Chaplin liked ’em young
One thing that many of Chaplin’s pursuits had in common was their young age. He was engaged to Edna Purviance when she was just 19. Later he moved on to Mildred Harris, who he first noticed when she was 16 and he was 29. The actor also impregnated teenager Lita Grey, who Chaplin first showed interest in a few years prior when she was just 12 years old.
Similar stories continued until a 54-year-old Chaplin married Oona O’Neil, who was 18 at the time. The two went on to have eight children together.