Oona O'Neill
Oona O'Neill, Lady Chaplin ( born May 14, 1925 on the Bermuda Islands, † September 27, 1991 in Corsier -sur -Vevey, Switzerland ) was the fourth and last wife of Charles Chaplin. They had eight children together.
Life
Oona O'Neill, most recently known as Oona Chaplin, was the only daughter of Eugene O'Neill, the American playwright, and of Agnes Boulton. Although Oona always wanted a close relationship with her father, she rarely saw him. Her parents eventually divorced, and Agnes Boulton pulled the emerged from this marriage children Shane (1918-1977) and Oona on her own. For the rest of his life Oona tried unsuccessfully to restore contact with their father.
In the summer of 1941 she had a short relationship with JD Salinger, who had influence on the representations of relationships with women in his work. She was considered Salinger's " great love ".
As a young girl Oona traveled to Hollywood with the intention of becoming an actress, and sent resumes to studios and modeling agencies. During this time she met Charles Chaplin. On May 14, 1943 her 18th birthday, she married the then fifty-four. Oona received a minor role in the movie spotlight, but this was not mentioned in the credits in 1952. Together with Charlie Chaplin O'Neill had eight children, the eldest, Geraldine, was born in 1944. The marriage lasted until the death of Charlie Chaplin's 1977.
In 1981, she played the mother of the main character Sarah in the movie Broken English.