Actors - Lita Grey

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Lita Grey (April 15, 1908 – December 29, 1995) was an actress and the second wife of Charles Chaplin. She was born in Hollywood, California in 1908, and christened Lillita Louise MacMurray.

Personal Life

Grey married 4 times. In 1924 when she was 16 years old, she became pregnant by Charles Chaplin, who was then 35. She is widely believed to be the inspiration for the title character in Vladimir Nabokov's Lolita. They married and had two children, Charles Chaplin, Jr. (1925-1968) and Sydney Earle Chaplin (b. 1926).

They divorced on August 22, 1927 due to his numerous affairs with other women, and he was ordered to pay over $600,000 (USD) and $100,000 (USD) in trust for each child. It was the largest divorce settlement up to that time.

She later married Henry Aguirre, then Arthur Day, then Pat Long.

She died in Los Angeles, California in 1995 of cancer, aged 87.

Filmography

Unknown Chaplin (1983) (TV)
The Devil's Sleep (1949)
Seasoned Greetings (1933)
Mr. Broadway (1933)
The Gold Rush (1925)
The Idle Class (1921)
The Kid (1921)

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