Video: Una O'Neill ... Charlie Chaplin's first love in the 50's

Each achievement has its own story that differs with its owner and his perception of what surrounds him, whether it is a painting, carved, engineering design, fashion group, or event that changed the course of history, and whatever the work differed in its composition and the invisible strands that formed it, which you do not see Except the owner’s eye, the inspirational character remains the only criterion that does not change, and that mysterious and controversial relationship remains the real spark that provokes innovation, so who are the inspirers in history?

Despite his success and wide fame in the world of acting, and considering him one of the most important founders and filmmakers of the film, the personal life of the British actor and producer, the owner and hero of the most famous silent films, Charlie Chaplin, was not as successful as his works, but rather went through obstacles, disappointments and failures, and despite his marriages Numerous, but he did not find true love until after the age of 50.

The beautiful 18-year-old young woman, Una O'Neill, may not have been Chaplin's actual inspiration in the world of films, but rather came her role long after he put his name in the history of this industry, but she was able, from the first moments of their meeting, to turn him into one of the happiest men on He was alive, and as Chaplin himself said was the "happiest event that happened to me in my life", according to what he wrote in his autobiography, inspiring him to live a full, real and happy life full of children, and for more than 20 years, until his death in the seventies of the last century, despite 36 years in age difference between them.

Una O'Neill was born on May 14, 1925 in the occupied area of ​​Britain, Bermuda, a place that was preferred by her parents, the famous American playwright Eugene O'Neill, and the British writer Agnes Bolton, where the couple moved to the region six months before Una was born, in the hope that it would be a suitable place to write However, despite the many attempts, the marital relationship suffered from the father's recklessness, the multiplicity of his romantic relations, and his chronic alcoholism, and after a long period of strained marital relationship, during which Oona lived her childhood moving between Bermuda homes and other areas to settle, after her mother obtained a Divorce, with her in the family home in West Point Pleasant in Jersey in America, which is still four years old.

Study friendships

At the high-end boarding school of New York in New York, the young girl's friendships, which she turned shortly into one of the famous New York community, began at school where she met the American actress Carol Marcus, through which O'Neill met the beautiful artist, actress, writer, and supermodel Gloria Vanderbilt, and the novelist Truman Cabot, with whom she spent long nights in high-end nightclubs, despite being below the permitted age at the time, which made her appear in the magazines and pages of high society, and received attention.

O'Neill received a lot of acting shows and fashion shows during that period, while the widespread outrage of her father, who was rarely able to communicate with him since his separation, provoked the exploitation of his circle of Hollywood acquaintances to prevent his daughter from signing any agreements or contracts for acting, but it did not mean The daughter has something. After graduation, she refused to complete her university studies, and decided to search for her opportunity in the world of acting.

Chaplin's encounter

After unsuccessful attempts to act, O'Neill moved to Los Angeles, where her mother settled, and decided to appoint an artist agent, whom she knew to Charlie Chaplin who was looking for a new face for a movie starring.

Chaplin was impressed by the beauty of O'Neill, who was 17 at the time, which means that she was very young to play the required role, but she and her agent were able to persuade him to play the role and sign the contract, and although the movie was not shown, the relationship between O'Neill and Chaplin was not over, but rather the beginning of a life Long lived together.

After Chaplin's marriage to O'Neill, the news gained wide circulation, and great media attention, due to the age difference between the two spouses, in addition to Chaplin's ex-girlfriend, who raised the issue of confessing paternity against him, a few weeks before the marriage, and despite O'Neill's mother being blessed for their marriage, she faced anger and repudiation Her father from her, and rejected any future conciliation efforts.

Family and support

Despite Charlie Chaplin's three failed marriages before his meeting with Una O'Neil, his fourth and final wife, he did not find love or stability except with her, who completely abandoned the dream of acting after their marriage, and preferred and loved to accept the role of the wife and mother, and she rarely spoke to The press, however, in 1952, that is, after a decade of relationship, she spoke to the media, saying succinctly that she was "happy to stay in the shadows" and to support Chaplin with what he needed.

Although she was busy in the role of the wife and mother of their eight children, she was constantly frequenting the studio, where her husband works, to support him and provide her opinion on the works, which Chaplin preferred, and she also helped him to represent some alternative scenes for the actress Claire Bloom.

Political hardships

Chaplin encountered during the 1940s and 1950s numerous difficulties with the US government, which accused him of "communist sympathy", and prevented him from entering the country, which made the family decide to settle in Europe, and Chaplin transferred all his money and property to Swiss banks.