Friday, November 07, 2008

VICTORIA CHAPLIN: Cirque Invisible

Oona O'Neill Chaplin with her daughter Victoria, whose famous father is Sir Charles Spencer Chaplin (1889 - 1977) the English film actor and director. They had just arrived at Southampton on the Queen Elizabeth in September of 1952. 


July 15, 1957: British born film actor, director and producer Charlie Chaplin on holiday in Saint Cap Ferrat with his family, (from left) his wife Oona and their children, Geraldine, Eugene, Michael, Victoria and Josephine.


Victoria Chaplin from Wikipedia

Victoria Chaplin (born May 19, 1951) is an American actress, the daughter of actor/comedian Charlie Chaplin and Oona Chaplin O'Neill, the granddaughter of Eugene O'Neill.

She was born in Santa Monica, California in 1951. Her siblings are Geraldine Chaplin, Josephine Chaplin, Christopher Chaplin, and Michael Chaplin. With her husband Jean-Baptiste Thiérrée, she created Le cirque bonjour, then Le cirque imaginaire, later Le cirque invisible, modern travelling circuses which some credit as a source of inspiration for the Cirque du Soleil. Their son, James Thiérrée, is also an actor and performed as a child in their circus.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

Eugene Chaplin has been Artistic Director of Switzerland's Circus Nock for the past 5 or 6 years.

Tina said...

Does anyone know how to get a DVD/video copy of Cirque Invisible?

Pat Cashin said...

I have not been able to find anything available on DVD and, to the best of my knowledge, the show hasn't toured since the mid-90s.

Unknown said...

@ Pat,
You Bet the are still touring. I saw them in Brussels this week. Marvellous!
Their Brussels show took on an extra dimension as Victoria celebrates her 60th birthday.

Alice said...

Nice photo the 2nd one!! I've never seen on the internet...