Charlie Chaplin’s 1929
honorary Oscar statuette was stolen in Paris late last month from the
offices of the Association Chaplin, according to the organization.
The Association Chaplin
is a Swiss organization, with Paris offices, that aims to protect the
name, image and rights linked to Charlie Chaplin’s work. Its director,Kate Guyonvarch
could not provide additional details on the theft, but said via email,
“We and the Chaplin family are extremely shaken by this loss, and trust
that the police will get to the bottom of the break-in very soon.”
Note
Charlie Chaplin, who died on christmas day in 1977 at the age of 88, received the honorary Oscar during the very first Academy Awards in 1929 for “acting, writing, directing and producing ‘The Circus,’” which featured Charlie Chaplin’s iconic Tramp, the disheveled and bumbling character he portrayed in many of his silent films.
Charlie Chaplin also received an honorary oscar in 1972, “for the incalculable effect he had in making motion pictures the art form of this century,”
Note
Charlie Chaplin, who died on christmas day in 1977 at the age of 88, received the honorary Oscar during the very first Academy Awards in 1929 for “acting, writing, directing and producing ‘The Circus,’” which featured Charlie Chaplin’s iconic Tramp, the disheveled and bumbling character he portrayed in many of his silent films.
Charlie Chaplin also received an honorary oscar in 1972, “for the incalculable effect he had in making motion pictures the art form of this century,”
Charlie Chaplin received third Oscar for Best Score in
1973 for Limelight (shared with Ray Rasch and Larry Russell)
Hence Charlie Chaplin received three Oscars in a career that spanned more than
six decades
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