# My Autobiography

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- Book: [My Autobiography](https://www.bookquiver.com/charlie-chaplin/my-autobiography) ([My Autobiography.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/charlie-chaplin/my-autobiography.md))
- Authors: [Charlie Chaplin](https://www.bookquiver.com/charlie-chaplin)
- Publisher: Penguin
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-01-4191-249-3
- Published: 2003-04-24
- Language: en_GB
- Binding: E-book

## Description

Born into a theatrical family, Chaplin's father died of drink while his mother, unable to bear the poverty, suffered from bouts of insanity, Chaplin embarked on a film-making career which won him immeasurable success, as well as intense controversy. His extraordinary autobiography was first published in 1964 and was written almost entirely without reference to documentation - simply as an astonishing feat of memory by a 75 year old man. It is an incomparably vivid reconstruction of a poor London childhood, the music hall and then his prodigious life in the movies.