 1985.
Nina Soames, White Mischief, Goldcrest-Umbrella-Power Tower/Columbia, 1987.
Nathalie de Ville, The Moderns, Alive, 1988.
Queen Anne of Austria, The Return of the Musketeers (also known as Le retour des mousquetaires and El regreso de los mosqueteros), Universal, 1989.
Terry Armstrong, I Want to Go Back Home (also known as I Want to Go Home and Je veux rentrer a la maison), 1989.
Joyce Wheater, The Children (also known as Meine liebe Rose), Film Four International, 1990.
Y aqui no paso nada, 1991.
Diana Daniels, Buster's Bedroom, 1991.
Anarchist, Hors saison (also known as Zwischensaison and Off Season), 1992.
Hannah Chaplin, Chaplin (also known as Charlot), TriStar, 1992.
Mrs. Welland, The Age of Innocence, Columbia, 1993.
Miss MacKenna, Words upon the Window Pane, J & M Entertainment, 1994.
Herself, A Century of Cinema (documentary), 1994.
Catherine, Para recibir el canto de los pajaros (also known as To Hear the Birds Singing and The Bird's Singing), Celluloid Dreams, 1995.
Jane Powell, The Eyes of Asia (also known as Os olhos da Asia and Les yeux d'asie), Atalanta Filmes, 1995.
Aunt Gladys, Home for the Holidays, Paramount, 1995.
Miss Scatcherd, Jane Eyre (also known as Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre"), Miramax, 1996.
Thelma, Crimetime, Trimark Pictures, 1996.
Adeline Hulot, Cousin Bette, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1998.
Madre/mother, Finisterre, donde termina el mundo (also known as Where the World Ends, Finisterre, and Fisterra, onde termina o mundo), Alta Films, 1998.
Victoria Andrecelli, To Walk with Lions (also known as Un homme parmi les lions), Spartan Home Entertainment, 1999.
Charlotte De, Beresina oder die letzten tage der Schweiz (also known as Beresina and The Last Days of Switzerland), Connaissance du Cinema, 1999.
Madre, Tu que harias por amor (also known as Che faresti per amore? and Just Run!), Alta Films, 1999.
Joan, Las caras de la luna (also known as The Faces of the Moon), 2001.
Katerina Bilova, Hable con ella (also known as Talk to Her), Sony Pictures Classics, 2001.
Marie, En la ciudad sin limites (also known as The City of No Limits), Venevision International, 2002.
Joan Turner, Las caras de la luna (also known as The Faces of the Moon), 2002.
Herself, Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin (documentary), Warner Home Video, 2003.
Retrato de Carlos Saura, 2004.
The abbess, The Bridge of San Luis Rey (also known as Le pont du roi Saint-Louis and El uente de San Luis Rey), Fine Line Features, 2004.
Rottenmeier, Heidi, Warner Bros., 2005.
Adela, Oculto (also known as The Hidden), 2005.
Fortune teller, BloodRayne, Romar Entertainment, 2005.
Nonna Elvira, Melissa P., Sony, 2005.
La mere de Marteau, Parc, 2007.
La duena, Miguel and William (also known as Miguel y William), Warner Bros., 2007.
Priora del convento, Teresa, el cuerpo de Cristo (also known as Theresa: The Body of Christ), 2007.
Aurora, El orfanato (also known as The Orphanage), Picturehouse Entertainment, 2007.
Maman, Boxes, Pyramide Distribution, 2007.
Salgado, Los Totenwackers (also known as The Totenwackers), 2007.
Arnelie, Parlami d'amore, 2008.
Countess Orsini, Imago mortis, Medusa Film, 2008.
Galerist, Ramirez, 2008.
Frances Church-Chappel, Inconceivable, 2008.
Abuela Val, Diario de una ninfomana, Filmax, 2008.
Alma, L'imbroglio nel lenzuolo, Rai Cinema, 2008.
Aunt Elizabeth, Bronte, 2008.
Television Appearances; Series:
La familia Colon, Spain, 1966-67.
Television Appearances; Miniseries:
Naomi Dunn, The Word, CBS, 1978.
Contessa Rachel Sangalletti, My Cousin Rachel, PBS, 1983.
Suzan/Sara Glenn, Les uns et les autres, 1983.
Empress Munodi, Gulliver's Travels, NBC, 1996.
Eurycleia, The Odyssey (also known as Die Abenteuer des Odysseus, Homer "Odyssey," and Odissea), NBC, 1997.
Yocheved, In the Beginning, NBC, 2000.
Oriana, Dinotopia, ABC, 2002.
Maggie, Les aventuriers des mers du Sud (also known as Vagabonds des mers du sud), 2006.
Mrs. Fane, Marple: Sleeping Murder (also known as Agatha Christie—Marple: Sleeping Murder), PBS, 2006.
Television Appearances; Movies:
Lisa, Don Carlos, West Germany, 1971.
Lily Bart, The House of Mirth, 1981.
Madame Savilia da Franchi, The Corsican Brothers (also known as Vendetta), CBS, 1985.
Mrs. Miller, Duel of Hearts, TNT, 1992.
Title role, Mother Theresa: In the Name of God's Poor (also known as Mutter Teresa), Family Channel, 1997.
Elizabeth, Mary, Mother of Jesus, NBC, 1999.
Yocheved, In the Beginning, 2000.
Gloria Blundell, Winter Solstice (also known as Rosamunde Pilcher—Wintersonne and Wintersonne), 2003.
Ghost of Christmas Future and blind beggarwoman, A Christmas Carol (also known as A Christmas Carol: The Musical), NBC, 2004.
Television Appearances; Specials:
Der kurze brief zum langen abschied (also known as Short Letter to the Long Goodbye), 1978.
Unknown Chaplin, 1980.
Doctor Zhivago: The Making of a Russian Epic, PBS, 1995.
XVII premios Goya, 2003.
Charlie Chaplin—Les annees suisses (also known as Charlie Chaplin—Die schweizer jahre and Charlie Chaplin: The Forgotten Years), 2003.
Presenter, XIX premios Goya, 2005.
El cine en las venas, 2005.
Geraldine en Espana, 2006.
El orfanato ilega a Hollywood, 2007.
Television Appearances; Episodic:
Gran parada, 1964.
Mystery guest, What's My Line?, 1966.
"The Scene," The Danny Thomas Hour, 1967.
Les rendez-vous du dimanche, 1978.
Rachel, "My Cousin Rachel," Mystery!, BBC, 1985.
Beverley, "A Foreign Field" (also known as "We Shall Meet Again"), Masterpiece Theatre, PBS, 1993.
Die Harald Schmidt Show (also known as Late Night Show mit Harald Schmidt), 1996.
Mundo VIP, 1997.
Tout le monde en parle, 2002.
"Wetten, dass …? aus Luzern," Wetten, dass …?, 2003.
Menschen bei Maischberger, 2003.
Salsa rosa, 2004.
Version espanola, 2005.
Corazon de …, 2006.
Sabado dolce vita, 2006.
El club (also known as El club estiu), 2007.
La tarda, 2007.
Miradas 2, 2007.
Continuara, 2007.
Cartelera, 2007.
WRITINGS
Screenplays:
(With others) La madriguera (also known as Honeycomb), 1969.