Claim: Charlie Chaplin had a mother.
Evidence: Sir Charles Spencer `` Charlie '' Chaplin , -LRB- 16 April 1889 -- 25 December 1977 -RRB- was an English comic actor , filmmaker , and composer who rose to fame during the era of silent film.
As his father was absent and his mother struggled financially , he was sent to a workhouse twice before the age of nine.
When he was 14 , his mother was committed to a mental asylum.