Hannah Chaplin
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Hannah Harriet Pedlingham Chaplin (née Hill; 6 August 1865 – 28 August 1928[1][2]), also known by the stage name Lily Harley, was an English actress, singer and dancer who performed in British music halls from the age of 16.
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Born | Hannah Harriet Pedlingham Hill (1865-08-06)6 August 1865 London, England |
Died | 28 August 1928(1928-08-28) (aged 63) Glendale, California, U.S. |
Resting place | Hollywood Forever Cemetery, California, U.S. |
Other names | Hannah Hill Hannah Hill Chaplin Lily Harley |
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Years active | 1881–1894 |
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Partner | Leo Dryden (1892–1893) |
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Relatives | See Chaplin family |
Chaplin was the mother of actor and filmmaker Charlie Chaplin and his two half-brothers, the actor Sydney Chaplin and the film director Wheeler Dryden, and grandmother of Jefferson Airplane drummer and songwriter Spencer Dryden.[3][4] As a result of mental illness, now thought to have been caused by syphilis, she was unable to continue performing from the mid-1890s. In 1921, she was relocated by her son Charlie to California, where she was cared for in a house in the San Fernando Valley until her death in August 1928.