# Victoria Chaplin

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British-American circus performer

Victoria Chaplin Victoria Chaplin in The Clowns (1970) Born Victoria Agnes Chaplin (1951-05-19) May 19, 1951 (age 75) Santa Monica, California, U.S. Occupation Circus performer Years active 1966–present Spouse Jean-Baptiste Thierrée ​ ​ (m. 1969)​ Children Aurélia James Parents Oona O'Neill Charlie Chaplin Family Chaplin family

**Victoria Agnes Chaplin-Thierrée** (born May 19, 1951) is a British-American circus performer. She is a daughter of film actor and comedian [Charlie Chaplin](/source/Charlie_Chaplin) from his fourth wife, [Oona O'Neill](/source/Oona_O'Neill), and a granddaughter of playwright [Eugene O'Neill](/source/Eugene_O'Neill).

Chaplin was born at [Saint John's Health Center](/source/Saint_John's_Health_Center) in [Santa Monica](/source/Santa_Monica),[1] but grew up in [Switzerland](/source/Switzerland). As a teenager, she appeared as an extra in her father's last film, *[A Countess from Hong Kong](/source/A_Countess_from_Hong_Kong)* (1966). Her father also wanted her to star in the main role of a winged girl found from the [Amazonian](/source/Amazon_Rainforest) rainforest in his next planned film, *The Freak*, in 1969.[2] However, the project was never filmed because of his declining health and because Victoria eloped with the French actor [Jean-Baptiste Thierrée](/source/Jean-Baptiste_Thierr%C3%A9e).[3][4]

Chaplin and Thierrée had first come into contact after he read about Chaplin's aspiration of becoming a circus clown in a magazine article of her father, and asked her to form a new type of circus with him.[3] Soon after their elopement, they briefly appeared as two clowns in [Federico Fellini](/source/Federico_Fellini)'s *[The Clowns](/source/The_Clowns_(film))* (1970), and the next year performed for the first time with the [contemporary circus](/source/Contemporary_circus) *Le Cirque Bonjour*, which they had founded together, at [Festival d'Avignon](/source/Festival_d'Avignon).[5] In 1974, they founded a new, smaller circus *Le Cirque Imaginaire*, which centered only on their, and occasionally their children's, performances, and from 1990 onward have performed under the name *Le Cirque Invisible*.[5]

Chaplin and Thierrée have two children, [Aurélia Thierrée](/source/Aur%C3%A9lia_Thierr%C3%A9e) (born 24 September 1971),[6] and [James Thierrée](/source/James_Thi%C3%A9rr%C3%A9e) (born 2 May 1974), who are performing artists. In addition to performing in *Le Cirque Invisible*, Chaplin also helped in creating her children's shows, and in 2006, was awarded the [Molière Award](/source/Moli%C3%A8re_Award), the French national theatre prize, for designing the costumes for her son's show, *The Junebug Symphony*.[7]

## References

### Inline citations

1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** Robinson, David (27 February 2014). [*Chaplin: His Life and Art*](https://books.google.com/books?id=ovzYAgAAQBAJ&pg=PA183). [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [9780141979182](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9780141979182).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Robinson, p. 619

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-Ross_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-Ross_3-1) [Interview with James Thiérrée, The New Yorker, 7 January 2008](http://www.newyorker.com/talk/2008/01/07/080107ta_talk_ross). Retrieved 10 March 2009.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** Epstein, p. 203

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-rondpoint_5-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-rondpoint_5-1) [Le Cirque Invisible, Theatre du Rond Point](http://2006-2007.theatredurondpoint.fr/pdf/dp_30370.pdf) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20081123222038/http://2006-2007.theatredurondpoint.fr/pdf/dp_30370.pdf) 2008-11-23 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine). Retrieved 20 June 2012.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-6)** [Aurélia Thierree, BFI Film & TV database](https://web.archive.org/web/20090121051603/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/326997). Retrieved 10 March 2009.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-7)** [Lauréats 2006, Les Molières](http://www.lesmolieres.com/2006), [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20131103221257/http://www.lesmolieres.com/2006) 2013-11-03 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine). Retrieved 20 June 2012.

### Print sources

- [Epstein, Jerome](/source/Jerome_Epstein_(director)) (1988). *Remembering Charlie*. London: Bloomsbury. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-7475-0266-8](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7475-0266-8).

- [Robinson, David](/source/David_Robinson_(film_critic)) (1986). *[Chaplin: His Life and Art](/source/Chaplin%3A_His_Life_and_Art)*. London: Paladin. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [0-586-08544-0](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-586-08544-0).

- Smolik, Pierre (2016). *The Freak: Chaplin's Last Film*. Vevey: Call Me Edouard Publishers. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [978-2-940519-06-4](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-2-940519-06-4).

## External links

- [Official website for *Le Cirque Invisible*](http://cirque-invisible.compositeur.net/) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20130114010134/http://cirque-invisible.compositeur.net/) 2013-01-14 at the [Wayback Machine](/source/Wayback_Machine)

- [Victoria Chaplin](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0152265/) at [IMDb](/source/IMDb_(identifier))

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