Charlie Chaplin did like much younger women. His first wife was sixteen; he was nearly thirty. His second wife was knocked down by him when she was fifteen years old and then married to prevent being held for having sex with minors.
Wife One gave him a son who died prematurely. The second wife gave him two sons. Number Three, though young, failed to provide Chaplin with an heir, so he soon grew tired of her. Then, when he was in his 50s, he began a relationship with 17-year-old Oona O'Neill. When she was eighteen, he married her.
Charlie Chaplin's life seemed like a revolving door for young girlfriends and spouses, but the main thing he sought seemed to be not just their pretty faces, but their youth and fertility – for Chaplin, the third time was glamour. As Auna became pregnant almost immediately and eventually gave birth to eight children, the total number of surviving little Chaplins reached ten.
This man has left his mark on the world and he has done a great job. He left behind a number of works that were and still impressive. At the same time, he also regards teenage lovers as a source of eternal youth. His last wife, Una, was nearly 40 years younger than Chaplin's famous husband, but she lived only 14 years older than Chaplin. She eventually died of alcoholism, depression and sadness because she never had a childhood. She was the only wife he had held out until his death, and the main reason for her "staying power" was that she had given him many children. He enjoyed showing off his many descendants to many famous tenants in his home in Switzerland and was proud of his prowess.
It was a recurring theme in Chaplin's life – he seduced a woman, a very young woman whose childhood had just ended. He would spend the best years of her life and then get tired of her. It was pleasant for him, but not easy for girls. He gave birth to his last child at the age of 73... I don't think he did much parenting at that time. It kept Chaplin young, but prematurely made his widow old.
He was a great filmmaker, Charlie Chaplin. An artist. An actor who will change the world of cinema forever. He is also an unapologetic teenage lover. Even in his time, this attracted the attention of some people, and today he seems to be a rather perverted person.
Those teenagers are not "young women", they are children. What to call a 15/16 year old woman? Even in his time, his actions were abuse and statutory rape. He married his second wife just to avoid jail time.
At any given time, the word one doesn't seem to use for him is "child predator," but it's the word that best suits him. Instead of seizing on the "best year" of these children's lives, he groomed and abused them.
