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Charlie Chaplin Look-Alike ContestCharlie Chaplin once entered a Charlie Chaplin Look-Alike Contest in Monte Carlo, Monaco. He placed third.
[While visiting his native London, Chaplin, then the most famous man in the world, received 73,000 letters in two days.]
[Trivia: Chaplin's trademark Tramp costume was inspired by the poverty of his early years. When his English mother first saw him wearing it, she cried, "Charlie, I have to get you a new suit!"]
Chaplin, Charlie (1889-1977) British-born American actor [noted for his role as a downtrodden bowler-hatted tramp in such silent
comedies as The Gold Rush (1924), City Lights (1931), and The Great Dictator (1940), a film ridiculing Hitler (in which he spoke for the first time); and for his autobiography]
[Sources: E. Lucaire Celebrity Trivia; Isaac Asimov's Book of Facts]More Charlie Chaplin anecdotesRelated Anecdote Keywords:
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