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Sydney Chaplin

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Actor 1926–2009 On stage 19561964

Sydney Earl Chaplin (March 30, 1926 – March 3, 2009) was an American actor. He was the second son of Charlie Chaplin and Lita Grey. One of his major roles was in his father's film Limelight (1952). In theater, Chaplin won the Tony Award for Best Featured Actor in a Musical for his 1957 performance in Bells Are Ringing.

On stage 5 productions, 8 years

1956 Bells Are Ringing Shubert Theatre · Original · directed by Jerome Robbins 924 perf.
1959 Goodbye, Charlie Lyceum Theatre · Original 109 perf.
1961 Subways Are For Sleeping St. James · Original · directed by Michael Kidd 205 perf.
1962 In the Counting House Biltmore Theatre · Original · directed by Arthur Penn 4 perf.
1964 Funny Girl Winter Garden Theatre · Original · directed by Jerome Robbins, Garson Kanin 1,348 perf.

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Worked with more than once4 names

Michelle Reiner 2 productions
Kay Medford 2 productions
Jean Stapleton 2 productions
Alan Peterson 2 productions

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In the literature8 passages

  • Act One: “Bells Are Ringing” (Chorus); “It’s a Perfect Relationship” (Judy Holliday); “On My Own” (aka “Independent”) (Sydney Chaplin, Ensemble); “You’ve Got to Do It” (Sydney Chaplin); “It’s a Simple Little System” (Eddie Lawrence); “Is It a Crime?” (Judy Holliday); “Hello, Hello, There!” (Judy Holliday, Sydney Chaplin, Ensemble); “I Met…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • Act Two: “Mu-Cha-Cha” (Judy Holliday, Peter Gennaro); Dance (Ellen Ray, Peter Gennaro, Dancers); “Just in Time” (Sydney Chaplin, Judy Holliday, Ensemble); “Drop That Name” (Judy Holliday, Ensemble); “The Party’s Over” (Judy Holliday); “Salzburg” (Jean Stapleton, Eddie Lawrence); “The Midas Touch” (Frank Green, Boys, Girls); “Long Before I…ebooks/Dietz, Dan/Complete Book of 1950s Broadway Musicals, The - Dan Dietz.txt
  • First and foremost in her thoughts, however, was Jeff Moss (Sydney Chaplin), who had been half of a Kaufman and Hart–like playwriting team. Since the partnership ended, he hadn’t done much.ebooks/Filichia, Peter/Strippers, Showgirls, and Sharks - Peter Filichia.txt
  • Cast: Judy Holliday, Sydney Chaplin, Jean Stapleton, Eddie Lawrence, Dort Clark, George S. Irving, Peter Gennaro, Bernie Westebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • Cast: Barbra Streisand, Sydney Chaplin, Kay Medford, Danny Meehan, Jean Stapleton, Roger DeKoven, Joseph Macaulay, Lainie Kazan, Buzz Miller, George Reeder, Larry Fullerebooks/Green, Stanley/Broadway Musicals, Show By Show - Seventh Edition - Stanley Green & Cary Ginell.txt
  • Above, Lemuel Ayers’ dazzling design for the finale of Cole Porter’s Out of this World. Pictured on the Playbill cover below are Sydney Chaplin and Carol Lawrence, both of whom would like to have gotten out of Jule Styne’s Subways Are for Sleeping.ebooks/Mandelbaum, Ken/Not Since Carrie_ Forty Years of Broadway Musical Flops - Ken Mandelbaum.txt

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