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CHARLIE CHAPLIN
Charlie Chaplin was born in London in 1889. He first appeared in music halls and
then acted on the London stage. In 1910 he went to the USA with Fred Karno’s
company, but he didn’t stay with Karno very long. In 1913 he started to work at the
Keystone Company in Holywood. There he made his first film, Making A Living , in
1914. In his second film, Kid Auto Races at Venice, 1914, he introduced the little
tramp. This character made him famous.
Chaplin got married several times. He met his last wife, Oona O’Neill in 1942 and
married her a year later. Chaplin was then 54 years old and Oona was 18. He left the
USA in 1952 for political reasons an lived with his family in Switzerland fort he rest of
his life. He died in 1977.
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MOTHER THERESA
She was born in Albania in 1910, and died in 1997. Her real name was
Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu. She became famous all over the world for starting
the Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, India. She began this work in 1950
and for over forty years, she looked after the poor, sick, orphaned, and dying. She won the
Nobel Peace Prize in 1979 for her humanitarian work. She decided to become a nun when
she was 12. She arrived in India in 1929 and became a nun two years later. In 1946 she
received a call from God to leave the convent and help the poor. She was an international
symbol of charity, visiting many countries to help poor children. After she died, the Pope
started the process to make her a saint.

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