Geraldine Leigh Chaplin was born on July 31, 1944, in Santa Monica, California,[REF][REF][REF] the fourth child of actor and filmmaker Charlie Chaplin and his fourth wife, Oona O'Neill,[REF] whom he married in 1943 [REF].
When Geraldine was eight years old, her father took the family on vacation to Britain and Europe; two days after the family set sail, the U.S. Attorney General signed an order refusing him permission to re-enter the country [REF].