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Geraldine Leigh Chaplin (born July 31, 1944 in Santa Monica, California) is an American actress.

She was born the first child of Charlie Chaplin and his last wife Oona O'Neill (daughter of playwright Eugene O'Neill and authoress Agnes Boulton). When Chaplin was eight years old she appeared uncredited in her famous father's Limelight. Geraldine was educated in a boarding school in Switzerland. When her dream of becoming a ballet dancer ended, she followed in her father's footsteps and became an actress. Director David Lean chose her to play Tonya, the main character's devoted wife in Doctor Zhivago (1965).

Chaplin had a 12 year relationship with Spanish director Carlos Saura, and she has starred in nine of his movies, including Cria Cuervos (1976), Elisa, Vida Mia (1977), and Mama Turns a Hundred (1979). She also appeared in several of Robert Altman's films during the 1970s.

She has two children, Shane and Oona; She married a long time companion, Chilean movie operator Patricio Castilla in 2006.

She has appeared in numerous films throughout her long career. She played the role of her own paternal grandmother Hannah Chaplin in the biographical film on her father Chaplin.

• Los Totenwackers (2007) - Salgado
• Miguel and William (2007) - La dueña
• Teresa, muerte y vida (2006) - Priora del convento
• Orfanato, El (2006) - Actress
• Melissa P. (2005) - Nonna Elvira
• BloodRayne (2005) - Fortune Teller
• Oculto (2005) - Adela
• Heidi (2005) - Rottenmeier
• The Bridge of San Luis Rey (2004) - The Abbess
• Without Love (2004) - Actress
• Talk to Her (2002) - Katerina Bilova
• The Faces of the Moon (2002) - Joan Turner
• En la ciudad sin límites (2002) - Marie
• Just Run! (2001) - Madre
• Beresina oder Die letzten Tage der Schweiz (1999, by Daniel Schmid) - Charlotte De
• To Walk with Lions (1999) - Victoria Anrecelli
• Finisterre, donde termina el mundo (1998) - Madre/Mother
• Cousin Bette (1998) - Adeline Hulot
• Mother Teresa: In the Name of God's Poor (1997) - Mother Theresa
• Crimetime (1996) - Thelma
• Os olhos da Ásia (1996) - Jane Powell
• Jane Eyre (1996) - Miss Scatcherd
• Home for the Holidays (1995) - Aunt Gladys
• Para recibir el canto de los pájaros (1995) - Catherine
• Words Upon the Window Pane (1994) - Miss McKenna
• The Age of Innocence (1993) - Mrs. Welland
• A Foreign Field (1993) - Beverly
• Chaplin (1992) - Hannah Chaplin
• Hors saisons (1992, by Daniel Schmid) - Anarchist
• Buster's Bedroom (1991) - Diana Daniels
• The Children (1990) - Joyce Wheater
• Gentille alouette (1990) - Angela Duverger
• I Want to Go Home (1989, by Alain Resnais) - Terry Amstrong
• The Return of the Musketeers (1989) - Queen Anne
• The Moderns (1988, by Alan Rudolph) - Nathalie de Ville
• White Mischief (1987) - Nina Soames
• Love on the Ground (1984, by Jacques Rivette) - Charlotte
• Life Is a Bed of Roses (1983, by Alain Resnais) - Nora Winkle
• Casting (1982) - Actress
• Bolero (1981, by Claude Lelouch) - Suzan/Sara Glenn
• The Mirror Crack'd (1980) - Ella Zielinsky
• Sentimental Journey (1980) - Lucie
• La viuda de Montiel (1979) - Adelaida
• Mama Turns 100 (1979) - Ana
• Mais où et donc Ornicar (1979) - Isabelle
• Adoption (1979) - Catherine
• A Wedding (1978, by Robert Altman) - Rita Billingsley
• Blindfolded Eyes (1978) - Actress
• Remember My Name (1978, by Alan Rudolph) - Emily
• One Page of Love (1978) - Lise
• In memoriam (1977) - Paulina Arevalo
• Elisa, vida mía (1977, by Carlos Saura) - Elisa Santamaria/Elisa's Mother
• Roseland (1977, by James Ivory) - Marilyn
• Welcome to L.A. (1976, by Alan Rudolph) - Karen Hood
• Buffalo Bill and the Indians, or Sitting Bull's History Lesson (1976, by Robert Altman) - Annie Oakley
• Cria Cuervos (1976, by Carlos Saura) - Ana - The Mother
• Noroît (1976, by Jacques Rivette) - Morag
• Scrim (1976) - Actress
• Nashville (1975, by Robert Altman) - Opal
• The Four Musketeers (1974) - Queen Anne of Austria
• Sommerfuglene (1974) - Anne Zimmler
• ¿...Y el prójimo? (1974) - Luisa
• The Three Musketeers (1973) - Anna of Austria
• Yankee Dudler (1973) - Kate Elder
• Ana y los lobos (1973) - Ana
• Marriage a la Mode (1973) - Actress
• Innocent Bystanders (1972) - Miriam Loman
• The House Without Frontiers (1972) - Actress
• Z.P.G. (1972) - Carol McNeil
• Carlos (1971) - Lisa
• Perched on a Tree (1971) - Mme Muller (as Géraldine Chaplin)
• The Garden of Delights (1970) - Actress (uncredited)
• The Hawaiians (1970) - Purity Hoxworth
• Honeycomb (1969) - Teresa, Writer (also story)
• Stress Is Three (1968) - Teresa
• Peppermint Frappé (1967, by Carlos Saura) - Elena
• Cop-Out (1967) - Angela Sawyer
• Rasputin (1967) - Mounia Golovine
• A Countess from Hong Kong (1967) - Girl at dance
• Andremo in città (1966) - Lenka
• Doctor Zhivago (1965) - Tonya Gromeko
• Crime on a Summer Morning (1965) - Zelda
• Limelight (1952) - Little Girl in Opening Scene (uncredited)

• Geraldine Chaplin at the Internet Movie Database