His Mother Was Committed To An Asylum When He Was A Teen
Photo credit: Apic/Getty Images
Hannah did her best for her children, but in later years she would succumb to mental health problems and was confined to Cane Hill mental asylum. Syphilis and malnutrition were responsible for her psychosis. Charlie, 14, and his brother were sent to live with a father they barely knew.
It was a difficult time in Charlie’s life. Conditions at his father’s home were so bad, they were visited by the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children. Two years later, his dad Charles Chaplin Sr. (also an entertainer), died from cirrhosis of the liver. He was just 38 years old.
